Steve Rubel announced last week that he was going to stop “blogging” in favor of “lifestreaming” (the sharing of more immediate snippets of micro-media), and this opened up some interesting discussion among bloggers, well-summarized here by Louis Gray (and I agree with Louis’ perspective).
Now I do admit that I am re-examining the tools for on-line [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Creativity Reawakened
Posted in Creativity, Design, Technology, iPhone on June 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I used to take a lot of pictures.
When I was single, and in the days of marriage before kids, my camera (a 35mm SLR for those old enough to remember pre-digital days!) was a regular companion. I delighted in nature photography, often using slide film (farewell, Kodachrome!). Did some experimentation with black-and-white, and some macro [...]
You’re Being “Tivo’ed”!
Posted in Humor, Marketing on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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The Morning After – First Impressions of iPhone 3GS
Posted in Design, Innovation, Technology, User design, tagged Apple iPhone 3GS on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, the long-awaited iPhone 3GS arrived at the front door. I loved my first-generation iPhone, and after accidentally causing its early demise a month or so ago, I couldn’t wait for the newest version. But would the upgrade experience be a pleasure or a nightmare? I was a bit apprehensive.
So let’s start with the “get [...]
The Dread of Anticipation
Posted in Design, Innovation, User design on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After losing my 1st generation iPhone in a tragic training accident several weeks back, I have been eagerly anticipating the release of the new, 3rd generation iPhone 3GS. I decided to forego buying the soon-to-be outclassed 3G model, and, limping by with a jerry-rigged GOphone, waited for the latest and greatest.
And now I find myself [...]
Does Comcast Care?
Posted in Customer service, tagged Comcast, ComcastCares on June 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A lot of virtual ink has been expended writing about Comcast, which has embraced Twitter to provide customer service (Frank Eliason @comcastcares), but which suffers from a reputation of poor customer service in other quarters.
I don’t have Comcast here in north Jersey, but I was in Connecticut at my mother’s house yesterday, and I saw [...]









