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Personalized Blogging 30 Aug 2010 | 10:00 pm
I've taken the last few weeks off from blogging, and I think it was a great decision. I had previously been adamant about keeping a rigid posting schedule (3 times a week) and I got burnt out. I bec...
Gone Fishing 10 Aug 2010 | 01:35 am
When I started blogging at the beginning of the year my goal was to post 3 times a week, no exceptions. Well, last week I posted on Monday, and that's it. When it came time to write posts for Wednes...
You Can't Fake Enthusiasm 2 Aug 2010 | 10:00 pm
Well, maybe you can fake enthusiasm, but probably not very well. And not for very long either. I had lunch today at a local seafood restaurant and our waitress was great: she was engaging, attentive...
Kindle Not Competing with iPad 30 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
I was very happy to read yesterday that Amazon's Kindle is not being positioned to compete directly with Apple's iPad. Rather than beef up the features it would need to position itself along side the...
Social Gaming is Big Business 28 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
On Tuesday afternoon two large companies threw their hats into the social gaming ring. Gamestop announced their plans to acquire Kongregate Inc., a social gaming forum for free-to-play gaming. Kongre...
21st Century Resume 26 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
I've been working on my master's degree for a couple of years, and in December I'll finally graduate. I have a meeting scheduled with a VP at my present place of employment to discuss career options,...
Flipboard Revolutionary for iPad and Social Media 23 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
When the iPad first came out I thought "Wow, that looks cool, but I don't really have a need for it." The new Flipboard app has me rethinking my position. Launched by Twitter and Facebook co-founder...
Few New Businesses Started in 2010 21 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
I just read a rather depressing piece of information: for the first half of 2010 the rate of new business start-ups was the lowest it's been in 24 years. According to a blog post for the Wall Street ...
Was Apple's Press Conference Successful? 19 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
On Friday Apple held a press conference to address the problem users have had dropping calls when using the new iPhone 4. As I mentioned in this post a few hours before the press conference Apple's b...
Can Apple Save Face? 16 Jul 2010 | 10:00 pm
Three weeks ago I wrote about The strength of Apple's brand as evidenced by the wildly successful launch of the iPhone 4. Since then, however, Apple's brand appeal has taken an incredible hit as the ...
