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Commentary Technology

Amazon vs Apple – pending App Store Wars?

January 28, 2010January 28, 20104 min read

First, it was Apple’s delay in approving apps that was a problem.  Then Apple actually started removing (oops, “failing to approve”) the Google Voice app.

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Amazon, apple, eReaders, Evil Empire, iPad, Kindle, Overlord, Readers
Commentary ServiceOps Supply Chain

UPS reports a 5 y.o. called to “Return to Sender” #FAIL

January 23, 2010January 23, 20107 min read

My brother shared with me a very humorous story, about UPS apparently confabulating a story about his son (5 y.o. at the time) apparently calling

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carriers, customer service, customers, mngmt523, receivers, Service Operations, shippers, Supply Chain, transportation, UPS
Business Commentary Education

Customer Service/Recovery at it’s Best with Medtronic!

January 19, 20103 min read

(I am currently teaching a Service Operations Management course for our MBA program, and part of the requirements for the course is for students to

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customer service, insulin pumps, medtronic, mngmt523, ServiceOps
Commentary Technology

We are sooooo close…

January 4, 20105 min read

We are so close. I have decided it is time for me to talk about my vision of portable or handheld devices.  But first, a

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devices, Handspring Visor, iPhone, Kindle, Newton, PDA, tablet, Technology
Commentary

Adam Baldwin–Blogs Worth Reading! (and he is on Twitter, @adamsbaldwin)

January 3, 20101 min read

I wanted to take a few minutes and point out that Adam S Baldwin, actor, is also a blogger.  But not just any blogger.  He

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Adam Baldwin, blogs, Commentary
Commentary Education Technology Uncategorized

Digital Book Readers (Kindle?) in Academia (an outline of thoughts)

December 28, 20092 min read

This post is from my “Archives of Incomplete Thoughts” but I wanted to share them with you all… I have been pondering for a while

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Academia, Academics, Amazon, ereader, Kindle
Commentary Religion

One Christmas Post

December 19, 2009December 21, 20094 min read

My brother tends to write far more about the Christmas holiday, and Christmas, than I.  I suspect it is because he is a Priest.  But

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Christ, Christmas, God, meaning, nativity
Commentary Education Research Methods

Academics blogging anonymously? Are we being academics, then?

December 13, 2009December 14, 20093 min read

UPDATE: Thanks to Nathan Rein (see comments) for making me realize that my title is misleading. The discussion started with blogging under anonymity, but my

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Commentary

My thoughts on “On-Line Presence”

December 9, 2009December 10, 20093 min read

My brother and one of his colleagues have been having a discussion about handling online “identities” or “personalities.”  I really enjoyed my brother’s comments about

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indentity, online presence, personality, personas
Business Commentary Economics government podcasting Technology

So, just who DOESN’T use the Internet?

October 17, 2009October 17, 20093 min read

The New York Times has the story,  Broadband Now! So Why Don’t Some Use It? where they ask the question “Why not?” So for those

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