Hotels: I am a business traveller, treat me like one
I travel a fair amount. I know a lot of people who travel more, but I visit enough cities a year to know a bit about staying in hotels. Oddly, many of the hotels I stay in seem ill-prepared to serve me, the business traveller. Our needs are simple and we are a cash cow, … Read more
Nest Thermostat Review: First Impressions
I am an Apple fanboy, it is no secret. So it is also not surprising that the day the Nest Thermostat became available in Canada I had ordered two. Here are my thoughts after a few weeks of use: Ordering: The First Touch Point The Nest website is crisp, clean and well thought out. It is a … Read more
How to Cook A Turkey: Butterball Gets a Website Right
The Problem: Online Strategies for B2C Goods Can Be Difficult Developing a web strategy for a brand like Butterball isn’t as straightforward as it might appear. People are unlikely to buy a turkey online, so the goal isn’t focused on online sales or even lead generation. Butterball is selling a product that people are primarily … Read more
AppleTV is Getting Voice Recognition from Siri
AppleTV is Going to Make a Huge Leap Forward with Voice Recognition First off, let me state that I don’t have any Insider knowledge about Apple. However, here is what I do know: Apple is consistently pushing the boundaries of UI and UX Apple believes in simple, intuitive, minimalist design Apple is betting heavily on … Read more
Netflix – That isn’t how you integrate social media
I’ve lamented about Netflix’s lack of Social Media connectivity here, here and here. As it turns out, I was wrong to blame them for this. There is actually an obscure law on the books in the U.S. called the Video Privacy Protection Act that prevents companies from sharing what their customers have watched. It was … Read more
Forget Google +1, the Google People Widget is what’s important
If you have been living in a cave this week, you might not be aware of the fact that Google launched a new social media product called Google +1. If you are interested in knowing more, seemingly every blogger on Earth has a post ready for you. What is far more interesting and important is the … Read more
Netflix is making improvements
There is no shortage of good news about Netflix. By all accounts the company is growing in leaps and bounds. Its fans are religious (including myself) in their devotion. However, in the past I have written about some of the limitations of Netflix. I’ve discussed them here and here. Recently, if you are a Netflix … Read more
Where is the innovation Netflix?
Netflix is, by its very nature, an innovative company. They perfected the movie-by-mail model and they are the first major breakthrough in subscription online video (pornography aside). Some might point out that Hulu and YouTube have paid services, but no one has achieved the paid subscriber base that Netflix has. However, Netflix has been resting on … Read more
I am an Apple Fanboy and you should be too
I spend far more time using tablets, netbooks, laptops and mobile devices than the average person. After years of being a PC user, I have become an unapologetic Apple Fanboy. Below is an overview of why this is the case. A few things you should keep in mind while reading this: I own Apple (AAPL) … Read more
AppleTV Needs a Kinect Style Camera
The AppleTV needs a camera, that at a minimum, replicates the Kinect’s functionality. I’m not pretending this is a revolutionary idea. I am quite sure, that in Apple’s unrelenting march to expand its halo of products, there is an entire lab of people in Cupertino working on this (to get an idea of how much … Read more
