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Why didn’t I think of that?
Does that ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. Yesterday I read about the idea of having a ‘Guest’ application on a mobile phone such that you could offer your phone to someone else to use … Continue reading
Verizon’s convenience fee back off – was it all part of their strategy?
Mobile communications companies share the collective animosity of their customers. It does not matter if you are an AT & T subscriber, T-Mobile, Verizon or any other provider. The customers that stay with you are choosing you for one of … Continue reading
Vistage – a CEO network that gets personal
For the past almost six years I have been a member of a CEO group called Vistage – http://www.vistage.com . I’ve alluded to my participation in the group on more than one occasion on my blog. My original reason for … Continue reading
Hope between Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Did you shop ‘til you dropped this past weekend? Apparently many Americans did something close to that. Over the past weekend retailers saw ‘record numbers’ as reported in the New York Times this Monday morning http://nyti.ms/vqWO0f . ‘The National Retail … Continue reading
In the U.S. risk is not just another four letter word
For a country founded on taking a risk (think taking a trip to the new world on the Mayflower) it seems to me that many Americans have lost their appetite for taking chances and assuming risk. This is particularly true … Continue reading
China needs no excuses like the phrase ‘That’s China’
I arrived without incident in Shanghai Tuesday afternoon after a 14 ½ hour flight from Newark. The flight was just the way I like them – nice and boring. Before leaving I had decided to take the train to my … Continue reading
5 reasons why it’s worth saving the U.S. postal service – after blowing up the old model
On Wednesday the USPS announced that as of January 1 the price of a first class stamp will be $0.45 (up from $0.44 for those of you that might not be familiar with the cost of mailing a letter in … Continue reading
Is Blackberry standing at death’s door?
Like so many RIM – Research in Motion – BB users, last week’s worldwide Blackberry outage was a big inconvenience for me. I was traveling and even more reliant on the efficacy of BB’s email platform. A by-product was that … Continue reading
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The NBA work stoppage – Pro Basketball may not live to regret it
When I wrote about the NFL work stoppage http://wp.me/pJX7l-qv (i.e. lockout) that ended in time for the current season I was optimistic that NFL owners and players saw the forest for the trees and would come to an agreement in … Continue reading
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