On occasion, I have to make a decision that I’ve struggled with my entire life – do I go with my brain, or do I go with my gut?
For most people, the brain is their rational, analytical side. It tells people to be cautious, to take in all of the factors before making a [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Do we need a new way to “spray thoughts across the web?”
Published by April 16th, 2008 in Blogs, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Weblogs. 0 CommentsToday Six Apart announced the release of its “Blog It” application for Facebook, which allows you write a post within Facebook and then broadcast it to up to ten different blog and mini-blog services. And the more that I think about it, this just seems a bit like backwards thinking. If we lived in an [...]
An opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal alleges that health insurance companies are like a mafia protection racket. It’s quite an accusation – one that’s nearly guaranteed to get a lot of discussion started.
In a perfect world, I’d like to see most people paying for routine health expenses out-of-pocket from a health savings [...]
iPhone competitors trump Apple’s features, but it won’t matter
Published by April 2nd, 2008 in Apple and Technology. 0 CommentsSamsung announced a new phone called the “Instinct” at CITA (wireless industry) show going on in Las Vegas. It’s a nice looking device with some impressive features – large, sharp screen, 3G capabilities, haptic feedback (so you can feel when the device registers your touch), built-in GPS and microSD slot, among others. On paper, people [...]
If (traditional) media companies saw the writing on the wall…
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Blogs, Mass Media, New Media, Social Media, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Workplace. 0 CommentsImagine if, 25 years ago, a time traveler from the present day appeared to newspaper, television and radio executives to outline the media landscape in 2008. He’d tell them about how the Internet has dramatically increased the number of media outlets and how it’s enabled everyone to opine or present news via text, audio or [...]
