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Image via CrunchBase So everyone is bitching today that the iPad is a bit of a disappointment, that they expected something ‘ground breaking’ or ‘revolutionary’. Well, you have. What the iPad will accomplish in it’s first year is it will start to make digital data ambiguous. Sure smart phones have started the march down the path of [...] Image by Alex Osterwalder via Flickr If BlackBerry hopes to be around in five years and not end up as another Palm – they need to do a radical rethink of their business model. BlackBerry is not going out of business and it will be healthy for the next few years – but their USP is [...] Image via Wikipedia With the release of iPad so should come with MobileMe tossed in for free. Take a page from Google and see the value not in the user fee’s but rather the targeting advertising. Maybe offer a package of reduced services, and for those who want more features – pay a little bit more. It’s [...] Image via Wikipedia If you want to make any programmer instantly angry at you just utter the phrase: “oh ya, make sure it’s IE 6 compatible”. IE 6 is now an ancient browser from a company that refuses to let it die. This browser which shipped with XP SP 2 is rated by many one of [...] Image via CrunchBase If Canadian television networks have any hope of surviving into the next decade, they need to drastically alter their business model. The concept that you can survive and thrive by being nothing more than a re-broadcaster of internationally produced (read American) content is comical. The media world is now officially flat. Cultural protective barriers [...] “You can get a lot done in ten minutes” is a quote from Ingvar Kamprad the founder of IKEA and is an amazing little gem of advice. Procrastination even for the simplest tasks can be something that besets us all. The idea that if you allocated, even just a few minutes can make [...] Packaging Design – Note the circles near the bottom of the box. DESIGN IDEA – And I know I’m not the only one – but I will freely admit to never knowing how much pasta consitutes one serving let alone portion sizes for a group of people. And no, I don’t have one of those [...] Maybe meet your customers at the bank machine? (Credit image via Wikipedia) BAD CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE – So yet another Friday night, 8 PM, the start of the weekend, Ring Ring. “Hello?”. “Hi Stephen Crooks this is Bank of Montreal calling …”. And this is probably the 4th call I’ve received from Bank of Montreal (or [...] |
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