At the end of last year I wrote Why Sprint is Losing Customers (and market share). The post detailed how I felt Sprint was providing the wrong kinds of incentive for their business to be successful. The post actually got talked about on a few finance sites as Sprint’s stock continued to fall throughout Q1 […]
Tag Archives: Technology
Google Spreadsheets Are Better Than Microsoft Excel
April 28, 2008 – 8:17 am
That title is a pretty bold statement.
I could write a long post about how document sharing, collaborative editing, integration with Google Gadgets, etc are all game changing features. The thing is, that post would take too long to write and I don’t have that time right now. Luckily I can back up my claim with […]
Electric Heat
April 18, 2008 – 12:49 am
For the past couple of years I have had a question running around in my head and it won’t go away. Maybe by posting it here someone can point me in the right direction to understand it.
If every rooftop in a city was covered with solar panels, would it reduce the overall temperature of the […]
Using the Mac OSX Dashboard for Business Intelligence
April 2, 2008 – 11:16 am
I have been toying with the idea of how Google Docs could be used as a Business Intelligence platform for small businesses. As the thought develops it is expanding from just Google Docs to Google as a platform which could include Google for your domain, Google Gears, Google Gadgets, Google Charts and maybe more. I […]
Spreadsheets 2.0
February 18, 2008 – 9:33 am
Google Spreadsheets are great. They can easily be shared without having to setup file servers. They can be updated via the API so that data can be kept current without user intervention. Unfortunately, it is pretty watered down compared to Excel.
Excel spreadsheets are great. They can contain complex calculations and charts. They can easily be […]
Interesting Information About UserAgent Distribution
February 12, 2008 – 10:23 pm
I was doing some work on the statzen database tonight when I needed to look at the frequency of UserAgent recurrence.
For the less technical readers out there, UserAgent strings are how browsers (or any HTTP clients) identify themselves to web servers. There are only a handful of common browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc). The […]
