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- PC Forum: The paradox of choice
- PC Forum: The paradox of choiceThere is no paradoxThere is no paradox of choice once you realize that choice and MEANINGFUL choice are two entirely different things.Less is way more...Why do you think the iPod has been such a success?Simplicity... which translates to USABILITY...Choice requires filtersThe paradox of feature choice...
- Tags: Decision Theory, paradox
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
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- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor
- buble bust...anyone learns from 2000 and so IT burst?Current interest in private cloudsHi Joean interesting piece, and thanks for the link to my post? This current enthusiasm for private Clouds is also interesting? and I am left wondering how long it will continue.It's presumably a mix of security concerns (real...
- Tags: Marketing research, cloud computing, survey
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government
- Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...
- Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon
- It's fitting that Washington's top IT administrator, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra, would come out to Silicon Valley to announce one of the federal government's largest technology initiatives - a cloud computing marketplace for government agencies that's designed to reduce red-tape and allow faster deployment of money-saving, energy-efficient cloud-based software. ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Washington, Benefit, Sergey Brin, Tech Industry, Government, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Federal Government, Internet, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Jobsworths and Box-Wallahs...
- We've all been behind the glass in bureaucratic purgatory at some point. Having waited in line at the department of motor vehicles or similar our number finally comes up and we interact with the bureaucrat, who has some issue with your missing some...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Wiki, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Carbon calculator as value-added service: Consider the case of Sabre
- Many businesses are using carbon footprint calculators to track the environmental impact of some or all of their operations, notably travel. But what exactly can a company do with this sort of data? Travel management and services company Sabre, which is using sophisticated calculators developed using datawarehousing...
- Tags: Sabre Holdings, Carbon, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- PC makers make (small) progress closing Apple's customer satisfaction gap
- Let me put on my flame proof suit.....Apple customers as a group are unique in their loyalty to Apple. PC customers are not very loyal at all to any particular PC brand. Apple customers, as a group also seem to put up with abuse by Apple, which in my opinion...
- Tags: Product marketing, PC customer, customer satisfaction number, Apple Inc., PC company, customer satisfaction
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Solar cycles, weather and climate
- Solar cycles, weather and climateThere we go...That's all I really wanted to see... some alternatives to the hyped/politicized CO2 warming theory. Solar output has never been studied in the long-term, and only as a earth-warming possibility in the last 10-20 years. There really is no known measurement for...
- Tags: policy implication, carbon dioxide, radiation
- Discussion threads 2009-07-19
- All-in-one PCs a smart idea for business? I don't think so
- All-in-one PCs a smart idea for business? I don't think soAll-in-ones might be good for somefoot print, foot print, foot print. I've been buying PCs for business for many years now and there is a place for these types of computers, especially for the managers. No, I wouldn't...
- Tags: Desktops, Monitors & displays, PC, monitor, All-in-One, All-in-one PC, smart idea
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned
- It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...
- Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Are iPod touch users second-class citizens? Apple says yes
- Almost half of all Apple iPhone users have already installed the free iPhone Software 3.0 update released last week -- 6 million customers, according to Apple on Monday. But iPod touch customers? Facing a $10 upgrade fee, the vast majority are saying, "No...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?
- My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...
- Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy
- Scalia gets a schooling in online privacyI agree with ScaliaI've been saying for years now how the idea of "privacy" through anonymity on the Internet is incredibly ignorant. It's like saying that anytime I leave my house I can put on a costume and take off my car's license...
- Tags: NOW IT, Scalia, schooling, online privacy
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks
- SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...
- Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1
- Photos:Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1Camera manufacturers seem to have chosen megazooms as their latest battlefield--and thankfully, the fight isn't just about who's got the biggest lens. In this case, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 incorporates several technologies from the Alpha DSLR products, including a 1/2.4-inch 10-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor (for 9-megapixel images) and...
- Tags: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1, Sony Cyber-Shot, white balance, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-04-30
- Clash of the Touch Titans summary; which device is my favorite?
- Clash of the Touch Titans summary; which device is my favorite?What does it mean exactly?The phrase "Virtually limitless functionality"? If that is your criteria then why did the Samsung which also had another benefit as a media creation power house I think not rate as the higher of the...
- Tags: Bluetooth, TV-Out, Apple iPhone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warming
- Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warmingThe best summary yet?Enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories??This is the best summary of the state of Global Warming theory I have yet read, and fits exactly what many of us have been...
- Tags: global warming, unpopular stance
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Legislator wants to smudge online maps
- Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...
- Tags: online map, global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Intel: We
- Intel: WeA private business creating ....... high tech jobs in the U.S. is a good thing whether or not they get some benefit from the stimulus. Why would you even try to question their motives?Sometimes a cigar is just a cigarWhy must people try to find neferious motives...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Personal finance, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
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