Aug 31, 2006 | blog
HA!
Typical BBC, and msmobiles.com is correct in its analysis of their bias against practically anything American. The left-leaning aspect is disappointing as well (to say the least), but that’s what you get from most any large news organization.
At the same time, I do have to recognize the BBC as a very good world-leader in news gathering, and overall in reporting facts. Something the American press conveniently leaves out most often.
Link to msmobiles.com – There is no place for Microsoft in the future of mobile phones – according to BBC
Aug 28, 2006 | blog
Well, I’ve updated my comment spam monitor to filter a few more spammers that seem to have slipped through.
Its though enough as it is without idiots like these spammers hitting a personal blog. What is there to gain from targeting personal blogs?
Ugh, I guess I should really focus my disappointment towards the real idiots that actually are stupid enough to click on this type of advertising, emails, and blog posts. These people are the real problem because they create an environment where the spammers can make money.
F***ers!
Aug 15, 2006 | blog
Is anyone else tired of listening to Gartner Study reports? Their ability to state the obvious is amazing, even to me.
Every time my employer starts looking at a new technology or a solution, the typical, tired, old Gartner report is trotted out to parade around in front of the execs to demonstrate how useful or cost-affective it is.
Doesn’t anyone else notice that the crap in these reports is not worth the TP its printed on? I mean, the amount of filler in these documents is silly, wasteful and still doesn’t present the reality of a given technology, solution or company.
And that last one really gets me – companies actually pay Gartner good money to present the (again) obvious information about them.
The only redeeming thing about a Gartner report is that unknowing nitwits in the EIEIO club think their getting valuable information that can’t be found anywhere else; especially from their lowly staff members who live and breath the knowledge supposedly represented in these reports.
If they only knew what these reports are not tell them.
Aug 14, 2006 | blog
Well I’ve had about enough – with work that is. Seems like whenever someone doesn’t understand something and is unable to stretch or grow, that they simply choose to say no. Or “prove it to me”.
HA! Pay attention and you may get it some year.
I’ve got more to say, but it’ll have to wait – work to do here,
Aug 1, 2006 | blog
Antoine Wright over at Brighthand makes a great point on the industry needing to meet needs of the average user by simplifying the smartphone/pda devices. In his article Looking Down the Wrong End of the Barrel: How PDAs Got It All Wrong, he discusses how sophisticated devices such as the Palm and Pocket PC require understanding the feature set, and that means reading the manual.
Many people will agree with me that a smartphone and a data package is a much better way to be connected than a simple “dumb” phone. However, the top selling phone in the U.S. is the Motorola RAZR. Why? It’s sleek, it’s simple, and it does what it does (make calls). For it to do more would make the target audience freak out because they would have to learn something new.
Now the part I take issue with is the “they would have to learn something new” piece. Now I know the average person just wants to use the device for what it was designed for. I also understand that all these fantastic devices available on the market (or on their way to market) really do need to go to Toaster University for a dose of KISS 101.
It just bothers me that people insist on not learning something new. Does this apply to everything in their life? Is it that people just do not want to learn anymore? Are they too busy to pick up some new techniques, tools, tips, or {gasp} ideas? If the drive by media is any indication, it may be too late to worry about.
To keep myself from getting too worked up I’ll take the glass-half-full view and believe that smarter simpler devices will free up a person’s time. That additional free time to be spent with family, friends, or just reading one of those old-fashoned paper books we all used to know so well.
~Later
