In recent years, I’ve been sitting at my desk for over 12 hours a day (and night). That’s a lot of time that I am NOT active – a big change from my daily gym routine from earlier. So when I came across a lot of internet buzz on standing desks and saw senator Janel…
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Tablet wars: iPad Air vs Surface 2 (and Lumia 2520)
Background I’ve been a long time Apple consumer but recently sold my iPad (1st version, 32GB, WiFi only) which I had bought sometime in mid-2010. It had been a speedy device when I bought it but over the years of upgrades, it had DRAMATICALLY slowed down. Simple stuff like opening the browser or settings app…
Xoom’s poorly implemented customer experience
The following is an example of poor customer service and a poor customer experience. As a startup CEO and founder myself, it is my belief that IF the founders or management were aware of this they’d fix it because that’s just the nature of founders – wanting to improve. It’s also a great example where…
Amazon’s cloud computing platform as a disruptive technology
You may have heard about Amazon’s Elastic Cloud Computing platform. It’s a way to run virtual computers in the cloud and it’s changing the way a lot of IT business operate. Virtual machines? In a cloud? Huh? Ok, they sound confusing for the non-technical folks. However, it’s actually straight forward. For the savvy who already…