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Re: Cleaning your camera gear

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Re: Garmin extends sponsorship through 2013

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Re: AT&T Uverse App – Finally!

Rah — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:52:15 -0000

That is great that U-Verse Mobile Application is working for you. My employers at DISH have something similar and I'm glad to have it. I can watch TV everywhere whether it is on my DVR or LIVE I never have to miss a single show of mine. The greatest part about being able to have LIVE TV on my phone is that when I'm at the store food shopping instead of my daughter asking for everything she can watch whatever cartoons she likes. I love it!

Re: Garmin extends sponsorship through 2013

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Re: Garmin extends sponsorship through 2013

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Re: Mini Clubman ad

Used Audi A3 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:09:56 -0000

Hmmm not sure what to think about this ad. Maybe a bit over the top.

Re: Time for something stupid?

saraspin — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:43:20 -0000

Great job! Fatty is proud of you!

Re: Time for something stupid?

Constantin Gabor — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:29:46 -0000

I love this idea!
I should get people moving here as well.

Re: Time for something stupid?

gfurry — Fri, 07 May 2010 10:25:02 -0000

Kristin,

Thanks. I tried to keep it slow since I haven't really trained much this spring. I felt good all day but didn't want to push it thinking I would hit a wall around the next corner. I feel fine today. I can tell I rode 100 miles yesterday but nothing is really hurting.

I would love to bring my family out for a bike vacation. I think we need to get some more miles on the kids first. My biggest fear yesterday was that one of them was going to crash one of us.

Re: Time for something stupid?

kristinpetersen — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:59:22 -0000

Greg-
Your Garmin stats are impressive- a Century under 6 hours-way to go! I am sure Mrs. O'Hagen was really touched that you would do that for her. How are you feeling today?

I look forward to you brining your family out here for a bike vacation!
Congratulations,
Kristin Portolese Petersen

Re: Square Demo

Ben K — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:56:43 -0000

Right, like every garage sale or guy-who-is-owed-money will have a merchant account.

Still, a cute little device and slick workflow.

-ben

Re: AT&T Uverse App – Finally!

Brant Griffin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:45 -0000

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Re: Time to get in shape

Kelly H. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:56:18 -0000

Nice work, dude! I use Garmin Edge 305 GPS for my mountain bike and a regular wireless bike computer for my road bike. Considering putting it on my road bike, as we got lost last week! -Keep pedaling!
-Kelly H.

Re: Danny MacAskill

ben K — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:05:56 -0000

"More unbelievable" huh? How about "less believable"?
(I know, that's not what you mean... but neither is. I'd go with "remarkable". This type of construct reminds me of when people describe something amazing but very credible as being "incredible"... or something very flammable as "inflammable"...)

But yeah, sweet tricks, and it's a good edit against the music, too.

I hope they properly licensed the song.

Re: Danny MacAskill

Dave — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:00:20 -0000

This is one of the most amazing things I every seen! Talk about perseverance to over come.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

gfurry — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:11:50 -0000

I would guess that people that still read the paper in paper form either aren't comfortable with computers or like the portability of reading in paper form. The kindle is also much easier on the eyes than a computer and/or iphone.

There would be no print ads after shutting down the presses. The online ads and print ads would be combined. The people who pay for the paper now would continue to pay for it but they would get it on a kindle. Others I suspect would pay for a subscription to their local paper to get a free kindle. I know I would.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

reality check — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:48:36 -0000

Why would you want to pay for news content and a Kindle when you can already get all the news you want for free on the internet via your computer, iPhone, etc? The only people interested in this deal would be those who see another reason to own a Kindle--because they are book readers. And there aren't many of those (according to parapub.com, 80% of Americans did not buy or read a book in 2007). By comparison, Pew Research says 81% of Americans consume news on a daily basis.

Incorporating color and video into the Kindle could change all that. That technology will take a while to arrive still, unfortunately not in time to save most newspapers.

Lastly, the math just doesn't work. Online ad revenues are only 20% of the ad revenues collected from print ads. Cutting all paper, ink, presses, delivery, etc costs does not represent 80% of the budget, so you still have an unsustainable business.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

gfurry — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:12:20 -0000

The advertising part is hard but not impossible. See my comment below about how coupons could work. As far as the studies are concerned I don't doubt those but there is a fairly easy way to provide better data.

Have users for the kindle. Have a family of 5? You get your Kindle from the newspaper and they input all your family members. When dad picks up the Kindle he first clicks the dad button and then reads the digital paper. When he passes it off to mom she click the mom button and so on. While this does make it hard to share sections at the breakfast table it would tell you exactly who read what.

Part of the reason for this post is that I see cuts being made to the talent rather than the fluff. If you cut your best talent you get what you deserve. Hopefully by cutting the press and delivery you could afford to keep the talented staff and hire some more vetters for the public submissions.

I would love to discuss this over lunch sometime.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

gfurry — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:01:23 -0000

Color will come and the ads and coupons could work electronically. Picture an ad section on the kindle. You could click a checkbox on all the ads you want to see and all the coupons you want to use.

The kindle would email you a page of links to the websites of the various companies or even to the papers own website where the full color ad would be shown. For coupons the selected coupons would appear on a special page that you could easily bring up while at the store so it could be hit with a scanner at the checkout counter.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

Greg Hildebrand — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:48:59 -0000

Greg,
There was a recent article on businessinsider.com that printing and delivering the NYT costs twice as much as providing a Kindle to every subscriber. No doubt the physical newspaper is going the way of the buggy whip.
My concern is the news gathering that these papers are providing. It seems that the journalism that once was regarded as the main product that local newspapers provided is being replaced by submitted first hand observations of participants. And as anybody involved in crime will tell you some of the most unreliable evidence is from a single witness. And honestly newspapers have been their worst enemy when it comes to quality journalism, cutting newsroom staff to save operating expenses, relying on this type of submitted copy to fill editorial space.
In my opinion Kurt has a good handle on what is keeping the newspaper industry printing and that is the display ads and inserts. In marketing the number one statistic is how many people see my ad. The newspaper industry has done studies to show that appox. 2.5 people read every printed copy of the paper. And this number goes up with multiple days in the paper. Webstats are a little harder to play this math with. Combine this with the level of sophistication of the local retail merchants, and online sales of ads gets a little more difficult, but it is starting to change. People are beginning to realize that marketing next to local content on the World Wide Web is still marketing to local consumers.
If you are ever in Plymouth stop by the newspaper, perhaps we can discuss this over lunch.

Re: Want to save the newspaper industry? Get Jeff Bezos on the phone!

Kurt Knippel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:35:29 -0000

That is an excellent idea. The physical news paper is a relic of the past and should be done away with. So much more could be done via the electronic delivery. Sadly the #1 revenue stream of the newspaper is selling ad space. The #1 worst competency of the old media is web design. They would first have to translate how the ad sales paradigm works on the Kindle....no more full color, no more inserts. Its great for the reader of course and for the environment.