Archive for February, 2010

…and why Wave may not. When I was watching the presentation for Google Buzz, I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of the functionality was duplicated in Wave. So why could Buzz catch on where Wave hasn’t? Because it’s not something “new”. It’s just something in addition to the email everyone is used to working with. In large organizations, services like Yammer (which I love) are too much of   Read More ...

Google Buzz Better group management than Facebook Share photos and videos inline from Picasa and Flickr Reduction of noise of posts you don’t care about (interested to see this one in action) Comments at your inbox instead of going to a site. Suggestions, suggestions, suggestions. Oh, and instant indexing of your Buzz’s–VERY important for bloggers. Unbelievable location based features And still, I think the most potential is in the enterprise.   Read More ...

Ok…I give up trying to take home video of these things that’s good enough to put on the web and be worth anyone’s time to watch. But it was really cool…like the sun rising. Glad I got to see a night launch!!!

Rednecks. White socks. Blue ribbon beer.

And you want them to run health care? How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV cable from them back in 1987, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date. …. I apologize, I’m really pissed off this morning. Between you an’ me, I’ve had enough of this bullshit! You   Read More ...

Consumer debt will hold back spending, holding back economic growth. – Don't be ridiculous. We just have to "get banks lending again". Right. Booze Camp Nashville – EVERY city needs something like this. You can keep your geek breakfast. Teenagers Are Kind of Over Blogging – I think that headline is a little misleading. It should have read, "Like, Teenagers Are, Like, Kind of Over, Like, Blogging?" The Day the   Read More ...

I’ve read two articles in the WSJ this week about the housing market, and now I’m less certain than ever about what’s going to happen in the next year. Is 2010 the Year of the Short Sale? If 2009 was the year of the foreclosure (and loan modification), then 2010 may be shaping up as the year of the short sale. I’d say 2011 is more realistic, unless they are   Read More ...

The Death of Global Warming – I don’t think it’s dead just yet. Just like in a bad horror movie, it will make one last effort to grab us by the ankle and stab us in the knee. Or something painful like that. Iran News in February. – If this involves a Segway or an iPad I’m going to be very disappointed. The 25 Hottest Olympians To Watch For –   Read More ...

I bet if you look at People magazine from the 70s and 80 there’s a little asterisk next to the “Sexiest Man Alive” title that says, “Except for Conway Twitty”. They had to make it fair for everyone else or Kenny Rogers and Gene Watson would not have participated in the contest.