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Why I’m abandoning a land line altogether: bye bye Qwest!»

Jun 15, 2011; Category: Communication; Tags: , , ; 5 Comments

At the end of June, I’ll be abandoning Qwest service entirely, saving about $56/month on phone service. Not that $56/month is outrageous; it’s actually a good bit less than what I pay Tmobile every month, although there really is no comparison between what I can do on my Tmobile-powered Android and what I can do with the land line, which has become pretty useless.

Is “Good Enough” Really Good Enough?»

Sep 21, 2010; Category: Communication, Design/Development, Zeitgeist; Tags: , , ; One Comment

We live in an era of commodification of services. Many of the services that relied on people with specialized skills and expertise a decade ago can be accomplished by low-skilled workers, and in some cases, by automated services (translation into a foreign language, for instance). Few people would argue that services delivered by low-skilled or

Business in 2010: Still Evolving After All These Years*»

Jan 2, 2010; Category: Blogging, Business, Communication, Marketing, Zeitgeist; Tags: , , , , , ; One Comment

New Year’s resolutions aren’t part of my tradition. They’re too easily forgotten or ignored, and they seem to focus primarily on end results rather than on underlying issues that create the need for improvement. However, because the end-of-year holidays include more days off than I’m used to in a 2-week period, I usually do end

The Surest (and most common) Way for Companies to Shackle Their Social Media Efforts»

Dec 18, 2009; Category: Blogging, Business, Communication, Marketing; Tags: , , ; No Comments

More and more companies seem to be getting the message: social media (blogging, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) presents great opportunities for making connections with their customers and would-be customers. And yet, many of them get it wrong, mostly because they fail to grasp that social media is not just another variation on broadcast media. There is