Article Archive for April 2007

Who’s Your Cell Carrier? Me. (Yep, Roll Your own Cell Company)
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Posted in Gadgets, Internet on 24 April 2007
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SONOPIA offers me, my and I customization to a new level. Start your own cell phone company front end. That’s right – Put your own logo on the front of the cell phone. Get a little kiosk and for your front lawn – instead of lemonade, have your kids sell YOUR BRANDED cell service. Really […]

Portfolio magazine debut issue a big disappointment
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Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Media on 24 April 2007
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So, after seven months of waiting I finally receive my debut copy of one of the most delayed and heavily invested in magazine launches in decades. First off, the Conde Nast sales folks did a bang up job of cross selling into the property. There are quite a few fashion advertisers within Portfolio’s pages. However, […]

Internet 2.0: Becoming Useful, Yea Baby …
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Posted in Food, Internet, Marketing on 24 April 2007
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Sure that ZINK inkless printing is nice – if those guys aren’t beaten to death accidentially with HP, Canon & Epson cartridges and left behind the alley of CARTRIDGE WORLD … on a more pleasant note, finally, the internet are like hands that reach across the ocean to pull you out of the doldrums and […]

New company Zink… is it just the old Polaroid?
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Posted in Computing, Film, Gadgets on 23 April 2007
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Zink announced two new products at Demo ’07 and to me it seems like Polaroid technology repackaged. Zink = zero ink. Turns out that is essentially correct. From their web site: “In October of 2005, current ZINK management, in conjunction with private investors, purchased from Polaroid Corporation the technology and physical assets and hired the […]

Mattel Pixar Cars Checklist: It’s What to Collect (2008 Winter Update)
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Posted in Film, Gadgets, Retail, Toys on 23 April 2007
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Once upon a time, the rules were pretty simple – a hit popcorn movie or a hit animated movie meant toys, action figures & more toys … well, of course, since the lead time to make the toys was close to a year before the movie came out – you would have problems if the […]

Mac & Skype: How to Record a Phone Interview
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Posted in Computing, Internet on 20 April 2007
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Or any phone call. Of course, be sure and tell the other person you are recording them – it’s illegal in most states to record a phone call without telling the other person. For those unaware, Skype is a brilliant piece of software allowing you to make any voice calls to any other Skype user […]

Classic films that were as good as the books
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Posted in Books, Film on 20 April 2007
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In no particular order, my top three picks: 1. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair Mclean. This is one of the best action/suspense films ever imo. The film came out just one year after the books release due to the author writing the screenplay as well as the book. The first time you watch you find […]

The Coolest Clock EVER On the Internet
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Posted in Internet on 20 April 2007
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Sorry – busy all day in meetings but this should make up for it. Yea, there are some nice widget clocks but this beats them ALL. Yugo Nakamura’s MonoCraft 3.0 “Hand Clock.“

Can old cola become new cola?
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Posted in Food, Marketing on 19 April 2007
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So the makers of Jolt cola – you might remember it’s tagline “All the sugar, twice the caffeine” – have repackaged the old school drink and hope to snag the masses. It ain’t kiddin’ about its tagline either. Jolt has more than twice the caffeine as Mountain Dew which gives me a headache. The energy […]

Coke Zero … Them Zeros is Dollars
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Posted in Food, Marketing on 19 April 2007
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According to the WSJ, Coca-Cola has finally had a successful line extension launch in many years – well 20 years to be exact (Diet Coke was launched 20 years ago). They have sold 100 million case units in the last 18 months. The last few times I tried to buy a 12-pack, most stores were […]