You have probably heard that analog TV will be “whited out” (so to speak) in February 2009. On February 17, if you haven’t switched to digital, all you will see is static. Although that might be preferable to some of the stuff on TV today. If you are not ready (or you don’t […]
GOOGLE founder Sergei Brin recently was asked in CNN Money how to succeed this year. He said, “Success will come from simplicity.”
I treasure simplicity; the simpler things are, the better I like them. Life is so cluttered that the more we can un-clutter it, the better. Sergei Brin says that technology […]
Sunday I had an interesting conversation with a high school teacher from Mongolia. How this came about is a long story with which I shall not bore you. She is in her mid-30’s, married with 2 grade school children. He husband attends grad school at the University of Indiana. She teaches Russian in Mongolia. That’s […]
This is another one of those great ideas that most people don’t take time for. If you have a small business with a web site, do an end-of-the year “clean sweep.”
I have a webmaster (Kathy Hendershot-Hurd at Impax Marketing) and she will be going through my website. Here are her tips for small business […]
Something is wrong with MicroSoft. Latest tests of its Vista operating system show that it is not as productive as the old MicroSoft operating system XP. That’s not to say that it does not have the level of productivity that Apple’s new operating system, Leopard, has, it doesn’t even match up well with its own old one. This does say whole […]
Maybe you have heard of the $100 laptop for developing countries. It was the brainchild of Prof. Nicholas Negroponte of MIT. His earth-satering idea is to provide laptops to kids in developing countries for $100 each. He started all this in’05. He started at the UN and got tremendous response. He was set to sell millions […]
With the introduction of the Kindle, e-book reader, Amazon.com is trying to follow in the footsteps of Apple’s iPod and iTunes business model. My initial reaction is maybe. From recent reviews it has quite a bit going for it. I understand that he reading surface is excellent. The best feature is that the device is […]
I’ve been in the computer and communications business since 1970. I was there when TCPIP was invented. I didn’t invent it, but I was around. Problem is that technology can be as big a detriment to business as it is a help. Technology is only a tool. It all depends on how individuals implement it.
Some […]
Rose is my mother-in-law and she has been on the world wide web since it has been out there. She is on her third desktop computer and uses a business class connection. Now, she wants to get a laptop. She’s been on the web sites reviewing all the specs and yesterday she dragged me out […]
Last year I was astounded that I could go on the web and re-view my favorite TV show “Studio 60″. This year I simply expected to be able to see my favorite premier “Life”. And, I was not disappointed. Now, I also recorded the show on my cable box so I can watch it on […]
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