I'm exhausted! I've been running hard up the Vista/Office 2007 learning curve for the last two weeks, and I'm just plain worn out. Productivity is in the basement. Frustration has reached all-time highs. And all I'm trying to do is write a column, synchronize my e-mail, launch a presentation and review a financial spreadsheet. It's the stuff I've been doing for years. Read more
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Picking Vista seemed like a good idea
By Chris Shipley•06/13/2007
What if Jobs and Gates had teamed up?
By Chris Shipley•06/05/2007
The tech industry buzzed last week over what many deemed a historic meeting between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on the stage of the Wall Street Journal's schmooze-fest, D: All Things Digital. While some might have wanted fireworks, the two icons of the PC Age were cordial and humble (a word I'd not often use to describe Jobs). Read more
Good ideas come from anywhere
By Chris Shipley•05/30/2007
In my last column, I "applauded" the move by Famster to drop advertising on its site in lieu of a subscription-based business model. Read more
Delivering value instead of advertising
By Chris Shipley•05/17/2007
In a contrarian move, the family-focused Web hosting and social networking site Famster.com announced late last week it would dump advertising and move to a subscription-only business model. The move comes in response to "user feedback," according to the press announcement. "We find that families do not want to have their profiles cluttered with advertising," says Famster CEO Wayne Naphtal. Read more
