Category Archives: Technology

The Wind is Blowing …

Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin

As I sit inside a nicely insulated house, windows shaking, leaves blowing around everywhere, dog squeezing its legs to avoid going outside, I am reminded of how little has changed at a macro level in the technology area.  I have … Continue reading →

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Google Search Finds InsideSpin

Posted on July 11, 2012 by admin

I should know a lot about how this works, so being surprised that it does find my content is a surprise — sometimes. For those of you who have browsed content on www.insidespin.com, you may have noticed that not all … Continue reading →

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Embotics

Posted on June 28, 2012 by admin

I joined the Board of Directors of Embotics this week — a company I have been involved with at various levels for about 6 years. Embotics just received some valuable financing which will go a long way to helping them … Continue reading →

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Tired of being on the RIM of Danger (Blackberry)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

RIM was Apple, Apple became RIM. RIM, a disruptive force that redefined the concept of the mobile business device. They understood the need for simple yet reliable business tools that you could carry in your pocket. The keyboard accommodated big fingered … Continue reading →

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Getting Hacked

Posted on August 8, 2011 by admin

I took a day off from my holiday this week to do some work and discovered that insidespin.com had been politely hacked. By polite I mean a one-line message replaced the Blog site (blog.insidespin.com — a WordPress site) saying it … Continue reading →

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Citrix Buys Kaviza — an Advisor Story Gone Right

Posted on May 24, 2011 by admin

Kaviza was one of the first companies I started working with as an Advisor. I was referred to them by a business colleague who thought my experience with PlateSpin and the virtualization market would be ideal for their business plan. 18 … Continue reading →

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On-line Banking Services — A Meeting with a CIO

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

I had the opportunity today to sit face to face 1 on 1 for an hour with the CIO from one of Canada’s largest banks — my main purpose was to provide consumer-oriented input into the on-line banking services provided, … Continue reading →

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Special purpose devices — is there a future for them?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by admin

My wife and I recently won a Kobo reader at a fund raiser bowling event (yes, bowling — a real sport in some parts of the world). My wife is a regular user of a reader having had the Sony … Continue reading →

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The Waterfall

Posted on March 11, 2011 by admin

It’s not that often that you come across something simple that can dramatically change the way in which people communicate. I’m not talking about some new gizmo or social network platform, but rather a layout of information that can better communicate, in … Continue reading →

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Facing Facebook

Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin

I’m faced with some key decisions about how to integrate InsideSpin further into the social networks of my target audience. I did some simple things with LinkedIn a while ago and turned my attention more towards Facebook of late. It … Continue reading →

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