I like spy novels. Since James Bond, I have been reading spy novels from Ludlum, Lustbader and Jack Higgins. The new breed of authors in this gnre are very good - Barry Eisler, Vince Flynn, Daniel Silva, Brian Haig, Randy...
Before a plane ride, if I am out of books to read, I run to B&N. The last two trips have been a waste of time. One trip the sales clerk asked me what I was looking for, but they...
Apparently, $1B is not a lot of money. Three deals today - all at $1B.Facebook bought Instagram, a photo-sharing app, for $1B.Microsoft paid $1B for 800 AOL patents. Who knew AOL even had 800 patents? Now they can fund Patch...
I was reminded this morning while speaking to the STC that Marketing is just like fishing or hunting. You need to know what you will be trying to catch; what bait you will need; and where to hunt or fish....
The buzz is that email is dead. Oh, voice is dying also. And if you believe all the hype, sell your airline stocks since video conferencing and tele-presence will replace travel. “A company’s corporate website is the top source of...
Social Fresh Tampa was this week but I only attended the final panel on Day 2. Justin Levy (now at Citrix) resonates with me. Zena Weist of H&R Block did not. Paula Berg formerly at Southwest Airlines, now with Linhart...
What does Facebook have to do with the New New Telco model? Well, according to this blog post, Facebook has more data, connections, and users than any telco ever did (which is unfortunately true). But is it a telco? Consider...
Twitter is down. (And a few million people have nothing to do).Facebook is experiencing issues as well. I guess people will just have to work today.AT&T's cellular network is down in Tampa Bay. (And a few thousand iPhone users are...
If your model is free, how do you pay the bills? How do you pay for the infrastructure - the servers, switches, collocation, bandwidth, labor, etc.? How do you pay developers and engineers to scale it and keep it up?Twitter...
Last night was the WITI Tampa meeting with two social media experts - IBM's VP Sandy Carter and Tampa Bay's own Shawna Vercher. Sandy walked the audience through some social media lessons, including some homework on your Brand 2.0: Post 2 presentations...
So social media expert, Chris Brogan, blogs about Michael Goodspeed being wronged by YouTube. Since Google owns YouTube, this is the beginning of Google becomes the Evil Empire. I've been watching this happen for a while. When GrandCentral was upgrading...
Speaking with a buddy this morning about MySpace and Facebook where people add so many personal things. The HR Director at his company Googles each applicant and checks their social networking profiles. Drunk or other improper photos relegate your resume...