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Failure as a springboard to success

A quick questionJono,How would characterize an apology that started out "If I have offended [you; anyone; etc]...". Do you think that type of wording would undermine it? I'm of the opinion that it weakens the apology and puts some of the responsibility on the persons you are apologizing...

Tags: springboard

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Springboard 0.92 (Windows)

Springboard is a fast, light, easy-to-use Windows application for easily and quickly sketching and annotating your storyboard ideas for film, video, animation, or other dynamic media. Outline your story to organize your work; draw your storyboards with both natural-media and vector tools; import or copy and paste text and graphics...

Tags: Animation, Microsoft Windows, Camera, Springboard

Software downloads 2009-10-22

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MusicPop Lite for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

With MusicPop Lite for iPhone help the animals to jump across the buildings. Move your fingers faster and faster to pop up the balls so that the little animals can use them as a springboard to reach the other side. Otherwise they will fall and be killed by the high-voltage...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animal, Mobile, Rank, Coollittlethings Studio, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-11

MusicPop for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

With MusicPop for iPhone help the animals to jump across the buildings. Move your fingers faster and faster to pop up the balls so that the little animals can use them as a springboard to reach the other side. Otherwise they will fall and be killed by the high-voltage electrical...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Animal, Mobile, Rank, Coollittlethings Studio, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Waveboard for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Waveboard for iPhone is a very simple front end for Google Wave. This client shows the standard web presence for mobile devices provided by Google Wave. Website links will be shown in an integrated separate web browser view. Pages can be handed over to Safari from within the app. Landscape...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Web Browser, Holtwick IT, Web Browsers, Smart Phones, Channel Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Could Congress head off action by EPA on emissions?

The likely scenario is.....Obama will use Copenhagen (December '09) as a springboard to give the EPA direction in regulating CO2. It is unlikely the EPA will act on its own before then.Even if no treaty is generated, Obama will direct the EPA to start enforcing the [i]proposed[/i] U.S. position...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, treaty, Obama, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Failure as a springboard to success

Failure should also be embraced in your communities. We admire leaders who are humble, honest and frank, and we grumble about leaders who are defensive and abrasive. Be the former, and your community will love you for it. by Jono Bacon

Tags: Community, Leader, Failure, Leadership, Management, Jono Bacon

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Microsoft vs. Google: An e-mail showdown at L.A. City Hall

The city of Los Angeles has a decision to make. You see, the city's old school e-mail system is pretty outdated and in need of a major overhaul. But like most other municipal governments, the budget for new tech systems is pretty tight these days. And so, city officials have...

Tags: Google Inc., Los Angeles, City, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Who is the 90-day Windows 7 Enterprise trial aimed at exactly?

I don't understand you blog? You don't think there are not many businesses and organizations out there in the SMB market, for example, that fall into a large group that could benefit from trying windows 7 out? Are you saying buying a copy would be better? I don't get...

Tags: Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

File format blues

Routinely suppliers of technology and services send me a presentation deck. This deck is to meant to be the central focus of a conversation about their products or services. One would expect that these suppliers, or their public relations firms, would do their best to make sure that these presentations...

Tags: Format, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, OpenOffice, Channel Management, Management, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-29

IntelliGolf for the Visor 5.0 (Mobile)

Golf season is here and so is IntelliGolf for the Visor. IntelliGolf comes complete with all of the Visor handheld module, Windows desktop and HotSync-compatible software you will need to improve your game, increase your winnings and have more fun on the golf course. IntelliGolf: Golf's #1 Scorecard Software!™.IntelliGolf for...

Tags: Statistics, Mobile, Karrier Communications, IntelliGolf, IntelliGolf Desktop Software, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Visionary 2009: Kay Koplovitz - more women entrepreneurs

Kay Koplovitz calls for more women entrepreneurs during her acceptance speech at the SDForum visionary awards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRyvhsP7Uk Her Bio: Kay Koplovitz is currently a principal of...

Tags: Women, Board, Gender And Diversity, Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?

Ed Whitacre. The quintessential amalgator of companies. He's going to save GM, as its new chairman? Don't get me wrong. He did a pretty amazing job with the hand he was played in telecommunications. He took the smallest of the Baby Bells,...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Southwestern Bell, General Motors Corp., Internet, Operational Planning, Telephony, Business Operations, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

IT scapegoats and blame

IT scapegoats and blameAccountability and moving onGood article. Management and IT lackeys alike should heed the suggestions at the end of this article. Don't be afraid to analyze areas where you could have done better. Such mistakes are your springboard to improvement, not black marks that will...

Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), call-center, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

TCCalc 3.0 (Mobile)

With TCCalc's two views, horizontal and vertical springboard, you can choose between basic timecode operations, or more sophisticated operations and features.TCCalc supports common timecode calculator operations, division and multiplication by integer, and division timecode by timecode.Version 3.0 added new result display design, new film gauge support, and several foot possibilities....

Tags: Operation, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Jean-Luc Pedroni, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-30

Kevin Rose describes copy and paste in iPhone OS 3.0

According to Kevin Rose during a segment of Diggnation video the long-awaited copy and paste functionality will be demonstrated at tomorrow's iPhone OS 3.0 media event in Cupertino. The revelation occurred during Diggnation #194 which was recorded live at Stubbs in Austin, Texas, during SxSW Interactive 2009....

Tags: Apple iPhone, MacRumors, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Nano-sized radio plays Eric Clapton’s "Layla"

Accurately more nano than the iPod Nano, a radio built out of a single carbon nanotube that detects and plays songs was singled out in the latest issue of Scientific American as one of the first truly functional nanoscale devices that has a "measurable effect on the larger, macroscale world."...

Tags: Nanotube, Radio, Nanotube Radio, Nanotechnology, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-02-17

iStreamPlanet helps bring Grammy watchers more behind-the-scenes entertainment

While watching awards shows I've always felt sorry for the winners who never make it to prime time. You know the ones; their glory is usually promoted in a quick scroll across the bottom of the TV-screen or some obviously disinterested celebrity unemotionally reading them from a list. ...

Tags: Ceremony, Entertainment, Rich Media, iStreamPlanet, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-02-06