I find Microsoft’s “new PC” campaign (aka, the PC Store) to be strange and ineffective. The basic premise is that they find a person who doesn’t think they need a new computer, then build a Windows store in that person’s house. If a person doesn’t feel like they need something, isn’t filling an entire room [...] Read more – ‘Microsoft’s Silly and Ineffective “Personal PC Store” Ads’.
In a word, the Bluetooth TiVo remote is fantastic. It greatly improves the performance of your TiVo, but in a sort of odd, indirect way. Of course the remote doesn’t speed up the always sluggish TiVo hardware itself, but it does speed up the perceived performance and responsiveness of the UI by removing the lag [...] Read more – ‘Bluetooth TiVo Remote Massively Improves TiVo HD Performance’.
This is a direct quote from a user comment on one of my YouTube videos: YOU TUBE IZ BETTER THAN TV,U COULD THINK OF SOMTHIN FUNNY FROM BAK IN DA DAY AND JUS PRESS IT UP ON YOU TUBE The case for/against unfiltered and semi-anonymous comments on blogs and other social sites is often debated. [...] Read more – ‘The Case Against Comments Keeps Getting Stronger’.
I got an interesting notice from Bloomberg today with my paper copy of Businessweek. Starting next week, they will be offering “hand delivery” of the magazine in my area (the northwest suburbs of Chicago). With electronic distribution on the rise, it’s a curious move, but one that likely makes good business sense. My guess is [...] Read more – ‘Bloomberg Businessweek Will Hand Deliver Issues and Bypass the USPS’.
