You’ve likely seen them from time to time. They were originally created in Japan as a quickly scannable barcode for tracking automotive parts. They take up about the same physical space as a traditional barcode, but can store MUCH more information (20 digits vs. 7089). There are other types of 2D Barcodes, but none can [...]
iPhone/Android App Idea: Grocery Comparison
Imagine you own a grocery store and one of the biggest advantages to your customers is the fact that you have the lowest prices. From a customer’s point of view, it isn’t a simple task to quickly compare prices between stores. It is time-consuming and often the stores don’t carry the same items. Many stores [...]
Advertising Age = Missing the boat on Foursquare?
I just read a rather laughable post titled “Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare“ on Advertsing Age’s website (adage.com). It basically suggests that marketers should not look at leveraging geolocation tools like Foursquare because the current audience is too small. This is the PERFECT time for brands large and small to get into geolocation. This is [...]
I’m back and I have some ideas
I’ve been busy lately… well not really, but as busy as I want to be. I’ve been working as a freelancer for the past year, and frankly, it has been pretty damned nice. I work when I want and for who I want. I get to do things that I believe in for people and [...]
Got Dropbox?
Ok, this isn’t anything new but I was just thinking about how useful it is. It is called Dropbox. It could be as simple as an offline file backup… pretty boring, right? Wrong. A backup might be how you use it if you just have one computer. I have three computers (two Macs and a Windows [...]
Ask Cha Cha! (it’s free)
I’ve been meaning to talk about this for some time. Somewhere in the cross-country move, I lost sight of doing this video. Anyway, I keep seeing commercials for services that use SMS or text messaging to find answers to questions. They cost money! Then there is Ask Cha Cha. It is a service that has [...]
Decisions
My soon-to-be ex-wife just shared with me something that she wrote for our kids. I found it to be very well done and asked her if I could share it with whoever might read it here. She wrote it when our oldest was going through a bout of being possessed by some demon. He is [...]
Been a while
Man, I turn around and realize that I’ve been ignoring my blog. Sorry folks. Not that what I’m adding tonight is terribly noteworthy… just a nametag, woohoo! The nametag is for any Social Media Club meeting. Two files. One is the generic, download and print PDF version, the other is the PSD (Photoshop) version with [...]
Because that is the way it has always been done
The title of this post is a phrase I’ve heard way too many times. It is the refuge for those that either can’t, won’t or just aren’t given reason to think. Years ago when I worked for a rather large publishing company, I sat in a cubicle for roughly 8 hours a day. Several mornings [...]
Another story about getting fired because of myspace?
Today, during lunch at Arby’s, I saw a story about someone getting fired because of something they said online. Sure, there are PLENTY of these stories and I’ve written on this subject from a job-seeker’s point of view in the past. This one is a little different. This time, the comments the employees were terminated [...]