List of Sci-Fi novels
July 6, 2008 – 7:42 pmhttp://howtosplitanatom.com/news/32-sci-fi-novels-you-should-read/
http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/32-sci-fi-novels-you-should-read/
UX for non-profits
June 15, 2008 – 11:35 amhttp://www.uxsocial.org/This is a promising development. I've been thinking a lot lately about User Experience and non-profit communications and operations. I will need to keep an eye on this to see how they progress.
Interesting looking Video Conferencing gateways
June 15, 2008 – 8:30 amhttp://www.3cx.com/phone-system/sip-server.htmlhttp://www.gnugk.org/VC is HUGE at work and this looks like these could be a promising solution for gateway products for SIP and H323, respectively. I will need to remember to test this out.
Impressive list
September 23, 2007 – 7:18 pmI found this link on Reddit or Digg, I think: http://mashable.com/2007/09/23/open-source/
YouTube as instructional medium
November 27, 2006 – 10:49 amIt just occurred to me how easy it would be to convert any PowerPoint or other instructional material to video and upload it to YouTube. Any organization could then create channels for different training, presentation, or procedural materials and disperse them as they saw fit. I need to write this down.
Borders and Wishlists as gift registry
November 27, 2006 – 10:42 amFor the life of me I can not understand why Borders doesn't give customers the ability to access their amazon wishlist. You don't even need to allow them to login, all you need to do is search for it. Not only could you look up other people's wishlists for gift ideas but you could look yourself up so you could remember what you actually wanted. I know I often find myself at Borders wondering exactly which book it was I wanted to buy when I was browsing Borders.com or Amazon.com. No to mention people are more likely to buy items when they are in a store and have money in their pocket.
Another smart move by Adobe
November 7, 2006 – 11:56 amSo what might this really be about? Let's see, Mozilla is the one browser really supporting the SVG standard and what happens when you have an Ecmascript compliant vector graphic-enabled browser? Flash begins to look expensive. It's still a long way off but making this move early on is a smart move on Adobe's part. If they want to keep Flash relevant working with the leading enabler of a potential enabler of a potential competing standard is shrewd and earns them great PR in the long run as well. Smart, smart, smart. UPDATE: I meant to say that between the two most popular browsers (IE and Firefox), Firefox is the one browser really supporting the SVG standard.
Old is new
October 25, 2006 – 4:39 amEver since CRM became the buzzword du jour, I've been telling folks for years that in order to maintain a competitive edge in todays marketplace, companies are going to have to get back to old mom and pop-style customer service. By this I mean, you have to get to know your customers, their likes dislikes, essentially their personal preferences. How is a multinational corporation or an enormous bank with thousands of customers going to do that? This bit of news is a step in the right direction. It might currently be implemented as a security measure but I think that smart companies will see the value in customer-recognition as a means to retain business and initially differentiate themselves from the herd (until the rest wise up and jump on the bandwagon).