"Reviewing" an unused product

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I frequently get asked to review products, which I enjoy doing.  Editorializing non-stop gets old after a while!  Yesterday, however, I was asked to "review" a product on the basis of a press release.  I declined and told the requester that I would be happy to review the product if they wanted to send me a review copy.  After all, what value is a product review if you haven’t actually seen or used the product?

Take this posting in the same vein as "what is a journalist", and "when is a blogger a journalist". 

Published on February 20th, 2008 under , , , ,

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SquawkBox March 19 - The Facebook Episode

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Today was the Facebook episode. 
We’re discussed three things:

Yesterday Facebook announced a whole new suite of privacy controls.  We talked about what they are, and whether peo…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , ,

Lead, follow or get out of the way

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Jeff Pulver is a vision guy. His keynote yesterday was proof positive, as he presented example after example of how the demographic segment called the "Millennials" (kids and teens)…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , , ,

VendorRate will buy you a latte for your opinion

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Walking the aisle at VON yesterday, I ended up talking with Ray Beauchamp, VP Strategic Development for VendorRate.  They’re a new company that allows potential purchasers of equipment…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , ,

The elephant in Rick Segal and Albert Lai’s room

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There’s a message being lost in the very public fracas between Albert Lai and Rick Segal, which is that startups in Canada are undersupported.  Canadian VCs have a reputation among entrepreneurs…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , , ,

Squawk Box March 18

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A lively and interactive Squawk Box from San Jose California today!
We discussed Lifestream Aggregators — FriendFeed, Twitter, Plaxo Pulse and so on.  There were a few people who shared their…

Published on March 19th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

Geist vs Goldberg

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Two of my favorite personalities on the Canadian web are Mark Goldberg and Michael Geist.  Often taking opposite positions on key issues, their commentary is always a worthwhile read.  So,…

Published on March 18th, 2008 under , , , ,

Streaming video wirelessly changes the game

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I had a remarkable day yesterday, defined in part by video.  At Pulver’s Social Media breakfast, there were Nokia N95’s in evidence everywhere and people streaming everywhere. …

Published on March 18th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Squawk Box March 17 - Tribute to Russell Shaw

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A few of Russell’s friends and admirers gathered on the Squawk Box today to reminisce about him.  The recording of the call is below and available for any to listen to.  And, if you’d…

Published on March 17th, 2008 under , ,

iPhone stalled for Canada?

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So when is the iPhone coming to Canada? According to customer service reps at Rogers, not anytime soon.  Apparently Comwave,  the Canadian owner of the iPhone trademark isn’t impressed…

Published on March 16th, 2008 under , , ,

Squawk Box March 17: A tribute to Russell Shaw

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Thank Andy Abramson for this idea.  Like many people, I’ve written about Russell Shaw’s passing. Andy just called me and  suggested we turn Monday’s Squawk Box into a tribut…

Published on March 16th, 2008 under

Goodbye Russell Shaw

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A colleague and friend, Russell Shaw, has passed.  Russell was one of the most prolific bloggers I’ve ever met. I only knew him as a technology blogger, covering VoIP and Blackberry,…

Published on March 16th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Squawk Box March 14, hosted by David Spark

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We had a very lively discussion today on the SquawkBox.
Is twittering during a conference session considered rude? Will it put panel attendees and moderators more on their toes? We got a very…

Published on March 14th, 2008 under , , , ,

SquawkBox, March 13, 2008

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This morning Sheryl Breuker and Ken Camp co-hosted our call with Fonolo (Pr.: PHONE-uh-low) CEO Shai Berger.
Shai will be demonstrating Fonolo later today at the eComm2008 conference under…

Published on March 13th, 2008 under , , , ,

Squawk Box, March 14 preview

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David Spark of the Spark Minute and Spark Media Solutions will sub-hosting for Alec Saunders tomorrow (Friday) on the SquawkBox.
The call is tomorrow, Friday, March 14th at 8am Pacific,…

Published on March 13th, 2008 under , , ,

Squawk Box March 12 hosted by Tom McCarthy-Howe

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This episode was live from the EComm show, listen to the podcast to get the highlights from EComm speakers!

 
 Squawk Box March 12 [26:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (8)…

Published on March 13th, 2008 under , ,

Squawk Box March 11 hosted By Howard H. Thaw

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Yesterday’s call centered around the issues of portability -Portability of our NumbersPortability of our DataPortability of our Devices
Our special guest was Rod Ullens, CEO and co-founder…

Published on March 12th, 2008 under , , ,

How AT&T picked my pocket.

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My phone rang on the ski hill this morning.  It was AT&T’s collection agency, BCR, calling to harass me again. 
You see, AT&T picked my pocket to the tune of $1170, and then…

Published on March 11th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Squawk Box March 10 hosted by Jim Courtney

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Post written by today’s host Jim Courtney.
Later this week I’ll be attending eComm 2008 - a forum for discussing the future of communications enhanced services. Founder Lee Dryburg…

Published on March 10th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Squawk Box Week of March 10

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Good morning. 
It’s spring break here in Canada, and I’ll be playing hooky at the ski hill this week with my kids.  But no worries!  The daily Squawk Box will continue in my…

Published on March 9th, 2008 under ,

Squawk Box March 7 - MaRS Experience!Tech 2008

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This morning we had a couple of special guests — Peter Evans, Venture Advisor to Ontario’s MaRS Center, and Grover Righter, the General Manager and VP Marketing at San Francisco based…

Published on March 7th, 2008 under , ,
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