by Jeff Yablon | Jun 11, 2013 | Business Process, Influency
I’m a sports fan, a business wonk, and a computer geek. I play the guitar and love the arts. Like you, I presume, there’s a lot to me, and there’s certainly a lot to Influency*. And a couple of days ago I found a new comparison that gives me a new...
by Jeff Yablon | May 13, 2013 | Business Process, Influency, Marketing
Computers Are Too Hard. Being The Answer Guy, I get asked a lot of questions about not only our 2013-era focus on Integrated Marketing and Influency, but also, more broadly, computers. How DO those things work, anyway? When Windows 8 was approaching release I...
by Jeff Yablon | May 2, 2013 | Business Process, Influency, Media
Yesterday, Netflix lost the right to carry about 2,000 movies. Also yesterday, YouTube ‘declared victory’ over television. And this weekend, my fiancée and I are moving her daughter into an apartment of her own, where she has no plans to sign up for cable...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 30, 2013 | Business Process, Development
When are you too old to be a programmer? As an old guy, my perspective is skewed. That’s OK; all of our perspectives on all issues are skewed by who we are. But is there an answer that ‘makes sense’? According to a new study, older people might...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 24, 2013 | Business Process, Customer Service, Influency
I hate this story. I hate it because of how it got started, how it ends, and how I spent way too many hours over the last couple of weeks and especially the last couple of days. I hate that I’m not doing business with the Snappy Gator you see above. A couple of...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 10, 2013 | Business Process, Content, Influency, Media
Television is all about Influency. Media, content, copyright, and now, Aereo. While television networks are beginning to lobby to get Aereo classified as a copy-right-stealing infringer of rights to their broadcast signals, I’m telling you, right here and now,...
