Archive for June, 2008
@me.com Active
For anyone who uses .Mac email, as I do, Apple’s newest offering is now automatically available – @me.com. In other words, if your .Mac email has been (yourname)@mac.com, it’s now also (yourname)@me.com. While I have read Apple’s announcements about MobileMe, of which @me.com is a part, I am not sure how I feel about having [...]
Hubris
While I don’t write about politics – largely because I believe the ability to govern, inspire and lead America in today’s world by politics is broken beyond repair – living in the Washington, DC, area, I cannot help to escape the ubiquitous everyday signs of political arrogance. Yesterday, for example, while picking up dry cleaning [...]
Tomatoless Burger
Even since 9-11, fear has become a marketable commodity in America to the point where we have become a fearful nation, fearful of darn near everything. The military markets enlisting to become a warrior, and there are competitions of so-called gladiators on TV. Yet, at the very core is fear. Fear is not a new [...]
Corporate Blogs: the Realities and Purpose
A business acquaintance was telling me that he hoped his company might emulate the style of Dell Computer’s corporate blog. Not wanting to throw cold water on his hopes, I kept silent. But Dell’s blog is not my concept of a contemporary transparent and open interface with customers. Rather, it is more focused on product [...]
HDNet Vs. Comcast
One of the big mysteries in the television business is why Comcast has refused to carry HDNet. HDNet is one of the finest examples of original HD programming and professional news reporting that is available on television today. You may be recall that ex-CBS News anchorman Dan Rather joined HDNet, and Rather today is doing some [...]
“Bunker Hill” – An Intelligent Film
I rarely write on this blog about a motion picture that I have seen. In fact, this is the first film review I have ever written, and I am not skilled at such things. But I know what I like, and Bunker Hill deserves great praise as a courageous and realistic film. Bunker Hill is a highly [...]
Who Doesn’t Love Zappos?!
You may be sick of reading about Comcast on this blog, and I guess I don’t blame you. But the point I am trying to make is that when a company, such as Comcast, constantly has a poor reputation for customer relations, it is not the result of marketplace competition. It is, in fact, because [...]
Apple iPhone 3G Update
A source at Apple tells me that a cosmetic difference between the original iPhone and the new iPhone 3G is that the new model will have a plastic case. Buyers will have a choice of black or white plastic. That could be a issue to some iPhone purists – the brushed metal case of the original [...]
“Lou Dobbs Democrats”
When a Washington Times reporter this morning referred to blue collar voters as “Lou Dobbs democrats,” I laughed out loud about how gullible we’ve become as a society … even the media. The nightly rants on cable television by Lou Dobbs over the plight of so-called blue collar Americans are an act, a dramatic show, [...]
Remembering Russert
The thing about NBC News correspondent Tim Russert that made him so respected and popular, I believe, was that he knew what he was talking about. He nurtured valuable contacts, studied issues and delivered insider perspective and clarity of often-complex issues. In an industry largely dominated by pretty faces, glamour and talking heads, Russert distinguished [...]
