Meetings are the bane of the business world. They are necessary sometimes, but also take up huge amounts of time and rarely seem to actually contribute any progress to whatever project is supposedly under discussion. This is doubly true if a committee is involved. (How to you find the collective intelligence of a committee? Take…
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After The Storm
It seems I am just about the only person on the planet whose opinion of Apple’s tablet computer improved after the release show. Many people were spinning fantasies about some kind of revolutionary new magical talisman that would change the world. I figured the new tablet would be a big, $800 or $1000, iPod Touch….
Branding is Everything
I’m not sure if it’s because small businesses love spending money, or if they’re cautious about it, but I’ve found that they are frequently only willing to use the most expensive options available. Software office suites, for example. Those workplace staples; word processors and spreadsheets. Probably half the small businesses in the country could have…
Happy New Year
I hope you all had a good holiday season, and we all look forward to a 2010 that is better than 2009 was.