Without diving into it, I had a new LinkSys (acquired by Cisco) router under warrantee and it was 30 minutes before they could find the registration information. I had to prove my contact information and serial number five times over five transfers.
Fast Company, The Mob, and Influence
I've recently received a flood of strange emails. They were regarding the Fast Company's Influence Project (check it out). At first, it seemed like a great noble endeavor. An experiment in discovery. Here is the premise: You get invited to the project and the...
An amazing (1 in 84 billion) iPhone coincidence
What happened today is about 1 chance in 84 Billion. Here is what happened. I was using the URL shortening service http:\tr.im. This service takes a long URL and shortens it into something manageable. The utility of the service is that you get a short URL which can...
Fun with Tag Clouds
I’ve often wondered how to select people on twitter to follow that are not going to post crap about what they had for diner. Twitter are you listening? Create a tag could that is a summation of people’s tweets. Tags to avoid (for me) I, me, my, ate, food, diner.
One reason for CRM failure; The Nature of Contact Information
Most CRM implementations fail. This is a fact. Look it up. In my years in the industry, I've worked with many vendors on the consulting side to help reduce the possibility of CRM failure. While there is a whole host of reason that failure occurs, I have a very...
Looking for a recruiting domain? Here are 5700, unregistered!
Shorter domain names are better. One syllable words are simple, short, and memorable. This weekend I was looking for a domain name for a new project I was working on. Everything I initially tried was taken. What I did know was that I wanted to add a one syllable...
Picking a domain name; don’t be stupid, use a tool
It is interesting and challenging to pick a new domain name. At some point, it can get frustrating since everything you try to pick is already registered. Here is some advice, use a tool. You would not want to search the Internet by going to every building that is...
VMware; when you can’t even pay to get support; my personal tech support nightmare
It is rare that spend my valuable time with a complaint. However, in my recent quest to get support for VMware fusion was met with a hard stop. I have never been so amazed at the ramifications of a bad policy. Here is what happened. I use VMware fusion on my...
Micro squatting: Domain squatting for the next decade
MICRO SQUATTING Is your brand safe? Getting a good domain that is a real word or combination of real words is almost impossible these days. Now, for someone like me that has a new product idea every week or so, this poses a problem. Sometimes I get "stuck" when I...
Keyword proximity and keyword extension engines
First engine is http://keywords.broadlook.com. The focus of this engine is the keywords and metatags within websites and build a list of (1) keyword extensions of your input.