Andy Abramson One of the semi-annual conferences I love to attend is held twice a year in London and organized by my friends at the STL Group, where Martin Geddes is found hanging his hat and providing very keen insight. Today in their newsletter I spied a posting entitled the Telco 2.0 Manifesto, a take off of … Read more
I know I’m in the minority, but I really don’t want ads with my WiFi. Personally, I’d rather pay and get a really good and consistent experience, or just check-in and turn on or have it done right the way AT&T has done it with Starbucks, where you’re being gifted the access for your loyalty, … Read more
The Wall Street Journal has a story on Webcams being used in inventive ways. One is to keep an eye on a person’s vacation home, another is tied to a home alarm system. I’ve been doing something like that with the auto-answer feature of SightSpeed during the never ending phase of my house’s reconstruction. I … Read more
One of the hotels I always enjoyed in New York City was the Righa Royal. Well, like many things it has come, and gone. It’s time has passed and the owners now have a shiny new hotel called the London NYC. Well folks, the London NYC, like the Hotel 1000 in Seattle, is Working_Anywhere Approved. … Read more
If you’re heading to China for the Olympics, or just for some really good Peking Duck, the folks at PhoneFusion have added a web based calling feature that lets you bridge your calls to a local Chinese cell phone number. Simply purchase a local SIM and point your PhoneFusion account to the number and your … Read more
As someone who once lost a cellphone, my Nokia E61i in the airport lounge of now defunct EOS Airlines at JFK nothing is more unsettling. A new service from client YouGetItBack.com helps put the worry and fear associated with the unexpected loss out of your mind. Dubbed Mobile SuperHero, the service provides for your data … Read more
I checked in where I’ll be for a few days of work and meetings and the London NYC so far is on par with what I like in a hotel for the business guy on the go. Great size suite, with a real work area and a sleeping area. Spacious bathroom with a full size … Read more
The sale of Ribbit to British Telecom, which was delayed for sometime for reasons likely having to do with internal matters, has apparently closed. 105 million is a pretty price, and I expect to see some other companies grabbed in the next few months as M&A activity is heating up. In the case of Ribbit … Read more
Chicago based Comunicano client, IfByPhone, was featured in today’s Chicago Sun-Times. The story placement is the work of my virtually based asymmetrical communications agency staff’s teamwork approach, collaborating using tools like Basecamp from 37Signals and other web and IP based services. The key to this story is about being big in your own back yard, … Read more
I ended up taking the late afternoon flight from Seattle to Newark (EWR) and instead of paying for an extra night in New York City where I’ll be the next three days in meetings, I decided an airport hotel, the Spring Hill Suites by Marriott, Newark Airport, would suffice, thus saving a few hundred dollars. … Read more
