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
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
I'm in Melbourne, Australia for the week. Working from here, in a nice one bedroom hotel apartment in the Fitzroy section of town. Fitzroy can best be described as the Mission in San Francisco meets Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Very hip, trendy, not far from the cool kids and loaded with coffee shops and … Read more
The Comunicano Daily As the Holiday Weekend is about to begin that means travel so the item below about Carry On Bag Mania which I was quoted in, again demonstrates how being quick to provide commentary secured the lead quote in the story. This is a wake up call … Read more
The Comunicano Daily for Monday November 25 2013 Hello from Sydney Australia. Here's a story with a happy ending. I left my iPad in a cab here in Sydney and realized this as I was having my first sip of a stunning Alsatian Riesling at the Wine Library last … Read more
The Comunicano Daily Recently I was asked by one of the writers at ProfNet to help explain Google's New Helpout service demonstrating that knowledge leadership and a stead presence online leads to media seeking you out as an expert. Replying quickly with key points it led to … Read more
The Comunicano Daily-Special Sunday Edition Hello from Bangkok in Thailand where I'll be representing the USA and Comunicano at this year's ITU Telecom World Congress where along with the master Disruptor, Dean Bubley, I'll be on a panel on the subject of Telcos and OTT (over the top) communications. Now that's … Read more
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
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
