Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Ask anyone working at an ad agency or interactive firm these days and iPhone applications are hot.
They're new, exciting and fun to play around with. The amount of innovation happening in mobile is amazing with major brands launching apps as well as new players emerging, such as RedLaser, an ...
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
I'm creating this post in response to an article I read recently called Texting While Driving Needs a Technological Fix as I think this is headed the wrong direction. Education, in my opinion, is the key, supported by legislation.
In order to understand this post, you'll probably have to read the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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