Apple Events
As usual, the Apple Keynote to introduce the new iPad Air, Mini, Mac Pro, and free software was done with great marketing aplomb. Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them works every time. Also as usual, the financial analysts are missing the point. […]
IBM Retiree Healthcare
This morning, I attended a local gathering of approximately 45 retired IBMers at Founders Hall. As previously described, IBM has made arrangements with ExtendHealth to act as a broker to provide advice and enrollment for retirees with regard to Medigap, Medicare Advantage, Rx, Dental, and Vision insurance programs. The choices are complex and the consensus […]
IBM’s Grassroots Revival
IBM’s Grassroots Revival was a story by Eric Ransdel that ran in Fast Company Magazine twenty years ago. The magazine is tweeting away today celebrating the anniversary. The story is accurate and speaks for itself. Eric did a lot of research and developed a deep understanding of what was going on inside IBM with regard to […]
Technology Adoption
When I upgraded from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone 5, I sold the 4S on eBay and got a very good price for it. When the rumors about another new iPhone began to firm up, gazelle.com sent emails urging customers to sign up to sell them their current iPhones. Gazelle has a very nice model […]
Long Live the Fax Machine
Coupon Chile did some research about fax machines and found that there are 46.3 million of them around the world, 17.4 million in the United States. The total faxes sent each year is 16.9 billion, representing 853 miles high of paper, which equates to 2 million trees taken down every year. The fax machine and […]