The recent fighting, twitter movement, and protests over the support of HTML in Outlook 2010 had me thinking what Microsoft would need to do to set themselves apart and really do something special. Microsoft needs to offer Outlook 2010 (Without Word HTML rendering) for free when they release the 2010 version of their Office product.
Dear Bell Canada, I have to say Bell, you and I need to talk.
Not since the choice of naming two very different e-mail clients “Outlook” have I seen such a horribly confusing and reprehensible display if de-innovation from a company that often preaches but doesn’t deliver.
Many of you know, I’m sure, that I’m a devoted and dedicated Tim Horton’s customer. I consume way too much coffee and purchase all of said coffee from Tim Horton’s. I have recently found a small, somewhat secret change that Tim Horton’s has made that seems to have increased their earnings, while stiffing us, the […]
Capital One, however, has done something even MORE worthy of our disgust for credit card companies. Recently, my sister was called and pitched about a credit card and she thought it was reasonable enough, so she applied over the phone for the card.
In my line of work, I often have to be in touch with other technical people, and being someone who is considered technical myself (most people think so.. haha), I tend to deal with that sort of smarmy attitude often.
Honesty, let’s talk about this for a moment. These last few days have been interesting in this regard for me. I’m not a perfect beacon of honesty for sure – I do try, however, to be as honest as I can in situations.
I bought one of my very first computers for $999.00 from Business Depot. The computer was made by Pine and not very well at that. At the time I decided to try the beta that was floating around of Microsoft’s new Operating System called Windows 95. I guess I was too inexperienced, or the computer […]
Recently, an eWeek magazine conducted an informal poll that showed ‘Internet Connectivity’ as the #1 concern of IT consultants. What happens when your provider goes out of business or otherwise cannot serve you? What is shocking is many companies don’t know the pain that may be involved in such a switch.