Andy Abramson The Comunicano Daily Most of the news today has been about the holiday shopping/shipping woes. So we'll start with that and look at some other facts and information surrounding the holiday season. Now..on to the news.. Many shoppers blame online retailers for stealing Christmas: Shipping … Read more
Image via CrunchBase At Comunicano, our master of the message, Bill Ryan hammers on regularly about why positioning is so important. He should know. Back in 90s his agency, NRW was brought in by the late Steve Jobs to help with the turnaround of Apple. Now, some 16 years later, you can still see the … Read more
There's a lot of anger and animosity being directed to online e-tailers like Amazon and the delivery companies, UPS and FedEx for not getting the presents to their intended recipients on time. I'll take a contrarian's view point and applaud the logistical giants one and all for doing the right thing. Sure, many children and … Read more
Back in the fall of 2012 I took a bit of a departure from Lisbon and Cascais and went down to the the Alentejo region of Portugal to taste some wines at Esparao, one of the larger producers who make quality wines in the region. That trip, my second to the winery in a few … Read more
Vineyards in Vinho Verde Demarcated Region in Minho, Portugal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Having now become a regular and at least once a year visitor to Portugal I've become a fan not only of their Port wines, but of all their wines–red, white, rose and yes, green. As a matter of fact the Vinho Verde (green … Read more
The Comunicano Daily Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Cascais Portugal. Xmas eve brought rain, but now it seems the present of the day is clearing skies and a nice calmer day. As for news, not really much out there. A bunch of wrap up stories, and some looks ahead seem … Read more
Back when I started VoIPWatch innovation was happening in voice, video and collaboration. That was in the era where Jeff Pulver coined the phrase “Purple Minutes”, Alec Saunders crafted his VoIP Manifesto, Skype was still a fledgling independent, Michael Robertson was busy figuring out Gizmo Project with the likes of Jeff Bonforte, James Tagg was … Read more
The Comunicano Daily So back in the summer when I got asked to speak at two conferences in Bangkok I made a wager with myself. First that the weather would be brutal in the USA starting late fall so why deal with that…I was right. That decision led me to go … Read more
The Comunicano Daily Hello from Cascais Portugal. Last week I was in the South of France, where I was working remotely from Domaine d'Aupilhac, helping with the planning of their 25th anniversary, is just as easy as working from home. Being on the road didn't mean work stopped for me. Meetings using Calliflower,GoToMeeting, WebEx, UberConference. … Read more
Let's face it. We live in a very connected, always on world where being reached is essential. As a global nomad of the nth degree i rely on my various communications providers like SimpleSignal and a string of services ranging from GoogleVoice, Skype, Calliflower, WebEx, GoToMeeting, UberConference, Voxeet, Truphone and various mobile operators to keep … Read more
