Posted in Marketing, Tech Stuff on October 18th, 2007 No Comments »
I just received the first shipment from StartupSchwag. They send out promo items from startups to people who are interested in this normally free stuff for a small 14.95 fee. I was excited to get my hands on the package as I have been waiting for it since signing up for the service after reading [...]
A time has come and gone with Joost. No need to request invites!
They have been using the private beta as a way to get people interested in the site for about 2 years. They have finally pulled the plug on the exclusivity and are allowing anyone who wants to check out their system access. It [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Web Stuff on July 12th, 2007 No Comments »
So you need help, you call the company and low and behold you find yourself talking to a machine. You have found your way to the dreaded automated service that generally results in delivering pissed off customers to waiting customer service agents. Along comes Bringo to help all of us.
In the world of telephones not [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff on June 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
In the last year or so, there’s been plenty of talk about creating mobile phones for the elderly where their needs may be different (bigger buttons and bigger displays are a frequent request… along with fewer features). However, who knew that one of the complaints of the elderly (at least according to Japanese telco NTT [...]