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Juggling Our Way Through Life
As I took a quick tour through the MTA trade show floor, which was quite impressive with more than 160 exhibitors, I ran across a booth with the latest in fiber splicing technology. Having learned this skill almost 24 years ago, I appreciated how much the technology has increased productivity. Any skills I once had in…
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Avocado – The Commercial – Part 2
This is how Roger Bindl spent his President’s holiday – creating a commercial for Haas Avocados. Click here to see Bindl’s other Avocado commercial.
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Avocado – The Commercial – Part 1
Haas is trying to change the status of avocados with a low-cost marketing campaign, whereby they solicited people, who use the Revver video sharing service, to submit their best avocado commercials. With only a $500 prize, the production of this advertisement is essentially free. For Roger Bindl, it provided a nice distraction on a cold winter President’s…
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Is the Telecom Market in Turmoil because of a Price War?
by Alan J. Weissberger, aweissberger at sbcglobal dot net This question was asked to IEEE ComSoc SCV members. In the current issue of Barrons, Rich Pzena, principal of Pzena Investment Management states: "The telecommunications industry is in turmoil right now because of the merger of Alcatel and Lucent. Competitors are using it as an excuse…
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21st Century Technology Etiquette
Two years ago, we opened the New Year with a review of the book, Talk to the Hand. This book looked at the increasing coarseness in today’s society. Although not necessarily the intent, this book gave some good ideas as to ways telecom companies could improve customer service. Along these same lines, we kick…
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Fortunately, She Is a Great Writer
Leslie Ellis of Ellis Edits provided wit and great insight as the moderator of the opening panel at CableNEXT. Unfortunately, she lost her voice in the process. Watch this video to see the Bob Dylan approach she took on another panel she moderated. For those of you who don’t know her, Leslie is cable technology…
