tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35118612011-08-07T10:41:13.374-04:00The musings of a consultant who attempts to explain the marketing ambiguities associated with the commercialization of technologies.Jim Courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561765359610469203noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3511861.post-48352327926583879012008-08-14T08:14:00.002-04:002008-08-14T08:17:10.626-04:00

About three weeks ago I had the opportunity to interview Mobivox's new CEO Peter Diedrich, a telecom industry veteran who brings both telecom executive and VC-funded startup experience to the table. Mobivox has traditionally provided a low cost worldwide calling service, including free calls to Skype contacts. Key features included (i) no client downloads, (ii) launch a voice call from any

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Announcements over the past few days have triggered Andy to write an excellent summary post on the state of the Minute Stealers market space. In my book we're not done seeing the end of the price drop for minutes, but we are seeing the end of where profits are found simply in minutes. Smarter companies like Migg33 and client Mobivox (as Alec Saunders pointed to) are able to leverage minutes

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Bill Gates keynote this evening of course introduced Windows Vista; however, it is not simply an operating system "upgrade" but rather a transformational product that brings media management and storage to the consumer audience. You can find more details in the multiple posts that will flow out; however, at the Bloghaus we were able to not only see but work with the forthcoming HP TouchSmart PC -

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PhoneGnome offers Relevance-based Call Management with Iotum's Relevance Engine .Over the past few months I have been a beta tester for the iotum Relevance Engine which has a number of interesting applications that are providing a taste of what my future real-time communications activities may have in store.One of the first applications that Iotum has built automatically manages incoming phone

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Both Mark Evans and Alec Saunders have been making posts about the early days of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mark wonders where the browser world would be if IE never happened; Alec comes from the viewpoint of a former IE Product Manager: browsers are a feature and not a product.To add some pre-history from someone who was there: Mark Andreesson and some of his grad school colleagues had

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Alec Saunders tonight has written about his experience while checking into the Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel for his attendance at the upcoming Voice over Net Canada conference. With an allergy to smoke, I guess I will not be using Sheraton (or any of the Starwood) hotels as a preferred choice.Simon Cooper, a senior executive at Marriott, and a graduate of the same Executive MBA program I took

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Prior to the Winter Olympics I reported on my acquisition and setup of the SlingBox such that I could watch the CBC version of the Olympics while traveling in southern California. At the time SlingBox was only available in the U.S.; I had purchased one on my trip to California immediately prior to the start of the Olympics. In addition to the points made in that posting I can also relate the

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Last Thursday evening I returned to my new car (50 km) after a business meeting in a restaurant to find the rear driver's side window smashed .... And my laptop stolen! This has resulted in an experience that has been both frustrating (in terms of working out a recovery plan) and exhilarating (in terms of the many friends who have helped in one way or another over the past few days). It shows

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Shel Israel was the guest of AIMS Canada for two events involving the use of blogs as an element of business marketing, building on the cases discussed in Naked Conversations, the book he recently co-authored with Robert Scoble.The Blogger Networking Event, held at Shoeless Joes in Toronto's Entertainment district, presented lots of opportunities for naked verbal conversations.Social Marketing,

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Temporary Posting1999 S70 GLT with almost 185,000 km in excellent condition:All factory recommended servicing carried outGLT 2.4L Lite Turbo 190hp engineForest Green Sedan4-speed Automatic Transmission; Front Wheel DriveLeather seatsAir Conditioning; Power Locks, Steering, Windows and Side Rear View MirrorsPower Drivers Seat with 3 memoriesFront seat heatersCruise ControlAM/FM Radio with single

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Earlier this week I wrote about my experience installing a SlingBox so that I could watch the CBC "Live" coverage of various events in real time. And I have had a few days now to experience SlingBox working at a distance of 2500 miles from my cable box.This morning my hotel-distributed USA Today ran a feature story on how viewership of the Olympics is down - 36% from the 2002 Salt Lake City

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(written on Day 2 of the 2006 Winter Olympics)During the summer of 1972 I moved to Germany (working with a private firm) about three weeks before the Munich Olympics started. As my wife had remained in Canada to help her parents with a move, I was getting my evening meals in the local town "gästehaus". When the Olympics started, the local German network provided 16-hour a day coverage from 9

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Last week I reported on my visit to Iotum's offices where they demonstrated not only their Relevance Engine in operation but also the Pronto Conferencing audio conferencing product they were about to introduce at DEMO 2006 yesterday. A superbly well executed presentation in spite of one technical glitch.Last night they learned that they are "DEMO Gods" having won an award for one of the top ten

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My oldest son, Brian, is a Founder with two partners of a medical device company, Kerberos Proximal Solutions, whose main product can assist with the removal of the blockage (thrombus) that can cause a heart attack. They got their first story in the public press today."Imagine a drainage ditch full of grass, mud and dirt at a certain point, preventing overflow water from draining properly

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As mentioned elsewhere (see the Comments here), my neighbour's son, Brad Boyes, made the Boston Bruins this year as a rookie center. Well, he was supposed to be the fourth line center.... but as the season evolved and the injuries to Bruins players built up, Brad has ended up as a right wing on what is currently their number one line. So when the Bruins came to Ottawa last night, where my son and

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I had the occasion to visit with Alec and Howard at Iotum yesterday morning. In California you will find that many cars in employee parking lots have windshield covers placed immediately behind the windshield to keep out the sun's penetrating rays. In the Ottawa winter, especially during a freezing rain storm, you don't want ice to build up on your wipers, so notice how Alec (and just about

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Ever wonder how Ctrl-Alt-Del became the default for reboots. Check this out. I love the looks on Bill's face when he says "Bill made it famous". (Needs QuickTime player)

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Over the past month I have had need to look for a voice setup that:is simple to use by non-technical personnel in a (small) office environmentallows the user to access both conventional PSTN phone connections as well as a VoIP connectioncan instantly launch a VoIP or PSTN call from Outlook Contacts or a contact information in a web page in a web browser (IE, Firefox, etc.)provides presence status

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Jon Arnold, a telecommunications analyst and consultant, is a Boston native who has been attracted to the vibrance of Toronto. However, he and I find a kindred spirit in following the Boston Bruins, for whom my neighbour's son is having an excellent rookie season. Jon has also a maintained his membership in the Red Sox Nation.Last week, however, Jon felt betrayed by one of the most popular (now

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The tease of Skype: For those looking for nuggets on Skype (both the company and its products), download and install this latest beta of the Skype Toolbar for Internet Explorer . The instructions will tease you; the actual toolbar will get your wheels spinning for who's included! Enjoy!The genius of Skype: Oh, and by the way, go to a web page with phone numbers (such as Canada 411) and, if you

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Alec Saunders wrote a post today on the publisher/partner relationship between a platform developer (such as Microsoft or Skype) and the third party partner ecosystem that is available to expand the use of the platform through the collective intelligence that can be leveraged beyond the basic platform's marketing and developer resources. His perspective comes from thirteen years of product and

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During 2004 I did some assignments with Runaware, Inc., a Swedish-based company that provides a platform for evaluating live software from a remote server. Because the Runaware engine bypasses all the hassles of doing evaluations on your local PC, such as installation process, registry alteration, conflicts with installed software and memory limitations, you can go to a Runaware supported website

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Last spring, via a reference from Skype Journal, I ended up meeting a developer of plug-ins for Outlook who is based in Sweden. Subsquently he was contracted by Skype to write a plug-in linking Skype with Outlook; I was asked if I would be a beta tester.After completing several alpha versions, Peter was hired by Skype to complete this project; the final version was released a couple of weeks ago

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I found it interesting to note the order in which I visited various blogs following a two week hiatus without Internet access following my surgery. I should mention that my interest is driven partially by my long term interest in startups and my heritage with Voice over IP where Quarterdeck had one of the pioneering VoIP software products in 1996. Here is what I found I was looking at to get

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There is a reason for the long gap in postings. I have spent the past month recovering from surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm ("AAA"), discovered only by chance when having an ultrasound and CT scan for another condition which fortunately turned out to be negative. I do thank the cardiovascular surgery team and the post-operative care team at St. Michael's Hospital for getting me through

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In the fall of 1973 I lived in (West) Germany during the course of the 1973 mid-east war. This war impacted fuel supplies in western Europe to the extent that I witnessed long line-ups for gas (including many who would fill up to a dozen containers) and experienced, during my last three weekends there, carless Sundays (only those in designated public services, such as hospital employees, could

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Blogger for WordI am doing this post from Blogger for Word as a test to see how it works. I am also attempting to post a photograph (from my Flickr collection, of course):Comments (written from Blogger): At this point images and documents are not supported and transmitted to Blogger. I did get the photo and link to it by inserting it into the HTML "confirmation" page that can optionally appear

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I recently submitted a posting to the Association of Internet Marketing and Sales Discussion List about an excellent blog posting that Rick Segal wrote on blogs and their role in the ongoing business environment. (This AIMS ADL thread has been a discussion of whether there is a marketing role for blogs in a business enterprise.) When posted they left out the hyperlink to the article but put in a

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When commenting on the next financing transaction for Skype as a company to be sold, it is quite helpful if the facts in the story are straight. Today, Robert X. Cringely, in his weekly PBS-sponsored column, attempted to talk about Skype almost being sold. However, as I read the column, there arose statements that, in the end, lessened the probability that I could have any degree of confidence in

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Yesterday, for the eighth year in succession (and the seventh as a shareholder), I attended RIM's annual general meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. This year the venue had moved next door from the Clay and Glass Museum to the Mike Lazaradis Theatre in the new Perimeter Institute building (funded through Mike's foundation).If one were to believe the press, RIM is under siege from Microsoft, Visto, Treo

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Since the last programming language I used (in 1975) was FORTRAN V and I have evolved into a technology business executive, I now take the approach to a product of an end user looking for key features and benefits that can enhance either my or a user's productivity (with a high degree of transparency to the underlying technology). On the other hand, I know enough about development technology to

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Tom Evslin has put together a great post on the need to sell innovation through transparency. His key point is that,in adopting new products and services, business customers want to maintain familiarity without any concern for the underlying technology. In his example his VoIP-based wholesale Internet telephony did not gain traction until they changed their marketing (sales approach) to look like

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I hate to be somewhat pedantic but when you lose the thread of thought in a post due to spelling and grammatical errors, it kills the author's articulation of the point(s) s/he is trying to make. And when you post links that give your weblog visitors the infamous 404 message (or an equivalent in Firefox), you are losing site visitors and repeat audience.Here are some basic check procedures that I

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Yesterday Seth mentioned that he had been cited in the New York Times: "Godin reinforces what good marketers know". He went on to list 30 key points when strategizing marketing. While all are very valid, in particular I liked these: Traditional ways of interrupting consumers (TV ads, trade show booths, junk mail) are losing their cost-effectiveness. At the same time, new ways of spreading

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An interesting post at PocketPC Thoughts: PocketPC sales: increased units by 43% with market share growth up 6% to 46%. Palm OS units off by 39% RIM Blackberry now holds second place in market units and market share. And I still recomend a Dell Axim X50v complemented by a RIM Blackberry 7100 as the ideal mobile platform complements. Blackberry for phone & email; Axim for iPod, Skype Phone,

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Towards the end of August 2004 my three-year-old HP Jornada 768 lost its display screen -- one day there was nothing but a big blob. Once I had determined that HP wanted close to the price of a new PocketPC for a replacement display screen I started a search for a replacement PocketPC. I had noticed three trends in newly introduced PocketPC's: VGA screens, WiFi and Bluetooth compatibility and

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Some posts will serve to provide bookmark to articles that I want for ready reference.VC's, as part of their assessment formula, want to readily identify "unique intellectual property" in assessing a business opportunity. In more general terms they are looking for an "unfair competitive advantage".Sometimes they fail to realize that "individual people" or "unique teams" can be that unfair

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When reviewing business business plans investors want to know "What is your sustainable competitive advantage"? For technology companies this is always associated with some unique technology -- but, hold it -- hasn't the development of more efficient devleopment tools made it easy to "reproduce" software? The real answer requires a look at the entire business proprosition -- management team,

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Over the past few months I have been involved in the development of a new Personal Business Communications service that will combine Instant Messaging/Presence, Audio Conferecing and WebConferencing in a highly secure, highly user-friendly environment.One of the questions that arises is "What do we really mean by Presence?" MSN Messenger allows us to indicate our "presence status" via seven

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This RSS thing is exploding. Traffic via RSS feeds is doubling monthly. So what is it? and how does it become a socialization engine? Dave Winer (one of the pioneers in weblogging) has started a site devoted to the community of people who create and use RSS - to explain RSS to non-technical personal. He starts off by building a definition that shows how a single format can explode into an

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While there are many reasons to be proud to be a Canadian, I have long felt that Canadians with a strong "nationalist" sentiment have had their hearts misplaced when it comes to supporting national institutions. This past week three events in Canada have demonstrated that technology, and specifically Internet technology, will trump misplaced nationalism every time. This is the second in a series

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While there are many reasons to be proud to be a Canadian, I have long felt that Canadians with a strong "nationalist" sentiment have had their hearts misplaced when it comes to supporting national institutions. This past week three events in Canada have demonstrated that technology, and specifically Internet technology, will trump misplaced nationalism every time. This is the first in a series

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For the past few months I have found the tracking of weblogs to be a much more user friendly way of tracking not only weblogs but also many email subscriptions to information of interest. With respect to the latter, wherever an email subscription offers one of those orange "XML" or "RSS" buttons, I take that alternative as the subscription delivery option. Automated delivery of weblog

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Robert Scoble is not only an industry veteran; two recent developments have defined his role in the rapidly emerging blogging world: 1. He recently joined the Microsoft development team for Longhorn. 2. He has become probably one of the most respected Microsoft employee bloggers. Why? Because he has figured out the fine line of building credibility with a (potentially skeptical) external audience

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We incorporate collaboration into our business activities at TechTransform in various ways: email, QuickBase for asynchronous information sharing and archiving, WebArrow for synchronous desktop sharing. Rafe Needleman makes some excellent points that are reinforced by our experience: effective collaboration requires a high degree of spontaneity -- make it easy to access and to work into the

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Over the past few years the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has taken a lot of heat for their high-handed, hard-nosed, self-serving approach to the issue of compensating artists through standard royalties paid for every purchased recording. Silicon Valley | 04/10/2003 | Decline in CD sales apparently unrelated to proliferation of lousy music Yet technology has raised a new

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Long gap here... Over the past few months I have had the opportunity to explore marketing isssues associated with a variety of technologies. In spite of a weak investment climate, the genius of our engineering and software development community has not been waning. Here are a few examples: One company has a product for the automation of IT processes, with special emphasis on the (daily)

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[5/14/2002 3:07:17 PM | Jim Courtney] New algorithms for vehicle navigation.... Over the past seven months I have experienced the use of a vehicle navigation system comprising a PocketPC along with vehicle navigation software using industry standard map data. Combined into a commercial product known as Destinator, it has been quite helpful in getting me to unfamiliar addresses, finding my way

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