Everyone is buzzing about Merrkat and Periscope. They are trying to decide if Meerkat will beat Periscope, Periscope will beat Meerkat. or if there is even a market for either of them. I think that’s all good and fun, but I have a very different question which I think is significantly more important. How do You […]
Acquisitions, and Eternal Companies – It’s Not About Killing. It’s About Innovating.
Stop Looking For Corporate Killers. It’s Not About Killing. It’s About Innovating. Is Ello A Facebook Killer? Will Duck Duck Go kill Google? Will Facebook’s new search kill Google???? What ever happened to Jelly? I was saving this post for a time when the “next big thing” pops onto our smartphones and people start declaring […]
Google Translate is Really Powerful, Futuristic, and Just Earned Me Major Husband Points
If Only There was An App That Ran On Magic??? My wife is studying to transfer her nursing license and since we live in Israel, most of the studying is in Hebrew. Crappy for her since its not her first language. She spends a lot of time translating every word one by one on Google translate. […]
Image Recognition Has Evolved And It’s Ridiculously Awesome!
For a while now, while explaining how search engines work, instead of straight out saying “Google can’t understand images”, I had gotten in the habit of saying “Google can’t understand images…. yet”. I don’t remember when I picked that up, but in my head I always believed that Google would be smart enough to understand […]
What Does Your Phone Home Screen Say About You? @Garyvee is “Sorta” Wrong.
Gary Vaynerchuck has a great thought where he says, if you look at the home screen of someones phone you will only find 3 type of apps on it: Escapism and Entertainment Information and Utility Social (people) No one will have anything on their home screen that doesn’t fall into those 3 categories. Truth be told, he […]
My 3 Words For 2015- Professional Resolutions That Work
Resolutions around the new year are a common thing, but like many people, I slip and don’t always hit my goals. There just doesn’t feel like enough time to focus on so many. Over breakfast one morning, Sam Michelson tuned me into Chris Brogan’s 3 Word Process. The idea being to choose 3 words that you want […]
My Blog Was Hacked & I Learned All About WordPress Vulnerabilities and Inevitability
I was the victim of a hacking which I only found out about yesterday. No amount of 2 step verification could have helped here to my knowledge, and I am a believer in 2 step verification. Nothing I could have done differently could have made a difference. The scary thing is how long it could […]