Michael Gracie 

SMS just won’t make it in America, if things proceed on their present course. The reason being, we are just to trusting to newfangled service providers. That should be a good thing, but those same service providers are often the ones using every means possible to get your business, even if it means spamming your [...]

We are seeing a lot of hype over the issue of instant messaging spam nowadays. Part of this hype could be an actual problem, and part of it could be guilt by association. With all the talk about the Secret Service and Paris Hilton getting hacked via T-Mobile, I wonder if this isn’t already a [...]

Once again, stock analysts cannot make up their minds about the search advertising model. Month on month, these guys swing recommendations like Babe Ruth swung at fastballs – with reckless abandon and little emphasis on quality. The latest is a flip flop by the folks over at RBC Capital Markets (see Google, Yahoo! Ripped). Now, [...]

Andy McCue of Silicon.com deserves a special thanks for plugging the latest “me-too” book, this time on RSS feeds and how they are the emarketers’ dream come true, in Have RSS feeds killed the email star? – silicon.com. Why thank Andy….? Well no opinion was expressed on the validity of Unleash the Marketing & Publishing [...]

AT Kearney recently completed a study where they found top executives at manufacturers, software companies, and IT services firms were determined to concentrate on nurturing existing product lines, rather than invest in new technology development. In Poll: U.S. has conservative tack on innovation, they say AT Kearney found roughly 90% of executives were concerned about [...]

Gizmodo had a review of the Dell 42″ Plasma TV the other day (see Dell W4200HD 42-Inch Plasma Reviewed (Verdict: Wait for Sale) : Gizmodo). Well the title is pretty self-explanatory. I personally won’t wait for the sale, as I don’t watch much TV at all. But for those TV junkies out there, a better [...]

Mark Cuban has an interesting post on shorting stocks, entitled I feel so dirty….Naked Shorts. While most of Mark’s post targets SEC rules regarding stock loan regulation and its related market impact, I am not going to argue with him about shorting as he is right on target (most of the time). I short stocks [...]

Microsoft is out there, fighting spam like a good software company should, while their partner organizations are building daily challenges for them. Interesting to note the emphasis on “human error” in MSNBC – Editor’s note: MSNBC spam error. When some college dropout tries making a few extra bucks by directing some people to their site [...]

Friends and I joke about people who always stick letters behind their names in correspondence, on their business cards, etc. Why to they do that? John Doe, PhD, Jane Doe, CLU, and my favorite, Joe Blow, MBA. Cripes, you can get an MBA for 100 bucks from an online store. It isn’t a credential! Should [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle has a fresh piece on inflation. Inflation with a new face gives you the choice between the Producer Price Index (PPI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to fuel your inflation fears. Which one is best is anyone’s guess, if you believe them at all. In the simplest terms, the PPI [...]