iPad in the Cloud

January 23, 2011

I’m now commuting daily into Manhattan and taking my iPad. When you commute, its amazing how a bag which you hardly even noticed carrying getting out of the car, feels like it weights a hundred pounds by the time you get to the office. So, I wondered, how far could I go being paperless and [...]

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An Apple for Apple

November 26, 2010

Last August the camera in my iPhone 3GS started producing photos as if they were taken through a jar of Vaseline or a screen door – neither one a very pleasing effect. It didn’t inconvenience me much, but I do find the camera handy for a quick informal shot or as a reminder for something [...]

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Goin’ Mobile

October 25, 2010

You have to be of  ‘a certain age’ or a classic rock fan to remember The Who’s song Going Mobile. But it’s very relevant today. Forester predicts that by 2012 more Internet access will occur throughout mobile devices than PCs. Sometime it seems it’s coming quicker than that. If you look around you on the [...]

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Remote PC Access – Teamviewer

September 15, 2010

Ok, so Grandma (Mom in my case) can’t figure out how to view the pictures from the link she got in an AOL email. I suppose AOL should be the tip-off that some help would be needed. The trouble is she’s 230 miles away and trying to do tech support over the phone is a [...]

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Facebook Places

August 25, 2010

Facebook introduced a service called Places last week in response to similar marketplace efforts like Foursquare and others. In a nutshell it allows you to share where you are and connect with friends nearby. The advantage to Places is the gigantic reach that Facebook has with a membership of over 500 million and its position [...]

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Embed Your Tweets

May 11, 2010

Tweets are the new quotes. However, screen shots of tweets are a pretty limited way to share. You can send links to an individual tweet by directly clicking the timestamp and copying that, but it’s not pretty. So now along comes Blackbird Pie. Embed your tweets like the following and they retain their interactivity. Check [...]

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Google Voice Rocks

January 8, 2010

Ten years ago I bought a personal 800 number. Then I forwarded the number to wherever I was – cell phone, office, home. It worked pretty well, provided I didn’t screw up and leave the forwarding to the wrong number. Voice mail was a bit of an issue too. You’d think in the intervening ten [...]

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Social Signatures, Social URLs

September 28, 2009

OK interconnected world, I’ve got a couple cool new tools. First, let’s start with a social signature. How many emails do you send each day? If you’re like me, it’s a lot. Why not use that as a way to link back to your social networking sites, blog and twitter updates? WiseStamp does a great [...]

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Adobe Drops the Ball on Customer Service

July 31, 2009

We live in an amazing age as far as online customer service goes. You can book your flight online and get your ticket in minutes. Zappos can get shoes to your doorstep seemingly as soon as you press the enter key. Adobe is one of the oldest and most venerable software companies. I have a [...]

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First Branded Pharma Tweet

June 18, 2009

Today, the IgniteBLOG reported the first ever branded pharma tweet. The tweet came from twitter.com/racewithinsulin. Of course, I found out about  in on Twitter. This development is interesting from a couple of perspectives. The twitter feed is from a brand advocate, rather than a company. The twitter homepage includes both Levemir and Novolog important safety [...]

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