Author: Al

  • Put the tray up!

    Though it may seem obvious to you, I recently sat next to a gentleman on an international flight who was struggling to use his notebook on the seatback tray “table”.  Made worse when the guy in front of him slammed his seat back in one quick move…nearly catching the top of the notebook screen in…

  • Do you want an international reputation?

     “Few people think more than two or three times a year. I’ve made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.” George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Author & Playwright

  • How long do you think “an app for that” will last?

    Yeah…there’s an app for everything. But is an OS dependent app the right answer for every functional requirement? There are questions in the engineering world about who the mobile platform winner will be …Apple, Google or Microsoft. But my guess is that it’s all AND (hopefully) none of the above. Here’s some prognostication for you…in…

  • With more than 181 million blogs on the web, do we really need another?

    As I’ve become more active on Twitter I’ve realized the need for having a place to expand thoughts that can be redirected to from a Tweet. But I’m adding to the blogosphere with some hesitancy…after all, according to NM Incite (a Nielsen/McKinsey company) there are over 181 million blogs already. My hope for this blog is that it will…