July 22nd, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Technology
I have a love hate relationship with Microsoft. Outside of OneNote, which is a flat out stellar program, I don’t think any single program in the Office ‘07 suite is better than other options (often free) out there.
But I use the suite for one reason, the amazing integration between each program, mainly between OneNote and […]
April 28th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Business, Technology
Marc Andreessen addressees that question today. Fascinating read:
We have seen extensive press coverage of Microsoft’s pursuit of Yahoo over the last few months, including notably excellent coverage from Silicon Alley Insider and the Wall Street Journal. However, I have not seen a detailed analysis of how a full hostile takeover might play out—the kind of […]
April 15th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Technology, Video
April 15th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Business, Technology
In an interesting development Salesforce.com has announced they have integrated Google Apps (e-mail, instant messaging, calendaring, and spreadsheets) into its hosted customer relationship management system (CRM). Current clients now have access to the service free of charge. Very interesting.
April 15th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Business, Design, Technology
I’ve been a fan of Evan Williams for a long time. Evan is the founder of Blogger (sold to Google), Odeo (ran into the iTunes juggernut), and now the super hip Twitter. The above sketch neat in an of itself on many different levels, eventually became Twitter, got me thinking about an article I read […]
April 13th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Technology
According to Wil Shipley of Delicious:
I believe the best software is written by small groups of people who have both passion and vision. Passion is easy to define; you care so deeply about something that it wounds you if it’s done poorly. Vision can mean different things, but I mean the ability to not just […]
April 1st, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Culture, Technology
I am not a fan of April Fools jokes. Not by a long shot cause most are, well not very funny. However, Google seems to be able to pull off their jokes more often then not. And a case in point is their AdSense for Conversations. Google explains at their Inside AdSense blog:
Now, in just […]
March 26th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Business, Technology
As a freelance marketing/technology consultant I often get the opportunity to work on fun and interesting projects. That is the glamorous part of the job. But I also have to manage aspects of my job that other people used to handle. Stuff like client relations, new business development, billing, and administrative stuff. Not so much […]
March 25th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Technology
A couple weeks ago there were a number of reports that Yahoo! was planning to join Google’s OpenSocial application platform. Well not only has Yahoo! thrown their support behind the platform, they are also, along with Google and MySpace, forming a new non-profit organization called the OpenSocial Foundation. It is modeled after the OpenID Foundation.
This […]
March 15th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Business, Technology
Microsoft has announced they plan to acquire Rapt Inc., a privately held online advertising management firm based in San Francisco.
Rapt’s software and consulting services help Web site publishers tweak how they package and price display-ad space. Scott Howe, a general manager in Microsoft’s advertiser and publisher solutions group, said Rapt’s system is similar to the […]
March 12th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Advertising, Interactive Marketing, Technology
Well this sounds pretty darn interesting. The Wall Street Journal is reporting:
Google Inc. plans to announce a new service that Web publishers can use to manage their online ad sales and serve up ads each time a consumer pulls up a Web page.
The offering is an early sign of Google’s plans to broaden its ad […]
February 4th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Advertising, Business, Technology
Via their Corporate blog, David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer (gosh that is a long title) outlines Google’s thoughts about Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo!. As you might expect they’re not fans of the idea.
The openness of the Internet is what made Google — and Yahoo! — possible. A […]
February 4th, 2008 | by Tommy | published in Advertising, Business, Technology
In a battle of blog posts and press releases Microsoft responds to Google’s response to their attempt to purchase Yahoo!. I think it is more than a little telling that Google used their corporate blog while Microsoft issued a press release in response that includes the below statement, followed by about eight paragraphs of boilerplate […]
