Was talking with a client yesterday and the subject of cold calling arose. The client was wondering how things were going in our business reboot 2009. I had mentioned that part of every week involves me doing some amount of cold calling. I mean frigid, icy cold leads. Calling people out of the phone...

I’ve noticed over the last 10 years or so my favorite sauce Tabasco has been branching out from their well known brand. They have released several different versions of their traditional red sauce including a milder green sauce, a hotter habanero sauce, garlic, barbecue, steak sauce, bloody mary m...

Something interesting happened the other day. I was talking to a friend and the subject of whether to buy Blu-ray or DVD came up. We’ll get to my answer shortly, but this got me thinking: will that be on the minds of casual technology shoppers this holiday? The friend I’m thinking of isn...

If you’re thinking with the current state of the economy that the timing couldn’t be worse for opening a brand new casino along the interstate in Washington state outside Seattle, you wouldn’t know it by the size of the opening weekend crowd at Snoqualmie Casino (warning: sound onl...

Many of the comments I’ve been reading about Microsoft’s Live Search Cashback program since the official launch yesterday have been negative. I’m not exactly ecstatic about the service, but can a service that is trying to help you save money be that bad? Unfortunately, too many of ...

Just got off the phone with a very nice, but stressed out salesperson. Deal taking nosedive. He had to deliver me a message that the Sweetwater.com accounting department wanted to speak to my wife on a landline phone about a new purchase we were making for a guitar that cost $2,800. They said this w...

With news that Office Live Workspace — or what we might as well label Microsoft Docs — is now available, I gave it a quick try this morning. Via Microsoft Press Release: People can sign up for free at http://workspace.officelive.com and will be granted immediate access to the service. Mi...

Yesterday a client came into our offline business to get a quote on some potential new business. We started talking and the conversation switched to eBay. His eyes lit up when he talked about his collection of yearbooks. He scours eBay looking for yearbooks from local schools and came across one rec...

My wife only asked for one thing on Valentine’s Day: TV.  I spent a little too much time on V-Day in the negotiation phase with the three primary TV providers: DirecTV, the satellite service who we’d been with years ago and enjoyed, Comcast cable who provides our internet and DishNe...

This morning a micro conversation broke out about podcasts and satellite radio. Before we get too far, it’s important to understand I like podcasts. I’ve also created podcasts since the early days, as well as hosted a live weekly web streaming radio show since May 2000. This Friday will ...