by Jeff Yablon | Oct 21, 2011 | Business Process, Content
One of the things we do at Answer Guy Central is Intellectual Property Consulting. I don’t talk about that area of our expertise too often because … well, because it’s not very interesting. Besides, combined with our position in Search Engine...
by Jeff Yablon | Sep 13, 2010 | Business Process, Development
When I was in the publishing business, I received an amazing amount of software from companies that wanted me to write about their stuff in IYM Software Review. The pile got huge; it literally lined the walls of a small room in my home, stacked five boxes high all the...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 30, 2010 | Business Process
I’m Old. Sometimes that gets in the way, but mostly it affords me insight and the ability to be pragmatic about some of what happens in front of me while younger eyes might lose track of reality. Last week, Microsoft founder and gazillionaire Paul Allen filed a...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 17, 2010 | Development
Remember back in February when Facebook was awarded United States Patent 7669123 for Social Networking? Remember how little sense that made? Well, our friends at the United States Patents and Trademarks Office have set the bar for stupidity even higher. Friends, I...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 25, 2010 | Business Process, Content
Who Wants a Patent? Because they seem to be getting handed out for just about anything. I’ve long believed that in general software patents are a very bad idea. This week the United States Patents and Trademarks Office set a new record for calling something...
