I spent yesterday at the OMMA Mobile conference. Very interesting although it kind of felt like everything old is new again in some ways. Much of what we’ve gone through in the development of the web is being repeated in mobile, including the reluctance of marketers to embrace a medium that is way more developed than most of them understand. Mobile devices (I don’t like to think of them as phones since that’s very limiting) are personal, PC‘s are not. There are several times as many mobile devices as there are phones and more and more of them have high speed data access and can run applications. There was a ton of great research presented and I’ll have more on that at some other time. Continue reading
Category Archives: Reality checks
Bacon Overdone
I know it’s not Friday but I’m going to let food set the theme to day as well. The Mrs. and I were watching TV last night when on came a story about Tony’s Restaurant in Birch Run Michigan. Tony’s is renowned for selling enormous
portions of food at fair prices and, in particular, for their BLT sandwich which contains over a pound of bacon. Obviously, not eating anything bigger than your head doesn’t apply here. Continue reading
Filed under food, Helpful Hints, Reality checks
Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. Some folks think it’s ridiculous although I’m not sure why. These tend to be the same folks that are wondering why it’s so cold when “global warming” is supposed to be heating up the planet (see “What’s Your Name”). In any event, since we have days to show our appreciation for Administrative Assistants, the UN, and a Groundhog, I think it’s probably OK to show a little love to the planet on which we live. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 