Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: RANTING
21 Apr 2006Usually I classify this sort of mail as complete nonsense, and delet it. But this one was such a classic, I had to post it.
The letter is from the new CEO of the joint Borland/Segue. He is announcing that he thinks that Segue and Borland customers will be able to find cool ways to use [...]
In: Uncategorized
7 Mar 2006I had an interesting exchange with David Parmet earlier today that involved self-promotion and promotion of causes that mean something to us personally.
Well, isn’t that the geek way? Lay low, do the “cool” things, and let the marketing folks make the buzz? I am no good at going out there and saying “LOOK AT ME!”; [...]
The gang at the Never Work Alone blog have a fantastic post describing some of the solutions to the Introverted IT / Extroverted Sales-Marketing integration issue.[here]
The best points:
When hiring, place a premium on being able to explain technical issues to users and determine whether they’ve mastered the material. Expect this to cost more.
Offer raises for [...]
In: smp
22 Sep 2005Later today, I will be discussing an offer of support for the GrabPERF System which came in last night.
I know that I have made my need for hardware and financial support for GrabPERF fairly clear over the last couple of days. However, I was impressed and surprised by this offer of sponsorship/support, especially given who [...]
In: smp
22 Sep 2005Yesterday, a JetBlue plane suffered a failure of the front nose-wheel system shortly after take-off.
After 2 hours and an spectacular light show, the Airbus A320 slowed to a perfect stop on a runway at LAX. [here]
The winners? JetBlue. A perfect landing, flight attendants who were calm in-flight, and the ability to watch the whole thing [...]
In: smp
21 Sep 2005The Slacker Manager had a great post about Fast Tracking yourself. [here]
When I read the article, I realized two things:
I was coming up on my two-year anniversary with my current employer with no change in responsibilities or roles
I was going to break one of the SM’s cardinal rules
Some days it doesn’t pay to get out [...]
In: smp
19 Sep 2005At my real job, we monitor and report on the performance of a number of different e-commerce verticals.
[I will now try and stop using marketing-speak.]
In the retail index, the Gap has been down for nearly 3 weeks. Well, they have come part way up, but it is flaky, and they don’t have a search function.
No [...]
In: smp
15 Jul 2005Met up with David Parmet for lunch in Lexington Centre today.
I even got to touch the infamous Waterfield Cargo Bag. Verdict on the bag: Sexy.
Great stories about Hugh Macleod and Thom Mahon, as well as the madness that is called marketing.
And lunch was…well, it was Bertucci’s.
Technorati: David Parmet, Hugh Macleod, Thom Mahon, Waterfield Cargo
In: smp
5 Jul 2005"Firefox?" The Rabbi stops and thinks for a minute, rubbing his beard. "Ah yes! The one that blocks all the schmutz."
Read more here. Via David Parmet.
Technorati: Firefox
In: smp
2 Jul 2005As I discussed in this post, iTunes 4.9 was starting to cause some serious bandwidth issues for podcasters.
Geek News Central reports that iTunes appears to be be pulling some podcasts from a centralized cache server. [here]
This post also states that Apple has not told anyone that this is the case, let alone informing podcasters about [...]