I get asked sometimes why I write this stuff 5 days a week. It’s probably a couple of thousand words and several hours’ time each week and I’m not going to lie and say it’s easy because sometimes it’s painfully hard. I do have my reasons, however, and I thought I’d share 10 of them with you today. These are in no particular order and some overlap (being concise is not one of my strengths) but they came surprisingly easily when I made the list. Here we go. Continue reading
Category Archives: Thinking Aloud
Built To Last
Suppose it’s just not even 20 years ago and you’ve built Prodigy. You and Compuserve pretty much dominate the on-line world through your dial-in walled gardens. There’s this new kid on the block – America On Line – who is off on the horizon and the three of you are all running what I like to call the “peep show” model: the longer users stay connected, the longer the meter runs and the more you take in. Great business. Until it wasn’t. Continue reading
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Brickberries For Breakfast
I know it’s Friday and, therefore, I’m supposed to be doing a food theme. Something happened to me yesterday which is food-related in name only but I guess it will have to do because I want to write about it while it’s still fresh in my mind.
I use a Blackberry (that’s as foodie as we’re getting today) as my primary communications device when I leave the office. Yesterday, as I went into NYC for meetings, I updated an app (Facebook) and rebooted the device as usual. Done it many times and never an issue. Except yesterday, when it became a Deadberry. A Brickberry. A Blackberry that powered up but wouldn’t boot. What a day it became and in perspective, what a lesson. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 