Rants

Up, oops Down

December 9, 2011
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Just because you show something off at TED doesn’t mean it’s a product.

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Where is your mobile site?

October 26, 2011
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According to a conversation I had with Google, 80% of the top 1,200 Google Advertisers do not have mobile optimized websites. Yes, I repeat 80%.

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The WHO Who Cried Wolf

May 31, 2011
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and other medical luminaries should learn from the fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Every time WHO comes out with a wishy-washy charlie brown type report about the linkages of mobile phone use and...

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Twitter Bios

May 17, 2011
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What is the over / under on the number of people on twitter who use  “social media” or “maven” in their bios?

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Google +1, Microsoft +2, (Your Company Here)+3

April 15, 2011
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After Google launched +1 in response to Facebook’s “like” (which incredibly launched 12 months earlier) I thought for a few minutes about how long it would take other notable companies to launch their “+1 offering”. Microsoft: announces it will...

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Mio

April 5, 2011
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Thank a lot Kraft for launching Mio water flavoring.  I’m waiting for the mac n cheese flavor.

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What’s Your Linkedin #?

March 29, 2011
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Ok I’ll stop obsessing about this AFTER this post… Linkedin recently sent an email thanking everyone for helping the site reach 100 million members. In the email it listed your ID #.  I went to Twitter to see how...

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Goodbye to Crossing the Chasm?

October 22, 2010
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I admit it. After ten years I decided to re-read Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore and experienced a serious case of eye rolling. Now I realize Moore is a marketer, and as a few engineering colleagues recently reminded...

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Inaugural Post

June 16, 2010
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MioTrack is about something. And as far as my experience, the highlight of my career was  picking up a gallon of milk for Senator Moynihan and Senator Packwood.   Without that milk Senator Packwood’s driver would have had to ask...

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