Relevance

TailRank Beta

November 9, 2005

Kevin Burton, one of the founders of Rojo, has a new service out called TailRank.  Beta was announced today.  The basic idea is that blog postings that are relevant to you are likely part of the reputation network that is defined by your blogroll.  By uploading your OPML file to TailRank, you create a personalized [...]

Read the full article →

“Do Not Call” Doesn’t Work

September 28, 2005

According to this morning’s Wall Street Journal, the US Federal Do Not Call List is a failure.  Regulators say the system is working, but a recent random survey (by telephone) by the Customer Care Alliance, a Virginia-based consortium of three customer-relations consultants, found that 51% of registered consumers say they’re still getting calls they think [...]

Read the full article →

Network World VON Wrap

September 25, 2005

The Network World staff have published a wrap-up of VON.  Lots of stuff here, including a little piece on a group of orthodox Jewish men, and the perils of being ultra-connected.  VON being a diverse show with attendees from all over the world, a group of orthodox Jewish men at the show managed to find [...]

Read the full article →

Simply Relevant

September 22, 2005

This morning I’d like to let you all in on the little secret we’ve been developing at Iotum. Head to www.simplyrelevant.com, our new corporate blog for the details.

Read the full article →

Someone’s Cellphone Went Off in Church Today

September 18, 2005

My Google search for cell phone etiquette related stories caught this one this morning… Yes, You Can Be Too Well Connected, says The Hartford Courant. Someone’s cellphone went off in church today. During a funeral mass. …you could hear the sound of the person’s voicemail on speakerphone just as the priest was in the middle of [...]

Read the full article →

More Phone Etiquette Blunders

September 17, 2005

I have a Google subscription set up to catch interesting stories about telephone etiquette, because one of the things that Iotum’s software is designed to do is to minimize inappropriate interruptions.  This piece was written for the college crowd.  "Why keep your cell phone on vibrate when you’re in class?" it asks.  It also goes [...]

Read the full article →

Interruptions cost $588B

September 9, 2005

So says this article in Red Herring. Unnecessary interruptions from sources such as instant messaging, spam email, personal phone calls, and idle web surfing cost businesses in the United States up to $588 billion per year, or 28 percent of a knowledge worker’s day, according to a study released Thursday. Jonathan Spira, the analyst quoted [...]

Read the full article →

Callers Bear Some of Responsibility Too!

September 6, 2005

Standards Differ on Cell Phone Etiquette says Sue Doyle at the San Bernardino Sun.  She goes through the usual litany of bad behaviour by cell phone owners, including people who take calls while on dates.  One interesting observation from psychologist Gloria Morrow: "…not all fault lies with the cell phone owner. There needs to be [...]

Read the full article →

Martin Geddes on Directories

September 5, 2005

Martin has been blue-skying about directories.  He’d like to see: Opt-in, and editable.  Got a new photo, updated address information, or a new phone number? Just go edit it. Opaque telephony. Anonymous out-bound calls, if that’s what you want, on-demand. Isn’t this otherwise known as caller-id block? A telemarketer line.  Want to call me?  It will [...]

Read the full article →

The Cell Phone is DRIVING ME SQUIRRELLY!

August 29, 2005

Are incessant calls making you nuts?   Is your phone driving you squirrelly?  You need the Cellular Squirrel – an animatronic "desktop squirrel" (did you even know that such a thing existed? I thought squirrels were inherently tree-top devices myself…) which deals with your calls for you. The squirrel answers phone calls, works out if you are busy or [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →

Alec on LinkedIn Alec on Twitter Alec on Facebook Calliflower on Youtube RSS Feed Contact me