This morning I read how Amazon is now befellows with P&G in the warehouse, further reducing friction, and lowering the cost of handling products like Pampers. To me, it's all about LIKE, WANT, NEED and how Amazon is going to meet those emotions. Today you can order and have Pampers delivered via Amazon's courier network … Read more
The opportunity to cellar wines give me the ability to look back at wines from the past and drink them without rushing them. That was the case with two wonderful wines from Beckman Vineyards, both with Grenache grapes, white and red, and both are from grapes grown in the Purisima Mountain Vineyard. The 2007 Grenache … Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (Photo credit: Janitors) There has been some recent debate about Samsung and their approach to regionally locking handsets, starting with the Galaxy Note3. It’s a very interesting situation, and one that will impact grey marketers and their customers more than those who sell and buy in market. But the real story is not the … Read more
Just as Phone.com focuses on the SOHO and Small Business market with a very complete and full featured set of services to separate them from the Grasshoppers of the world, a new player out of Los Angeles, Telzio is looking to take the same approach and go after the market that Jive is tackling, with … Read more
Pal Martin Geddes, one of the better, brighter and more forward thinking people in telecom today, authored a missive to his newsletter followers entitled "Rise of the Sensible Network" last week. It's an updated and padoxical viewpoint on the famed report by David Isenberg entitled “The Rise of the Stupid Network” that is often considered as the … Read more
Hunter Valley vineyards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) All I can say is I just spent the day tasting my way around the Hunter Valley, from 10 AM until 430 PM finding my way with my hired driver Craig of Prestige Limousine was a treat, with the stops being producers who all sell cellar door and to … Read more
The trip to Martinborough exposed me a whole slew of new producers who are making extremely well-made and hand crafted wines in New Zealand. By tasting these I discovered much of what we see in the USA is from the larger Mondavi, Gallo or Kendall-Jackson size producers, and sadly, the really good stuff hardly leaves … Read more
I've been silent on wine too long. And those days are over! It's my passion and my dream. And candidly, I've not only been letting myself down. I've been letting all of you down. The people who know me. My friends who drink wine with me. And those who have traveled with me. Most importantly … Read more
The buyout of Vodafone's minority stake in Verizon Wireless means Verizon can now make the mobile division a fully integrated part of its overall business, just like AT&T has done with their mobility unit. Largely this benefits the Enterprise customers as now they can buy from one sales team, not have to in theory have … Read more
The news sites are a flutter with the realization that Microsoft if buying Nokia for less money they paid for Skype, hyping the idea that ex Microsoftee Steven Elop is the potential heir apparent to Steve Ballmer. I personally think this is simply a thinning of the herd, and as new stars rise, older ones … Read more
