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Boingo and iTunes = a Prepaid WiFi Solution

March 29, 2010
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Boingo now provides another reason why I’m happy my iPad will be WiFi only. I don’t often respond to PR releases. Yet this Boingo offer is both obvious and a smart move forward. For $1.99 you can now prepay “a WiFi hour” via the iTunes store. That’s potentially good insurance to carry around. Works on [...]

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“Apps Come to Me” – What Benchmarking for Mobile Success Means

March 23, 2010

I’ve been enjoying a mobile discussion forum for the last couple of months. Surprised at how many people I generally knew that were there. Today a subject was around “Benchmarking For Mobile App Success”.  It started with a link to this post by Geoff Northcott. Tomi Ahonen adds his take on the numbers here. His [...]

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Is it too late for US education? When will government work for the common good?

February 24, 2010

I received an email today from John Stockton Superintendent Acalanes UHSD titled “Eliminating the Competitive Edge”. It’s about more budget cuts in our schools. It’s also reflective of the broad failure of US society to provide effectively for its citizens. It demonstrates a failure of the “government” we collectively elected to develop more prosperous and [...]

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Another AR Example for the Mobile Handset – Recognizr

February 24, 2010

Thanks to Paul Sweeney for pointing me to this Mashable post. Recongnizr is probably on the eComm schedule (although I’m not sure) and is a great example of mobile AR that is coming to a handset sooner rather than later. Makes “Bump” look a little lame. Recognizr: Facial Recognition Coming to Android Phones “Recongnizr” is [...]

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iPad Means Business – Pitch to Portfolio

January 27, 2010
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Let’s see.. I followed iPad announcements on Engadget, read Gizmodo’s summary, saw that @gigaom thinks it kills the Kindle and now we have the Apple Video. According to Apple 75 million iPhone / iPodTouch users already know how to use it. They also say they are now a mobile company, beating Sony, Samsung, Nokia etc [...]

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First Impressions – Manaus Brazil – The people were wonderful.

July 29, 2009

I can show you a set of pictures of Manaus Brazil that makes it look quite idealistic, a stunning getaway (if you can get there easily – don’t ask about my 36+hour trips) destination, with an interesting history where Rubber Baron’s were once economic kings. Today it’s a thriving economic zone and yet almost an [...]

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Following My Instinct – I Sold My House

July 13, 2009

A few weeks ago our family moved. After almost 10 years in one spot it was quite an effort to  prepare the house for sale, get it sold, find a new place etc. I’m very happy I did. It’s also provided a “routine” break which I’ve enjoyed. It’s also funny some of the comments and [...]

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Bangalore – First Impressions

February 3, 2009

On my recently completed trip to India, I made my third trip to Bangalore. This time, my visit was different and I was there for  a few days.  I’ve written previous posts on India and doing research there. I’ve also encouraged visitors to look beyond the oft traveled routes. If you don’t, you might get [...]

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The Taj Hotel

January 18, 2009

Yesterday was my first day back in Mumbai after the terror attacks on 26/11. The result of the attack was my December visit was postponed by corporate policies. Even though at the time I thought the best show of support was to just get on with it. So yesterday I had a hankering to go [...]

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A Little Venting about Comcast

January 14, 2009

I am just peeved with Comcast. It’s simple – I rely on my internet connection and when it doesn’t work it is crippling. So this will be a short and sweet summary. It is effectively my feedback. Comcast is like PG&E, AT&T etc. I expect these things to work without fail. I can accept when [...]

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No Instant Gratification with TiVo’s Amazon Rental Service

January 12, 2009

Rent a movie has really rolled into our household. It’s less about hard times and more about convenience. The choice of going to Blockbuster and just choosing a movie and pressing a button is easy and obvious. This weekend I also found I had even more choices. So this is a quick comparison between TiVo [...]

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Skype Will Never Beat Facebook

January 9, 2009

When a friend starts a post with a “you will think I’m nuts …” I know he’s a real buddy of mine. Luca asks today How Can Skype Become The Next Facebook? I’d have to say no way! My reasons are supported by some of the reasons he provides in his post and some of [...]

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Brianism’s – Thanks Dad!

August 7, 2008

My father is turning 80 and shortly I’ll be making a trip to NZ to celebrate with him. It should be quite a party. This is the cover of the card and then a few short words in the inside cover. More than half the pictures I know very well! These are a few quotes [...]

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Open Flow – Finding Meaning in New Connections

May 29, 2008

Next week on Tuesday June 3rd Kevin Werbach is hosting a pre Supernova conference call about the meaning of openness in a networked world. This could be an interesting discussion and pull in quite a wide group of people. Details to obtain the dial in number are below. On Tuesday, June 3rd, from 9am-11am PT [...]

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Dina is on WordPress

October 8, 2007

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