Last week was crazy busy, compunded even more so by a cracked back molar and stomach flu! But I am not sure if I was 'Screensucking', 'Taildogging' or 'Frazzing' !!!! A new book by psychiatrist Edward M Hallowell entitled "Crazy Busy: Overstretched, Overbooked and About to Snap! Strategies for coping in a world gone ADD" shares some of his ideas about monitoring your mood at work – and the fact… Read More »Crazy Busy
The latest figures for camera sales are out in Canada and to noone's surprise the onslaught of digital continues – technology improves almost daily, prices drop and sales continue to rise. Could you have forseen this 5 or 10 years ago? Certainly the likes of Kodak and even Fuji did not – the latter just announcing a further 5,000 job cuts globally as the demand for traditional film and camaeras… Read More »Are You Ready For Change?
I just received another spam posting on by blog – as if I do not get enough in my In Box each day I am starting to get my blog spammed also – why do these people think that I am actually interested in any of their offers? It starts to amke you wonder – Seth Godin reported quite a while ago about getting 99 spam messages out of 100… Read More »Is E-commerce Slowly Going to Die?
I used to subscribe to MarketingPower.com the e-zine of the American Marketing Association, but found that the newsletter was too long and much of the news was duplicated from other sources or not relevant to what I wanted to read – so I unsubscribed. Four months later I am still trying to unsubscribe! If the AMA can't even get the basic concepts of e-marketing right – what hope is there… Read More »If the AMA can’t get it right……
I made the move recently to VOIP (voice over internet) telephone and have been monitoring the results and quality – overall it seems to be as good as my current service with Bell. So I made the decision to switch my high-speed internet access for home to a lighter version and run VOIP for home too, as well as cancel an additional telephone line that has become a little redundant.… Read More »Ma Bell’s Demise Continues
I have spent most of today fielding rogue e-mails that originated from another e-mail address I use that went to about 40 – 50 people and proceeded to bounce and bounce and bounce – I lost count after deleting over 500 e-mails! It was not fun, but it made me think both how reliant we have gotten with technology in general and how impatient we have now become when things… Read More »Technology Sucks!
The change in telecommunications continues unabated and VOIP (Voice Over Internet) is the latest development. Some early adopters have been using this for awhile but now cost, availability and demand are converging to make this a viable option for the masses. Bell & Telus have just been pleading their case to the CRTC in Canada about keeping VOIP providers separate from any arrangements they have so that they can compete… Read More »Ma Bell Is Running Scared?
"There is no reason for anyone to have a computer in their home" Ken Olsen – Computer Designer and founder of Digital Equipment I have just completed a full day's training with my own coach, which was entirely via a telephone line and the web. Originally the workshop was meant to be in New York which would have involved at least 2 days including travel etc.The technology that we have… Read More »The Lost Art of Communication?