Smile If You Have Teeth

Do you believe RJ Reynolds or Philip Morris should have a right to advertise on a billboard across the street from a local school to promote their tobacco products?
I suspect the answer to that quesiton will largely determine if you read on.
In Marketing 101 they hammer home, know your demographics and lure them in as [...]

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Digital Audio Video Experience — D.A.V.E

I’m really liking the name of Segate’s new technology.  It promises to deliver 10-20 GB of wireless storage in an accessory smaller than most slim-line mobile phones — about the size of a centimeter-thick credit card.  Using Bluetooth or WiFi connections, it is designed to store, play and share digital files on mobile phones, PCs, [...]

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The Lives of Others…

 
I don’t want to scare you, but lately it’s getting a bit to frisky around here… Harris Interactive and Witeck-Combs Communications (not publicly available) released poll results which shows that gay, lesbian and bisexual people use social networks more often than straight people – 27% of the GLB group visited YouTube for “one hour [...]

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Lost While Hiking? Use Your Camera GPS!

My photography stretches back far before the digital era, and many of my photo memories are etched into the emulsion of slide film. I was late to the digital party, but soon became enamored with all the information these cameras would record for me, like a diligent research assistant. My first digital camera recorded [...]

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A Cinnamon Dolce Week

I think I have an addiction to coffee. Not so much the substance itself, although I have my issues with it, but with Starbucks and all the trappings that comes along with the experience.
I laugh at people who pay a hundred dollars for a HDMI cable, or who are convinced that they need a $2,500 [...]

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Piracy Patch For Your Cub Scouts

 
Los Angeles area Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts have a new way to earn an activity patch — there’s a new “Respect Copyrights” activity patch offered by the LA area Boy Scouts and the MPAA.
I find this industry intervention creepy. I have no problem with Scouts being instructed in copyright law, but I’d bet a paycheck that [...]

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Sip That Delicious iPhone Haterade…

 
Everyone has chimed in on how the Apple iPhone will fail to translate into sales in the business sector — and even Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer, laid into the iPhone during an interview which starts with a laugh reminiscent of the Howard Dean barbaric yawp . Then there’s Ballmer InformationWeek interview:
I don’t think this would be a very interesting announcement [...]

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Get A $249.00 Viiv™ PC?!

 
When Nintendo® announced it opened up Internet access on the new Wii™, the people lucky enough to get the popular video game console got an unexpected gift free – “frii” – a simple new way to enjoy all of the digital entertainment on their home PC directly on their living room TV screen using Orb [...]

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CES 2007 – An Incomplete Report

The Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a tech geek feast with thousands of consumer gadgets, technology, and accessories — far too much to cover in one read. CNET had more than 50 reporters covering the show, however, here are my observations on some relevant companies.
All my CES Photo’s are here.
AMD:
HP — new [...]

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Playstation 3 Unleashed My Savings

The Playstation®3 (PS3) became available in North America on November 17, 2006. Lots of hype and marketing buzz led up to the launch. Unfortunately PS3’s were being sold on eBay for more than $2300 and reports of violence surrounding the release include a customer shot, campers robbed at gunpoint and the [...]

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