Archive for the ‘technology’ Category

Skype leads international calling & the death of the home phone

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

There's an article today over at xchange called Skype Becomes No. 1 International Voice Provider that highlights the growth of the company. For those unfamiliar with Skype, they provide free software for consumers and businesses to communicate through voice, video & instant messaging. I've used Skype a few times, but I ...

Wine and Social Networking - Wine 2.0

Friday, March 20th, 2009

I gave a presentation at our agency about what I’ve learned from the wine industry as it relates to social networking. In this world of "always on" our personal and professional lives tend to intersect and I share my thoughts on social networking as it relates to hobbies. Being social is ...

Should you ban tech gadgets from meetings? No, but boundaries are important

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

I read an article over the weekend called "Should you ban tech gadgets from meetings" by Chris Penttila from the January Issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Do I think mobile devices should be banned from meetings? Not exactly, although I do think that some guidelines should be put in place and if ...

Twitter Goes Mainstream

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

In the past, I was hesitant to say that my favorite microblogging service, Twitter, had gone mainstream. Major media coverage of Twitter has picked up significantly and posting Twitter usernames has become very common. According to a recent MarketingVox article:Over one in ten (11%) online adults in the US say ...

It’s magazine renewal time

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Last year I had a post about how painful it was to renew my Fast Company and Inc Magazines, so I thought I would provide an update. I've been getting direct mail and emails about renewing for a while, but just hadn't had a chance to do it. So, today was ...

Second Life Classroom in the classroom at Iowa State University

Monday, October 20th, 2008

As an alumni of Iowa State University and Baker University, I try to stay on top of the latest happenings at the schools. For Iowa State, I receive their College of Business alumni magazine called "Prospectus" and published twice per year. In addition to sending out the magazine in print, they ...

Mobile Phone Technology and Trends Update

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

A few weeks ago I attended the Fall 2008 CTIA event in San Francisco. What is the event, you ask? CTIA organizes 2 events per year (Spring and Fall), and they are the largest wireless data events in the internet, wireless and telecommunications industries. It is kind of a who's who ...

CTIA Fall 2008

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I'm at the fall 2008 CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment conference in San Francisco this week. Like many of my colleagues, my blog has taken a backseat to many other things, such as Twitter. That being said, I will be posting updates via my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/dustinj. Updates will also be ...

Exporting contact list trickery with Outlook and Exchange

Friday, August 1st, 2008

One of my goals when networking is to always walk away with contact information, preferably in the form of a business card. Why, you ask? In this day of social networks, you'd be surprised how easily you can connect to others through a few degrees of separation. Let me use LinkedIn as ...

Should mobile device use while driving be illegal?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I was catching up on my stack of magazines recently and ran across the April issue of Wired, and one of the articles was titled: A State-By-State Look at Where Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix. The article was about the different government regulations that are being put in place for ...