I’ve been a Nokia E-Series fan for some time now. The ability to access and interact with my company’s Microsoft Exchange server has been the most important factor in freeing me from my office and carrying on with a generally balanced life. The fact that the Nokia E-Series phones can interact and receive push mail [...]
Last week, I got an automated message from the folks at flickr stating that my photostream was too racy for public consumption and was therefore marked as ‘moderate.’ My initial reaction was to call bullshit and shake a few trees to see who I may know at flickr or Yahoo! HQ. After all, I take [...]
Up until Monday, the restaurant industry in Vancouver was up in arms. Why, you ask? Because the freaking city was trying to hide some really nasty business in the recent clauses to extend liquor licenses for food primary establishments. One step forward, two steps back. I smell a conspiracy… or maybe it’s just ‘the machinery’ [...]
Actually, well, more like iDTGV hates us and by us, I mean Canadians. For those that don’t know, iDTGV (not affiliated with TGV) is a train service in France that I keep calling iDTVG for some reason. Seriously, though, iDTGV is an interesting train service because it caters to my demographic – you know, the [...]
Want free business advice? Listen to your customers! – or at least that’s what Richard Branson says. Wish Nokia had done the same in the release of their most recent E-Series flagship, after all, isn’t the E-Series set of phones supposed to be made for efficiency? They did drop the ‘enterprise’ label for ‘efficiency’ recently [...]
Is it me, or are we seeing martial law starting to taking shape in Canada? Two of the most irksome activities I see on the rise are: (a) the selective disrespect and disregard of the laws of the land by those whom we trust to enforce the laws (ie the cops) (b) the ill treatment [...]
One thing you learn over the years of running a business is to know your competitors as well as you know your own business. In this case, I think Nokia’s off their rocker. Their latest campaign is geared at the BlackBerry user, so let’s compare, shall we? Now, in all fairness to Nokia, I am [...]
Apparently someone at Nokia had the brilliance to decide that the partnership between Blackberry and Nokia was not worthwhile. According to Mobile Industry Review, Nokia’s UK MD, Simon Ainslie, said: RIM are a competitor and have done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it’s no great surprise that we see [...]
More regarding ‘No Fun City!’ – you can catch my previous post, HERE. <rant> Here we go again. Business in Vancouver or BC for that matter is always a tough cookie. I can recount the story of a colleague (Vancouverite) who opened up the same business simultaneously in Alberta and BC. Within 30 days, he [...]
In the last few weeks, a couple things have been unfolding on City Hall’s steps – the type of activities that can spell disaster for Vancouver economically. British Columbia has always been largely plagued by a contingent of people who either don’t want to understand the big picture or are simply ignorant to the thought [...]