Rants Posts

You want subscribers? I got subscribers.

You constantly hear about how many “subscribers” X company has compared to X company. These numbers usually are comparing their leading 200 million to some 50 million. Perhaps its Comcast and AT&T slugging it out over who has more users.
Then you look globally and suddenly feel small.   There are many global companies that have larger […]

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Why Vendors Annoy Me

Over the past few years I have averaged 3 to 6 conferences a year such as Pubcon, SES, and SMX. Chicago is also home to an SES, Ad-tech, Etail, and other smaller conferences and makes afternoon trips to see friends and check out vendors a snap.
All of these conferences have one thing in common:exhibit halls […]

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Receive the Bacon

I dont know what one can say about the photo below other than it is just funny. If you dont find it all that funny, I am sorry but I do.
As to why I find it funny? I have no idea.

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

T Mobile shuts down Twitter Service

It seems that users of T-Mobile are having issues with sending text messages to Twitter.
There are reports from Alternageek , CNET, and more at Getsatisfaction with Biz Stone commenting.  It is as if T-Mobile has blocked or shut down service to users trying to send messages to the Twitter.  Nothing like getting “unlimited” texting only […]

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

What do kids do when you ground them?

My office is nearby a high school that has an open campus and many frequent the small bagel shop I do at lunch. While at eating lunch today I overheard some high school girls talking about this, that and some kid named “Jimmy”. Well I didnt over hear them so much as they […]

Thursday, December 13th, 2007