Los Angeles

A Man Walks into a (Wine) Bar and…

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Friday was one of those days where you just had to be there. It started out normal. The work day ended and I headed over to Culver City's really cool wine shop/tasting room/wine bar, "Bar and Garden" for their Five for Five on Friday. For a fiver you get to taste five wines. For ten, … Read more

My Travel Tips Are Going Viral

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Of late I've been helping contribute to other blogs, sharing my knowledge and insight after years of going on the road. By sharing these tips I'm helping those who have yet to go through the whole process of staying connected on the road. Most recenly, the L.A. Times Travel Editor sought me out to be … Read more

Does L.A. Really Want Citywide WiFi?

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The City of Los Angeles is considering building out a citywide Wi-Fi network. It's a good idea, but rumor has it that they are considering an anchor tenant model, similar to what Earthlink tried to be in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Anaheim and a few other cities. The model, which some former execs I know from Earthlink … Read more

First Ever Review of Double “AA” Cuvee

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I now know how famed Parisian, well actually worldwide, chef Guy Savoy felt when he earned his first every three stars and broke down and cried. I felt the same way this morning after former client and friend Ray Haddow of Nokia forwarded me a link to the first ever review of the 2009 Comunicano Wine Company "Double AA" … Read more

G’Day Mate-Time To Fly Quantas with Internet

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Image via Wikipedia Well, one of the hurdles for my interest (or lack of) for flying down under has been eliminated.  Quantas has added Internet to their Airbus 380 service between Sydney, Melbourne and Los Angeles initially, then rolling it out more widely. Quantas joins Emirites and Lufthansa which are both also deploying technology that … Read more

First eFax, Now eVoice

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Commercializing and combining some technology, the people behind eFax/jFax, J2 Communications, have slickly pulled together eVoice, a new unified calling service. Basically, this is a decendent, though not related to Webley that was introduced in the late 90s if you look at it seriously, so it's not really, new new. With eVoice goes J2 is … Read more