Idea of the Day: Un-blendable iPhone (yes, it̵...

Watch this video (there’s a point, I promise)… David Meerman Scott mentioned it during his talk about Viral Marketing last night. Why was he discussing it? Because this video got over 7 million views on YouTube, and sold a lot of blenders. So why hasn’t anybody piggybacked on the idea yet? I would take the product shown here, a chromium iPhone case by Metallo Designs (also available in stainless steel),...

Idea of the Day: Build a platform...

“All the world’s a stage…” I’m hearing a lot about platform development this week. “What’s that?” you might ask. Let’s call it the built-out of a framework that will allow you to spread your message to a wide audience. Here are some examples: You’ve heard of the iPhone, of course. Well the genius there isn’t just the phone itself by any means. The...

Idea of the Day: Holographic ebooks (R2D2 knew thi...

Do you remember that classic scene from the first Star Wars movie (yeah, I know it was actually episode IV) where Luke discovers R2D2’s holographic image of Princess Leia imploring “Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re our only hope?” I bet that’s not too far off. No, not the Star Wars part…that was a long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away). I’m talking about the hologram. If you...

Palm for the iPhone?...

If you are a frequent reader of my blogs, you know how much I’ve come to love my iPhone. But there’s still one critical upgrade I’d like to make; the calendar function is vastly inferior to the Palm’s OS. The iPhone calendar application limits the intervals at which I can set alarms or repeat events. And backing up my data isn’t nearly as straightforward as it is with Palm. Have you noticed...