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- Social giving for charity begets social giving for community
- Normally I don't write about specific events but I'm making an exception as this is almost a mini overview for how charity in social media can turn into a benefit for the social Web community. In May I launched a Social Media Charity Auction that raised about...
- Tags: social media, greg verdino, inbound marketing summit, jennifer leggio
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- "I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!
- "I Am Rich" iPhone app - a steal at $999.99!DangIf they'd just throw in tip calculator functionality with it, I'd snap it right up. :-PNothing "remotely scammy?""but I can't see anything remotely scammy about this since what the app is and does is clearly explained in the description."Other than the...
- Tags: pet rock, apple iphone
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- How a lack of insurance kills
- How a lack of insurance killsNot everyone can get insuranceAnd not everyone can afford it when they can be accepted.The insurance companies focus on excluding people that might have an existing condition cuts out a large group of people. My wife is a good example - she had breast...
- Tags: financial planning, vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhose employees?Having done my bit for peace and understanding on other Comments, I've arrived here for edification. (My time on ZDNet is of course billed to charity, volunteer work in the community.)Because of the IBM Global Services connection, might be worthwhile...
- Tags: mainframes, servers, ibm corp., ibm mainframe, data-processing, mainframe
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- DeBakey's last act throws medical savings out the window
- DeBakey's last act throws medical savings out the windowRich ,you live-Poor , you dieThat's the norm for America. I was an Ambulance Officer in NZ, during the 70s and 80s, and I recall being told during my training about American values. The first thing an American Ambulance...
- Tags: debakey, patient, window
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer
- We don't want you to talk, Mr. BallmerThe ghost of Mr. Ballmerwill be forced to bear the clippy's that he has forged in this life.Oh, the eternal wailing.Well, hey, it IS fun to watch them squirm. But, it probably DOES help themshort term at least to create FUD around open...
- Tags: open source, msft, steve ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4
- Something about getting a new neck earlier this spring made me start thinking about how to change my life to make America a better place. Here a few that you can try to make the country better over the Fourth of July weekend: 1.) Turn off your...
- Tags: phone, pc, cell phone, computer, productivity, telecom & utilities, cellular phones, consumer electronics, personal technology, mitch ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Your correspondence so far
- It's been just over a month now since I started writing here, and it's certainly been an interesting one. I've had many emails over the last month asking me this, that and the other, not even a single death threat yet! I'd like to share some questions and my answers...
- Tags: web server, operating system, server, microsoft corp., q., e-mail, web servers, microsoft windows, operating systems, online communications, internet, software, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- The Andrew Carnegie of our second gilded age
- The Andrew Carnegie of our second gilded ageLump of Coal or Coke to build the next empireAlthough from the past, I do recall in my mind the perception of comparing Gates to Carnegie. I never realized the connection all this time, esp. given what you report (i.e. backgrounds, culture, beliefs,...
- Tags: rockefeller, john d. rockefeller, andrew carnegie, robert woodruff, carnegie, coke
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- A visit to the Microsoft Newseum
- A visit to the Microsoft NewseumI AgreeWe all remember the Mac story!MS is all about packaging and marketing.Come on Paul...Microsoft has completely changed the landscape of IT FOREVER. I am in a constant upgrade cycle here. I have MCSEs and MCSDs working 365 days a year on upgrades. Our CFO...
- Tags: operating systems, roi/tco, microsoft corp., unix, microsoft newseum
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstood
- GOOG CEO says "Don't Be evil" is misunderstoodGoogle and Fair IsacTwo most modern day evil compaines!RE: GOOG CEO sayswho/what is Fair IsacEvil?By what absolute scale does one determine whether a given act or policy is "evil"? Relativism, particularly in a corporate context, makes it a somewhat slippery concept. As a...
- Tags: who/what, slogan, moral relativism, be evil, google inc., goog, fair isac
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Exxon rocks on, but not everybody drinks the kool-aid
- Global warming is not a happy topic at the latest Exxon shareholders meeting. Seems some offspring of the founding Rockefeller are not pleased the company they own a piece of is...shall we say...doubtful about global warming. It's not just later generations of Rockies who are unhappy....
- Tags: exxon mobil corp., beverage, global warming, harry fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- The insurers bid to fix health care
- The insurers bid to fix health carethe problem isthat no one wants to lay the blame where it belongs. Government. Because that would mean killing socialized medicine.Bingo!!Blanky doesn't want to admit that tort reform *is* needed. My sister is a doc...the cost to her for malpractice insurance is shocking....
- Tags: vertical industries, healthcare, socialized medicine, insurance company, tort, health care, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- D6: Snippets of Microsoft's morphing business model emerge
- As expected, Microsoft's brief multi-touch demonstration of Windows 7 garnered most of the headlines, but when the crowd goes one way sometimes it makes sense to go the other way. And if you go away from the crowd you'll notice more than a few subtle hints were dropped about how...
- Tags: advertisement, microsoft windows 7, multi-touch, steve ballmer, microsoft corp., microsoft windows, operating systems, software, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Google Health most significant GOOG business launch since AdWords
- I was at the Googleplex Monday morning for a briefing on GOOG's improvements in search, and more importantly, the official roll out of Google Health. Google had invited representatives some of the largest medical establishments and medical service providers to talk about the service. ...
- Tags: google inc., google adwords, health care, goog, vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, enterprise software, software, human resources, tom foremski
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Sugar on Windows looking inevitable
- Sugar on Windows looking inevitableWindows EERYWHERE.It's more than a slogan. ;-)You should reconsider your own views.Maybe educators, like governments, will prefer Windows.If the mission is in fact to provide a tool for learning, shouldn't the operating system be a lesser priority? If the customer wants a particular operating...
- Tags: operating systems, linux, productivity, microsoft windows, sugar-on-windows, microsoft corp., operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitals
- Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitalsYou mean spread the deaths out evenly?from what I see, you are saying that those who wish to work hard should have the same substandard healthcare as those that do not wish to work at all? Strange indeedRE: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit...
- Tags: vertical industries, healthcare, benefits, taxes, health care, non-profit hospital, hospital, insurance, tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitals
- In all the flurry and fury concerning Grady Hospital in Atlanta the threat of its closing, while real, has seldom been taken seriously. Grady recently appointed a non-profit board to stave off bankruptcy. The hope is that charitable fundraising and a small statewide car tag tax will save the state's only...
- Tags: hospital, healthcare, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Google for enterprise: my $500 bet
- Google for enterprise: my $500 betScoble is going to lose...For sure Scoble is going to lose the Bet... in a short time mail will evolve and the system that we know know will be obsolete. I have my vision, but Google will have a long and hard road to keep...
- Tags: e-mail providers, productivity, scoble, google gmail, google inc., tool
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
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