Monthly Archives: March 2008

Why Safari won't matter

AppleĀ released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”. “Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster … Continue reading

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Exit Outlook 2007, Enter Thunderbird 2

So I moved from Outlook to Mozilla Thunderbird this weekend. Though I’d been looking for an Outlook replacement for a while, the Nokia Synchronizer app (which I use heavily) worked only with Outlook, so that kept me from moving. Things … Continue reading

Posted in Email, mobile, Nokia, Outlook, Thunderbird | 4 Comments

Windows Vista and the "blogosphere"

Just finished watching an episode of the GigaOM show with Dan’l Lewin. When OM asked Dan’l why Vista was “everybody’s favorite whipping boy” and “what happened”, Lewin’s reply was that “the blogophere happened”. Which is probably hitting the nail on … Continue reading

Posted in Blogs, Insights, Vista | 2 Comments

Social Networks – The New Bulletin Boards?

In my previous post, I looked at how a social network “picks up” an application and “spreads” it to reach the audience that would be interested in using it. And I said that was because social networks make it easy … Continue reading

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Social networks – goodbye STP

Seth Godin quotes Gavin Potter about the 21st century being about ‘sorting out demand’. “When your messages reach the right people at the right time in the right way, magic happens”, Seth says. Social networks are changing that. In fact, … Continue reading

Posted in Facebook, Insights, Marketing, Social | 1 Comment