Burberry to Open Digitally Integrated Store in London

A perfect example of blurring the lines between technology and the old-fashioned brick-and-mortar store. Engaging the customer and enhancing the customer’s experience with technology. How is technology changing business and the retail landscape?

Apple PassBook: Making Your Wallet Disappear

An article and video on USA Today that talks about Apple PassBook and the changing business environment. This coincides nicely with the blog post I wrote last night (Apple, Amazon, & Google Own Your Wallet). How does new technology affect your wallet? Will you even carry a wallet in the future?

Apple, Amazon, & Google Own Your Wallet

Commerce is changing. In a few years the method in which you purchase anything is going to change. If you own a business that only accepts cash then you will likely perish. If you own a brick-and-mortar business and do not have a website, you will perish. Money will not be carried in a pocket…

The Best Explanation of a Nanosecond

This is a video of Grace Hopper explaining the length of a nanosecond – how much distance light can travel in a nanosecond.

Auto-Answering the iPhone on Speakerphone

Found this helpful tip doing some late night reading in my favorite iPad App – Flipboard. To read the whole article and watch a video to take you through the process…go to: App… Read More

Is a Desktop still a Desktop on a Computer?

A while ago I was asked if the word desktop was still relevant for a computer. It is a good question. With all the differing forms of “computer” available: smartphone, tablet, laptop, e-reader, desktop…etc. does the word desktop still apply to a computer desktop or should it be changed to something else?

Teleworking works?

All the new methods of staying connected to the workplace allow for more and more people to work from alternate locations. The need to actually be in the office is becoming less and less. Or is it? You may be able to be super productive at home or in the coffee shop, but your boss may not think so. Your boss may not see what it is that you bring to the team.

Save Customers By Engaging Your Front Line

I recently read a blog post about a coffee shop that had so many customers in line every morning that other people (potential customers) would turn and go somewhere else when they approached the store. The question was being asked, “How many customers did you lose today?” Or to put it in business-ese, “How much revenue and potential growth did you let slip away today?”

nook vs Kindle vs iPad – The Tablet Wars

So… the tablet war is still going on and will be for some time to come. iPad vs Kindle vs nook vs Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Motorola Xoom vs someone else. The list goes on. Everyone is trying to break into the tablet market. Trying to compete with the iPad. All I can say is, “Good Luck.”

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