Image via CrunchBase I don't get it. Or really, corporate boards and senior management don't get it. There's Apple. And then there's everybody else. Apple is a different kind of company. They think different. They plan their products better and they execute better. It's that simple. They are product marketers first, and figure out which … Read more
Image via Wikipedia My trip down Languedoc lane continues with this nice nine year old St. Chinian red. As a fan of Mas Champart, it's nice to see other producers making wines of memorable quality from a region that's not very well known on the west coast and where we see so little diversity in … Read more
eComm founder, Lee Dryburgh, explains in a very passionately written post what’s up with eComm 2011 in a very personal way. I have already promised Lee the support of my agency again to manage the influencer relations sector, and hope others jump in as well to support him where he needs help. eComm is about … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Last night my wife and I went over to Roy's La Jolla as we were in the mood for Sushi. I'm now home after a long trip, and between GM Brian Lee and Chef Percy, both of whom have been friends, in the true sense of Ohana, for ten years or so, … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I’ll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my “get away” from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
Image via Wikipedia I'll admit, that I love to go to Starbucks as my "get away" from the home office office. Meeting are easy to arrange at their locations, as most people in the technology world know where one is. So of late, after returning from my exhaustive 6 week European business trip and mini-vacation, … Read more
Jaunted is reporting that Skype is testing phone booths in Estonia. But it sounds like it’s part of a more involved plan to further disintermediate the traditional telcos who have seen their revenues from coin operated telephones erode at airports, as most of that traffic has moved to cellular/mobile phones. With Skype Access agreements in … Read more
8×8 keeps chugging along, getting small businesses to sign up as the alternative to Fonality. Now they've bolstered their differentiation by offering cloud based HD Video Conferencing backed by Polycom, which under new leadership is on a sales tear.
Image via Wikipedia The other night a good friend and I went to Roy's La Jolla with three bottles of wine from my cellar. The 2005 Il Prove Blanc de Blanc, from Corsica, was perfect. A golden colored hue, with a bouquet of fresh sea air and hillside grass. It was smooth, and so different … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Sprint is about to get into a battle with the FCC and the MICC over texting, or rather what can be texted. The MICC, which stands for Mobile Internet Content Coalition, has alleged that what Sprint is about to do on April 1st is "to restrict the content that consumers can receive in … Read more
