by Jeff Yablon | Oct 20, 2009 | Business Process, Media
Craig Newmark is a very smart man. Sure, you can be cynical and look at Craigslist as a fluke, or a ‘first-to-market’ that got lucky and think otherwise, but that would be a mistake. The guy continues to churn out one smart business change after another at...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 19, 2009 | Business Process, Media
Once again, brilliant marketing dude Seth Godin has me thinking. Read his story about apples and experts. Here’s what that makes me think of: We act as our clients’ experts in various fields. The Computer Answer Guy fixes broken IT models. PC-VIP...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 13, 2009 | Business Process, Media
Oddly, the answer might be “yes”. A few days ago, teen queen Miley Cyrus enacted one of the worst business changes ever when she quit using Twitter. I don’t follow her, and don’t really care. But I commented then that it was incredibly...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 7, 2009 | Business Process, Media
In a word, No. The USA’s larget mobile phone carrier and the world’s largest . . . whatever Google is have announced that two new phones featuring Google’s Android operating system are about to go on sale at Verizon. It’s exciting news. It...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 2, 2009 | Business Process, Media
I have two words for you today: Google Wave. If you like, you can watch a short video here. This week, Google lifted the curtain on a new product that’s been getting talked about for a year now, by allowing 100,000 pre-selected people into a beta program for...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 1, 2009 | Business Process, Media
Here’s a tough one: What if you know about an amazing piece of software, but you don’t use it because it adds to conflicts that other software has with . . . everything? Do you choke it down and use it anyway? Do you recommend it to others? In my case the...