How Much Data Do You Generate?

April 5, 2010

Have you ever thought about how much data is generated for consumption on the internet? To be honest, I have a hard time comprehending these numbers: Try 988 billion Gigabytes of digital information, all created by the end of 2010. This includes user-generated content by some “1.6 billion internet users.” (See “How much data do [...]

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NY Times On The Kindle – Price Increase?

April 4, 2010

I can’t believe I am blogging about this on the day after the iPad officially hit the street. I received an email the following email from Amazon yesterday: As a Kindle subscriber to New York Times, you might like to know that effective April 2, 2010, the New York Times has raised its price to [...]

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Learning Can Be Engaging and Fun!

March 27, 2010

Between travel, family activities, and a couple of bad days with the flu, I have not been able to post for a few days. I have been able to read and spend some time thinking about education. I will share that in a separate entry. While researching the topic, I came across this great video [...]

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Browser Wars and Lessons Learned

March 12, 2010

Check out this Web Browser market share data: From April 2009 until the end of February 2010, Internet Explorer lost 6 points. Market share for other Browsers was flat, with modest gains in a few cases. The biggest winner: Google Chrome which appears to have take share almost exclusively from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.   Browser Market [...]

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Curiosity, Innovation and No Limits!

March 7, 2010

Yesterday I attended the Crystal Classic Show Choir contest in Fairfield, Ohio.  (I had a great time, but that is another post). It was a 90 minute drive each way which allowed me time to listen to a few presentations from TED.   One that hit the mark for me was a recent presentation by James [...]

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Authentic Word of Mouth?

March 2, 2010

Wow, what a story. I first heard about this on “Today In Social Media“, hosted by Clayton Morris.  Picture this as part of your business model: Charge businesses to remove negative word of mouth from your high traffic web site. According to allegations, this actually happened!   Let me back up and fill in the [...]

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People, Passion and Perseverance

March 1, 2010

Over the weekend, I listened to the latest ecorner podcast (Standford University Entrepreneurship Center). The speaker was Steve Case, the founder, former CEO and Chairman of America Online (AOL). He is currently the CEO of Revolution, a holding company that helps build companies. Mr. Case’s spoke about three keys to be a successful entrepreneur: People, [...]

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Technology and Energy

February 27, 2010

Remember when oil prices peaked out in 2008? Check out this chart: Just looking at the prices in 2008 brings back all the angst of that summer. Today, prices seem to have stabilized. Credit a combination of reduced demands, driven down by the economic crisis, and a glut in supply. While I am not a [...]

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My WIFI Blues

February 23, 2010

I am traveling internationally this week. For the most part the trip has been great except for some difficulty in connecting to the internet.  For some, that is not a big deal, but I have a serious ‘connection’ dependency. I feel this need to be connected most of the time. I wish it was easier [...]

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Engage!

February 21, 2010

I have always been a bit of a trekkie. One of my favorite Star Trek phrases is Captain Kirk’s, “Engage”. I prefer it to Captain Piccard’s “Make it so”. Engaging customers is on the mind of most everyone in business. One of the key differentiators between new media, especially social media,  and more traditional ‘paid [...]

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