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Goodbye Granddad Pockets

My girlfriend says I have Granddad Pockets, as they are full of goodies, weighted down by a cell phone, pocket change, an enormous German keychain with tiny flashlight and USB jump drive, a wallet with an array of business and membership cards, among many other things on any given day. But soon will come a day when Granddad Pockets will be a quaint back-in-the-day memory as the world moves toward a very James Bond lifestyle.

What’s Your Business Model?

If you have enough clients to keep you busy, you must be making a good living, right? Well, not necessarily.

Getting Started: Creating a Business Plan

You’re excited. You have a great idea for a profitable online business. Maybe it is an original idea that has not been marketed online before.

Microsoft Expression Could Sparkle For Developers

The company’s purchase of vector graphic design tool Expression gets a big debut at PDC 2005.

Awake Surfers Are Clickin Surfers

A new study indicates that websurfers are far more likely to respond to display advertisements during the day when they’re awake. I’ll be darned.

Collecting Past Due Accounts – Notice of Listing
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The Notice of Listing law is aimed at regulating the actions of collection agencies and their operatives.

AOL Broadcasts New Podcast Features

AOL has announced Podcasting 101 and placed a list of popular ones within its AOL Music site.

My Microsoft Morale Report

Lots of people are asking me what I think of the two very negative articles about Microsoft …

UK Managed Hosting Sector to Grow by 23% in 2005

For smaller businesses, running internal server operations can be more cost than benefit. It’s for this reason, according to E-Consultancy, that managed hosting in the United Kingdom is on the upswing, expected to grow by 23% in 2005.

AOL TV Airing The Big Game For The Big Easy

AOL remains busy getting into the TV business. They just announced their reality TV show and now they’ve announced they will be carrying the Tulane versus Mississippi State while running a telethon to raise money for youth sports programs in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Google Serving New Stock Offering

After the market’s close on September 14, Google will price shares and begin selling new stock on Thursday.

AOL Launches Own Reality Show Project Freshman

How many reality shows do we have running currently. Many would say entirely too many but not portal power AOL with their RED service for teens. They are running an online reality show about college freshman called “Project Freshman” that should increase the hold on AOL’s 75 million or so visitors even further and probably attract a few more.

Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website

Building a website that is both functional and user friendly is no easy task. Bigger companies sometimes hire both graphic designers and developers to build their website but most little guys cannot afford that.

Lexmark Launches Inkjet Printer with CD photo Burner

Lexington, KY – Lexmark announced on Monday the launch of their P450 inkjet printer. It’s significant because it includes a built-in CD photo burner. This allows users to easily load their photos, store them and burn them to a disk.

A Google-licious Story

One competitor for the position of executive chef at the Googleplex in Mountain View describes his experience with the hiring process.

Truveo Unveils Video Search Engine

New approach to video search utilizes “visual crawling” to find video the same way a casual Web surfer would.

Cisco To Launch new RFID Solution

Cisco announced what it refers to as an Intelligent Foundation for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to help enterprises introduce RF technologies into the supply chain.

Your Mom Needs A Job

Maybe she does, maybe she doesn’t, but if she’s looking for work, she can search the best companies for working mothers for employment.

Microsoft Shows Off Their Fresh Start

How do you improve your position if you are behind your competition? In regards to web-related industries, a site makeover can work wonders for attracting a larger market share, especially if the changes improve site usability.

Google Enriches College Experience

How much easier would college life be if all the Internet-related tools you need were available in one place? Thanks to Google’s newest service, you can now find out.

Office 12, Vista, Leadoff Gates Keynote Talk

Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference formally opened in Los Angeles Tuesday morning.

Google Makes Searching for Katrina Info Easier

Bret Taylor made a post on the Google Blog that says that the company has released two new search features for finding Hurricane Katrina related info more quickly.