May 2012
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Dish Network Horror Story - my Dish Customer...
This is my letter verbatim to Dish following a horrible night which ended in me not only canceling my service, but writing a blog post and posting extensive angry tweets about Dish. SO, in this one evening, I went from being just a customer that would have probably stayed with them for a long time based on not wanting to deal with change to someone who would write all this up. For those of you...
November 2010
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What set top box is in your living room?
The contenders are the PS3, xbox360, Google TV, Boxee Box and the Apple TV. There are others, but in terms of what is sexy and usable and what will actually fit in most living rooms by the time you have your cable/sat box and your amplifier, I think this covers it.
Since believe in full disclosure, I think it’s best I disclose my living room setup, which changes often as my wife or...
October 2010
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Step by Step - Updating iOS 4.x Beta to your...
This seems to be a general problem that people figure out by word of mouth and I couldn’t find and good instructions on how to do it. Once the 3rd person asked me (after I had to ask a friend of mine), I decided to do a little post on it.
Notes:
To download the beta, you need to be a paid member of the Apple developer program ($99/yr)
The file you download is a DMG file (disc image),...
June 2010
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My rant on the new iPhone Data Plans
I believe the term is “Indian Giver” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_giver
That is in a nutshell how I see AT&T now. Anyone who knows me has heard about my my rants on companies doing these kinds of things. Recently, Pei Wei took away free soda with your carry out order. Since they essentially made the soda worthless, customers assume the cost is built into the food...
January 2010
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Top 10 Android apps vs Top 10 iPhone apps and what...
My ongoing review of Android and iPhone side by side has compelled me to look into what I think are the top apps (that I use regularly). I figured the best way to look at this is what the top apps that I use on both phones, apps only on iPhone and apps only on Android. I am going to exclude email and calendar for this post. Both platforms have good, but not great functionality.
Top apps on...
December 2009
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Droid Eris vs iPhone vs Droid vs Blackberry Storm
I have been in a very unique position the past few weeks to be able to run consistent comparisons of these 4 phones together and I have tweeted about it and while I love Twitter and Facebook, questions about my feelings on the 4 phones can’t be explained in 140 characters or less.
Sorry for all the pictures, but they kindof tell the story. I will break this down into a few categories:
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November 2009
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The 3G wars AT&T vs. Verizon
I have always had a cell phone it seems and I was definitely one of the first to get a “smartphone”. I feel that over the years, I have had a phone on all of the “major” networks, but never have I had the opportunity I had today.
While driving home for Thanksgiving, my beautiful wife agreed to drive giving me the chance to get a lot of work done. During that time, it...
August 2009
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RFID in an OPEN world
RFID has been around for several years and my first introduction to it was several years ago when I had the pleasure of working with some visionaries at Simon Property Group. We were looking at RFID to track kids in the malls for their parents. RFID has come a long way since then and I am still amazed it hasn’t really caught on.
If you read my last post on OPEN E-Commerce and you take...
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OPEN E-Commerce
People always ask me about tying the new trends of the OPEN Brand or Social Commerce into what is reality in the technology world of E-Commerce. I found myself sitting at the Partner conference for ATG in January this year while the ATG leadership team was talking about the future of their platform and how it was the last platform you would ever need. This got me thinking how that would become a...
September 2008
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Offshoring - When should you?
I find this topic coming up a lot still and I am honestly kind of amazed that I still hear it so often. When should you Off Shore some base of work for your business? When you should off shore is very similar to asking yourself if something REALLY is a commodity. Unless something is a commodity, it’s not a good idea to outsource it. Additionally, if your motivation is to save money, you...
July 2008
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Content Management and eCommerce
I feel like I have been doing Content Management for my whole life. It actually has been a long time, but the real calculation places me just short of 1/3 of my life. In that time, I have run the gamut in terms of “What is Content Management”. I have been through Web Content Management, Enterprise Content Management, Records Management, Catalog Management and more. Content...
June 2008
4 posts
Changing the conversation on oil
I really enjoyed this article and I felt that it does a great deal to highlight where the real issues are with gas prices and it paints a realistic picture. There is one interesting thing that I am honestly SHOCKED I haven’t a lot more of. Since we know we can affect the market forces in terms of oil costs, why aren’t the politicians changing the market? Amazingly, I did see a little of this...
Lots of Work, Lots of Innovation, Loving ATG
It’s been a crazy last few months and we have been extremely busy working on creating a value added approach to ATG implementations that goes way beyond the standard implementation. Many times these go badly because the reality of what is possible within the Iron Triangle doesn’t meet with the expectations that were present at the beginning of the project. I feel that by taking the...
May 2008
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