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Comment on Going 100% Digital – But what about the NOTEPAD? by DJHunt

DJHunt — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:40:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing this tip — this is a must have for me to make the switch to a tablet, as it’ll remove all that paper and have a central place to store note. But what would *really* help is search. Do you know if this app (or others) allow you to type along with free-form drawing? Or even do handwriting recognition?

Comment on Going 100% Digital – But what about the NOTEPAD? by DJ Hunt

DJ Hunt — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:53:24 +0000

This is the one capability that I need to make a complete switch to a tablet. The benefit (of course) is reduced paper/space and one source for all notes. But what would really make this useful is *search*, as it’s quite difficult to page through old notebooks to find something. To that end, does this app (or any other) support typing notes in addition to free-hand drawings? Or maybe even handwriting recognition?

Comment on Announcing the Americola by jim barnard

jim barnard — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:31:43 +0000

i wonder if you poured the espresso over a cup of ice first if it would make a difference. i would think the carbonation would do better with ice than crema.
i love the idea… you’ll get there and i want a cut of when you start bottling it!!!

Comment on Google Wave, email for the next generation? by The Great Java

The Great Java — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:30:18 +0000

Sure, in a “we-know-it-so-we-love-it” sort of way

Comment on Google Wave, email for the next generation? by jim barnard

jim barnard — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:42:38 +0000

google-ish is a term of endearment, right?

Comment on Is it Branding or the Roasting? by Great Java » Post Topic » Thousand Hills Coffee Part Two

Great Java » Post Topic » Thousand Hills Coffee Part Two — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:30 +0000

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Comment on My Starbucks Via Review by The Great Java

The Great Java — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:25:37 +0000

Well that would be easier Jim as long as you don’t want the whip cream or chocolate syrup on top! It’s easy to fake sugary drinks.

Wonder if they’ll come out with one and charge $3 for a $4 latte.

Comment on My Starbucks Via Review by jim barnard

jim barnard — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:55:45 +0000

i am holding out for a via version of a caramel white mocha.

Comment on Sharepoint for Enterprise Social Media? by The Great Java

The Great Java — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:46:18 +0000

Business users also try to build enterprise systems from Microsoft access! The right technology coupled with training and support will be the best solution.

You are still right. You can’t compare a closed community that is collaborating with Office docs to a team with a community open to the enterprise share forums, bookmarks, and blogs. Some people don’t get niches. They don’t get overlap is inevitable and in some cases desirable.

Microsoft has a lot of catch-up work to do to keep up with Jive and LC 2.5. They are great at copying other people’s ideas so I’m sure they’ll come up with something more social than today’s solution.

Comment on Sharepoint for Enterprise Social Media? by RTodd

RTodd — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:46:59 +0000

When we initially starting pondering Social Software within our enterprise, I argued that Sharepoint and Social Software were complimentary products that could or should be used together. Many of my co-workers argued that they were competing products where a winner and a loser would eventually be named. My argument of complimentary wasn’t based on a feature comparison or arguing that SharePoint would take over the world but based on the idea of purpose. Sharepoint was pushed out of the gate as a collaboration solution and no one can argue that has done that in spades. We also pushed it as a Intranet solution and that too has taken off with a huge demand. SharePoint has BI solutions but it won’t take over the BI space as it has great portal capabilities but I don’t think the portal guys need to worry. The question that remains to be answered is that as Microsoft adds the additional features will the competing products be able to hold their own? I think so but in the end the business and business solutions will dictate winners and losers not the technology.