Archive for December, 2003
Humpty Dumpty is falling
Reported right before Christmas (see entry “Communicate to Compete”) that the German government was opting for Linux over Microsoft products. Today the Associated Press reports that the Israeli government has halted all future purchases of Microsoft products.
For a company that has done so much right–you don’t take over the desktop computing business without having done […]Six of one…
Politics has caught onto blogging big time. Kathy Kiely writes a lengthy article in USA Today:
“Veterans of the political scene admit they’re having some trouble adjusting. “When I first got up here, I thought blogging was an Irish dance,” says Tricia Enright, a longtime Capitol Hill press secretary who earlier this year became communications director […]Dreams: paying rent with AMEX cards
Today’s New York Times online (subscription required) reports one large property management firm in Manhattan is letting tenants pay their monthly four- and five-figure rents with American Express–so the tenants can rack up reward points. Many are happily doing so and getting lots of free returns–like trips to exotic locales and sizable gift certificates at […]