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Oh Microsoft, you have such a long history of screwing up announcements of computing devices. Are you going to do it again with this one? So far it's not looking good. The post How Microsoft Co...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2012/06/20/how-microsoft-could-and-probably-will-screw-up-the-microsoft-surface/

Two panel discussions coming up in Chicago (5/11) and NYC (5/17) on how to get ROI out of social media. If you'll be in those two cities, please register to come. The post Chicago and NY: Turni...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2011/05/04/chicago-and-ny-turning-word-of-mouth-and-social-media-into-sales/

How are you coping with Facebook’s changes? Do you freak out every time they move an option to a new location? Notice that whenever there’s a change with Facebook or other popular application...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/10/27/cant-cope-with-facebook-changes/

I’ve got an update to a post I wrote yesterday entitled, “Windows 7 launch party video: Is Microsoft trying to be funny?” In it I just expressed my ultimate confusion as to what the purpose...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/24/windows-7-party-video-dirty-edition/

I just saw this video that Microsoft produced with tips to host your own Windows 7 launch party. It’s obviously a joke, as the piece is produced like an incredibly hokey infomercial with four p...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/23/windows-7-launch-party-video-is-microsoft-trying-to-be-funny/

I just finished another appearance on the Curtis Sliwa show on WABC Radio out of New York City. We talked about the announcement of the Google operating system and how it’s yet another attack o...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/07/09/conflicting-facebook-aging-reports-and-google-goes-after-microsoftagain/

Here’s my second installment of “Products I love and actually use.” I started this series to go beyond just reviewing a product or a service, but rather explaining why I actually use certai...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/03/07/products-i-love-and-actually-use-onenote/

Former colleague Ken Ray called me up last week to interview me for his podcast, Mac OS Ken. We talked about the viability of a Microsoft store and also whether Microsoft will make their own phon...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/18/a-microsoft-phone-a-microsoft-store-interview-with-mac-os-ken/

This week Microsoft made an announcement that they’re going to be opening a “small number” of stores, and they’ve hired 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, David Porter to handle the retail deploym...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/its-got-to-be-better-than-microsoft-bob-making-connections-at-microsofts-retail-stores/

The TV and cable news networks will most definitely be jumping all over each other to deliver the most up to date, expert, and graphics-laden experience of the inauguration. But if you’re part ...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/01/18/using-social-media-to-experience-the-obama-inauguration-before-during-and-after/