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Koreans are smarter than us

December 14, 2005

Or, at least, their cellphone industry is.  Standardized plugs, data transfer cables and chargers?  It seems like some far-off wonderful dream.

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Look out Craig!

December 7, 2005

Here comes rupertslist.

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BellSouth: Investing in Idiocy

December 5, 2005

Thursday I called the BellSouth CEO idiotic.
This weekend comes news that the company withdrew donations to New Orleans, b/c the city plans to deploy wi-fi to all of its citizens.
So consider this a retractment–I was way off in my assessment of BellSouth.  The idiocy spreads a lot further than just the CEO.
Note to anyone investing [...]

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More telco idiocy at the executive level

December 1, 2005

Sometimes it’s startling how little businessmen edit their thoughts before they speak their mind.  Because any jackass can see that this statement:
William L. Smith, chief technology officer for Atlanta-based BellSouth
Corp., told reporters and analysts that an Internet service provider
such as his firm should be able, for example, to charge Yahoo Inc. for
the opportunity to have [...]

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SBC and Verizon = your ONLY phone company options

October 27, 2005

Smells like AT&T.

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Minding The Conversation Gap

October 26, 2005

My back is killing me right now, so I’ll have to come back and do a recap in a bit…but for now, please make sure to read Steve Rubel’s Mind The Conversation Gap.  Then talk amongst yourselves.  I’ll be back when I can sit and type without excruciating pain.

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Must-have Apple toy of Christmas 2006

October 21, 2005

Since we know the iPod Video is now the defacto "MUST HAVE" from Apple for Christmas 2005, time to start the predictions for ‘06.  I got one, and one only….the Apple flatscreen TV.  They’ve basically already got one, remote control and all–it just doesn’t have a tuner built-in yet, and you’d have to remove stand [...]

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The modern rules of advertising

September 9, 2005

By far, my favorites are:

Men are obsessed with sex but will forego sex in order to watch football or drink beer.

Scandinavians are, without exception, blonde and beautiful.
Women have jobs they never do in real life, e.g. dockworker (who looks like a model).
Tortilla chips are the most exciting experience any group of young people can experience.

The [...]

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Rebranded Sprint+Nextel relaunches today…

September 2, 2005

…as just plain-old Sprint (with a fancy new logo/colorscheme).
And apparently, they both got bought out by DeWalt.
Ok, not really; but that shade of yellow sure does look familiar.

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SBC to become AT&T?

August 31, 2005

BusinessWeek is reporting that SBC will take AT&T’s name when they complete their acquisition of their former parent company late this year.  Looks like the 120-year-old phone/communications brand will live on.  No word yet on the fate of Tommy Lee Jones stirring voiceover work for SBC (his best work since The Fugitive).
So Long, AT&T? Not [...]

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Yahoo buys Konfabulator

July 24, 2005

I’m not exactly sure what this means from a business standpoint; but I’m pretty sure it’s going to have something to do with Yahoo! throwing a bunch of widgets our way.  And I do like widgets.

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Costco v. Wal-Mart

July 12, 2005

Or, Why Wal-Mart Sucks and Costco Rules. (via)

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