At the Le Web conference in Paris, I spoke with Richard Binhammer, better known as @RichardATDell on Twitter. Three years ago Richard, who was and still is working in public affairs, was told by his boss to start getting engaged in blogger relations. It appears that Binhammer’s move into social media was one of the […]
Consumer
HP responds to ‘Why I love public transportation and hate HP’
At the beginning of November I wrote an article titled Why I love public transportation and hate HP after a horrible customer service experience with HP where I had to wait two hours for technical service after I had paid for their tier 2 service. I compared it to public transportation in San Francisco because […]
Why I love public transportation and hate HP
We all complain about public transportation. It’s slow. It’s crowded. It’s delayed. It’s boring. Public transportation can be miserable, but for me it’s not anymore. It’s not because San Francisco MUNI and BART got any cleaner or faster, but because they provided me with some information. They told me when the next bus is coming. […]
Mint.com: Personal finance made easy
The magic behind Mint.com from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The breakout success story in the online personal finance sector during 2009 has been Mint.com. The site allows you to track your spending and saving habits by automatically uploading statements from your banks and credit accounts and generating reports that show where the money is going. […]
On the lighter side at CES
Some of these "messages" to Steve Ballmer, shown at the start of his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday night, cracked me up. (Yes, I know they were written by Microsoft’s marketing team. Doesn’t matter.) From: Jerry YangSteve. Why do you keep ignoring my Facebook requests? From: Rod BlagojevichHow do you delete email […]