The Logic House has a post about collaboration and team working over the Internet. As someone who is regularly distance working and making sure things stay on track, the tools are there for us to really work from anywhere. That said, bandwidth remains a key to the whole game. It’s not just download and upload, … Read more
Last week while I was in Philadelphia and Chicago, my staff, led by Danielle Ross and Cheryl Cink, managed an event for our client Nokia in San Francisco. Intercontinental San Francisco GM Peter Koehler knows how to run a hotel there. He’s much like pal and hotel mentor to me, Steve Pagano, now at the … Read more
UPDATE–Apparently W Hotel City Center GM Edwin Frizell agrees with me on my displeasure. He refunded my entire stay. That’s class. Given I expressed upfront that there were certain levels of expectations that needed to be met, he felt they didn’t deliver. What was also disturbing is he never got any message that I asked … Read more
Network World reports that GENERAL DYNAMICS has been awarded a contract from the NSA to produce and deliver a three mode secure VoIP phone. At Cluecon this week, on a panel led by pal Dan York, we actually discussed the need for secure VoIP so this story is very timely. Basically this handset will include … Read more
Baron’s Blogger Tiernan Ray thinks the long rumored Google phone is on hold at HTC for a variety of reasons.
If you haven’t seen the news lately, client Fonolo, started by pal Shai Berger, is on a roll. Originally called FonCloud, they changed their name last spring, and debuted at eComm, showcasing their deep dialing end to customer service frustration for consumers. At eComm everyone from eTel founder Surj Patel to organizer Lee Dryburgh told … Read more
Great hotel this Sofitel in Philadelphia. Every time I stay here I get the Accor Favorite Guest upgrade. What’s more the staff, especially the concierge and front desk staff is so, so helpful. As for broadband, it passes the test. Download is a steady two megs and upload is over 500k which means it gets … Read more
It sure sound like iPhoneDevCamp is a real hit.
Let’s all give Tom Keating a round of applause for his up to the minute coverage around the Packet 8 outage this past week. Tom’s dogged determination drove to the bottom of the story that concluded in his reporting to be a database server of Packet8’s that caused the issue. The fact that it was … Read more
Call this the reason Verizon has made New York City and the surrounding suburbs a key “must win” market for Fios and is starting to crank up the PR, Advertising and sales efforts. Cablevision is one of the largest cable operators in the country, but focuses only on the New York area, unlike the others … Read more
