Business Logs

I had a conversation a few days ago with a potential client who indicated that they were interested in “trying out” blogging to see if it would boost their business.
Sounds reasonable, right?
The problem is that blogging, by its nature, isn’t the kind of thing that works well in short-term trials. Blogging is [...]

Lots of talk about blogging in the media recently. Here are some recent articles that caught my eye:
Blogging on City Time Interests Taxpayers
“In this day and age of instant electronic communication, any elected official ignores blogs at his own peril because rumors could get started, false information could get disseminated very quickly…”
Copeland stopped from blogging
“Police [...]

BusinessWeek recently featured an article entitled “Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks” (along with an accompanying slideshow presentation) which provides some insights into how much revenue the top blogs can generate:
“Advertisers come to me because I get a lot of traffic. I get a lot of traffic because I work hard,” says Mario Lavandeira, Perez [...]

The almost-famous John Dvorak has written an article titled Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone which is almost as insightful as the guy on the corner screaming the world will end. His argument is this:

The iPhone hype is so intense that there is no way Apple could possibly deliver on what fanboys [...]

I do believe it’s a first for Apple, Inc. but Steve Jobs just delivered a keynote where a new product was announced that had absolutely everything in it that people were rumoring about. The Apple iPhone. Does it have a nice, big screen? Yes. How about Wifi and Bluetooth? Yes. Plays video [...]

By now you’ve probably read all the rumored specs on this mysterious Apple cellular device: Bluetooth, Wifi, high resolution screen, touchscreen, slide out keyboard, 14 years battery life, blah, blah, etc. The bottom line is that everyone wants this phone to everything that other phones don’t do, or at least don’t do well. The [...]

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We ended up doing a lot of driving but that’s what happens when there are two families to visit! I haven’t written in awhile because so many things have been going on, but here’s a quick recap of some things I thought were interesting.

The day that Mac geeks wait for every year has arrived, and instead of doing the usual “what’s going to be said” blog entry, I’m going the opposite route and predicting what won’t be announced. Let’s do it!

No iPhone. I say this one more because I hope I’m proved wrong, but to be honest, [...]

So much is made of good web-based user interface design, that sometimes we overlook just how amazing some software interfaces are, namely high-end audio/visual development software. Many of these tools cost thousands of dollars, so you can bet that the companies have their very best talent pumping out amazing interfaces that to justice to [...]

AllHipHop.com has some interesting news from the music industry this morning: it seems 50 Cent and Steve Jobs are currently in talks to bring a lower priced computer to inner city families. Both my parents work in an inner city school district, so I know very well how difficult it is for their [...]