Archive for April, 2008
Email answering service
Sunday, April 20th, 2008All it takes to see a new business opportunity is to spot a problem.
Another one arrived today courtesy of Randall Cross’s piece in the Times, Struggling to Evade the E-mail Tsunami. Before I explain, I’d like to pause for a second to respond to that title. Let’s put aside the issue of using the word [...]
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Several years ago I had a boss who brought in a large wooden plaque and hung it on the wall of the office for all to see. The sign read: “simplify, simplify, simplify.”
One of my co-workers looked up at the sign, bemused, and asked, “shouldn’t it just say ’simplify’?”
The problem with simplicity is that our [...]
Wowowow designs it right
Friday, April 11th, 2008The new site for women over forty, of which I am one, is one of the first I’ve seen that is designed for eyes over forty. It seems to understand its target market and give visitors an appropriate customer experience. Offering a remarkably beautiful clean design with large headlines and lots of white space, it [...]
I’m feeling lucky and your appendix works
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Does anyone still use the I’m Feeling Lucky button on Google? I remember trying that a couple of times in the dark ages of the Internet. When internet still began with a capital I. The first time I ever saw Google. I suppose it must have been 1998.
The results of clicking on I’m Feeling Lucky [...]
Left brain problems, right brain solutions
Monday, April 7th, 2008Here’s the most fascinating quote of the day:
“Team members realized from drawing that they had been enjoying their special status as a task force and had become so fascinated with the problem before them that they were in no hurry to solve it. This was resolved after management set a strict deadline and promised the [...]
Tech solutions for gals
Friday, April 4th, 2008Solutions Research Group released a nice report on the group that they are calling “femma geeks” - women who use technology. The research results summary can be downloaded as a pdf from their home page here.
I was surprised to read that more women stream TV shows from network TV sites than men. Until I remembered [...]