This highlights the concern I have with the freemium business model that is so popular with online service providers and app vendors. Some of them do it right and some do it so very wrong. The trouble is finding the right mix of features that allows people using your product to have a good experience [...]
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The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
From Harvard Business Review – April 2012 by Walter Isaacson — (PDF Version) His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October 2011, had built [...]
Super Cool! Tent that suspends in the trees like a hammock!
This is seriously cool, check it out…makes bear proofing easier as well. No wet floors, no rocks under the sleeping pad — Because the world is not flat. The tentsile range offers unique sheltered accommodation in any environment. Ground conditions can limit the use of certain locations but now; whether you are looking for a more versatile [...]
The Wait is (almost) Over…Diablo III Will Be Released May 15
From Wired | Game | Life By Chris Kohler March 15, 2012, 10:51 am — The wait is almost over: Diablo III will finally be released on May 15, Blizzard said Thursday morning. The anticipated role-playing game has been in development for ages, making frequent appearances on Wired.com’s reader-voted Vaporware Awards features. Fans who just cannot wait any longer to [...]
Mark Your Calendar – March 21st – The Friendship Game
A truly dear friend (and fellow girls hockey coach), Paola St. George, is trying to arrange a fun event for a visiting girls hockey team from Nunavik. March 21st from 7:15pm to 8:05pm, at the Bell Sensplex. Come show your support for girls hockey (and especially Nepean Girls Hockey). Spread the word!!! —From Paola’s blog [...]
Happy Pi Day
March 14 (get it?…3-14) – Pi Day .org (info on Wikipedia) Pi Day on Facebook — 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273 7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 [...]
Using QR Codes for quick linking on your web site
I am sure you have seen them, popping up in magazines, posters, newspapers. I have seen them on billboards, on road side signs (on the driver side…that is really safe). But what are they? Coolness Factor When I first encountered QR Codes (and their various cousins) I was impressed and I figured it was a [...]
Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk
By definition you must follow James T. Kirk’s advice…I love the line below…I use this advice wisely (and not so wisely) every day. “One of the advantages of being a captain, Doctor, is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.” The Five Lessons… Never Stop Learning Have Advisors With Different [...]
iPhone/iPad users install 80 apps per device…and other important numbers
Some very interesting stats from Apple… each user installs on average 80 apps per device each app is downloaded on average 45,455 times each download earns the developer $0.23 there are 315 million iOS devices in use worldwide 550,000 apps available on the App Store These are some very interesting stats to use next time [...]
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Real Artists Ship
by danlargo on April 19, 2012 in Commentary, Hardware, Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing, Software
From VisualNews.com, FRIDAY 10.07.2011 , POSTED BY BENJAMIN STARR Jobs’s speeches were punctuated by slogans. Perhaps the most telling epigram of all was a three-word koan that Jobs scrawled on an easel in January 1983, when the project [the release of the first Mac] was months overdue. REAL ARTISTS SHIP. It was an awesome encapsulation of the ground [...]