PC World’s David Coursey: Google is rolling out new “under-the-hood” search technology, codenamed “Caffeine,” that could change how your company ranks in its search results. For those businesses that live-and-die based on Google-generated traffic, this is potentially a very big deal. In a blog post announcing the project, Google suggested that Caffeine could change search
Read More...I loved Bob Sutton’s distillation of Alan Webber’s new book, The Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Yourself. Sutton’s favorite rules: #1. When the going gets tough, the tough relax. #10. A good question beats a good answer (This, by the way, is the reason the Nobel Prize winners often
Read More...Today we’re going to have to depart from the standard Friday anecdote + link fare, simply last night night was long and stupid and has injured my brain to the point where putting coherent sentences together is insanely difficult. I had all sorts of ideas brewing: to tell you about how we used to get
Read More...Apple PR: “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished,
Read More...Maira Kalman for the NYTimes’s And the Pursuit of Happiness blog is featuring an exploration of Ben Franklin that everyone – yes, everyone – should take a few minutes to read and consider. It sits nicely at the intersection of poignant and beautiful. You’re seriously missing out if you don’t see the whole thing.
Read More...Here’s John Gruber with a poignant analysis of Microsoft’s current state of the union. No fanyboyism here, just some astute between-the-lines interpretation. Michael Pollan, one of my favorite authors, explains the strange juxtaposition of the decline of American household cooking and the rise of watching people cook on TV. I could not agree more
Read More...I knew smoking was expensive, but this ridiculous: MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars. Josh Muszynski (Moo-SIN’-ski) checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number
Read More...I think this news, simply translated, means the iPhone won’t be announced on Verizon as soon as many hoped it would: There is still no official word about when or if Verizon Wireless will ever get Apple’s iPhone, but the wireless operator has confirmed it will be getting the Palm Pre early next year. The
Read More...One of the most interesting things we’ve done, marketing-wise, as a company is engage our customers and the community via social media. Not always an easy sell internally, it’s an idea that has helped set us apart from our competition and form relationships with clients we wouldn’t have otherwise. It’s hard to put a solid
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