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ALTOM: Businesses should be suspicious of app trap
May 19, 2012
Tim AltomSmart-phone app costs can vary by orders of magnitude, just as websites can. The challenge is getting them to pay for themselves.
MoreALTOM: FAA should bring electronic-device policies up to speed
May 5, 2012
Tim AltomThe public no longer accepts hollow proclamations with the same naïve grace.
MoreALTOM: Tablet computers, business don't always mix
April 21, 2012
Tim AltomI think a tablet is great if your business involves accessing or sharing information. A tablet isn’t such a great deal
if you have to produce content.
MoreALTOM: What matters most, privacy or convenience?
April 7, 2012
Tim AltomAs our devices become more aware of our travels, our preferences, our contacts, our messages, our photographs and even our
dexterity, the line between convenience and spying is crossed without us even being aware of it.
MoreALTOM: Limbaugh controversy comes with social-media lesson
March 24, 2012
Tim AltomThe pressure brought on Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers was through technology that wasn’t commonly used back when
the talk radio host was building his successful brand.
MoreALTOM: Does business really need gamification?
March 10, 2012
Tim AltomThe purpose of gamification is to apply the principles of gaming to another environment, like education or business. And as
“gamifiers” admit, this is really old hat in business.
MoreALTOM: Technology projects require end-user input
February 25, 2012
Tim AltomAs we used to say in a career I had long ago, you can hammer a nail with your shoe, but it’s not particularly efficient.
Unfortunately, too many technology users are doing just that.
MoreALTOM: Political parties use data mining to value you
February 11, 2012
Tim AltomAs databases grow fat on information about us, they become extremely valuable for everything from designing product shelving
in supermarkets to predicting ticket sales for professional sports teams.
MoreALTOM: Anti-piracy efforts ignore realities of technology
January 28, 2012
Tim AltomThere are times I have to go looking for a column topic, and there are times a topic stalks into my office and does an “Occupy
the Desk” until I write about it.
MoreALTOM: Exploring the Wild West of bookmark syncing services
January 14, 2012
Tim AltomThere are five major browsers out there, all free, and all slightly different in how they operate. All store your Web bookmarks
in different places that aren’t generally available to foreign browsers.
MoreALTOM: Few appreciate the power of Microsoft Office
December 31, 2011
Tim AltomI can think of few products that I’ve cursed more soundly over the years than Microsoft’s Office applications.
But I’m also hard-pressed to think of more versatile and powerful tools. Talk about love-hate.
MoreALTOM: You think you have problems? It could be worse
December 17, 2011
Tim AltomAnother year has gone by, which means it’s time for my annual gift to you: examples of bumbling, hacking and physical
disaster to make you feel much better about whatever technology snafu might have you disgruntled during Yuletide.
MoreALTOM: What's with the modern-art bar codes?
December 3, 2011
Tim AltomThe mysterious little squares are actually “QR” codes, for “quick response.”
MoreALTOM: Laptops evolve to include ports of all sorts
November 19, 2011
Tim AltomIf you’ve purchased a laptop lately, you may have noticed it has a few new things in it, most visibly ports that now
come in a rather bewildering variety of types and purposes.
MoreALTOM: Remember, what's new isn't always what's best
November 5, 2011
Tim AltomI’m a technological curmudgeon and proud of it.
MoreALTOM: Examining the pros and cons of Groupon
October 22, 2011
Tim AltomEven Groupon’s proponents sing its praises only warily, and its critics can be scathing in their condemnations. Yet,
Groupon continues to grow.
MoreALTOM: Use savvy searching to track Web presence
October 8, 2011
Tim AltomWhile finding your name has a certain egotistical appeal, the real value of looking yourself up on social media sites is to
find out what people are saying about you and your company.
MoreALTOM: Business consumer loses when Google, Apple fight
September 24, 2011
Tim AltomEven complementary companies can trip over each other in today’s high-tech market, and cause problems for the business
users who depend on them.
MoreALTOM: Is your company's website worth the money, effort?
September 10, 2011
Tim AltomToo many websites for small and medium-size businesses that don’t sell online are a waste of time and money.
MoreALTOM: Stashing your assets? Find out which safe is best
August 27, 2011
Tim AltomIt turns out that safe sales have blossomed recently, because investors fleeing the thrashing stock market are now often sitting
on gold, jewelry and even cash.
MoreALTOM: Most phone hacking is a low-tech, fast-talking scam
August 13, 2011
Tim AltomGiven the events of the past couple of months with News of the World and Rupert Murdock, I just couldn’t pass
up the opportunity to write about phone hacking.
MoreALTOM: Ready to toss your old cell phone? Think again
July 30, 2011
Tim AltomToday, the typical cell phone has the productive life of a cockroach: about 18 to 24 months. It’s not that the phones
stop working.
MoreALTOM: Podcasts still have a place in cyberspace
July 16, 2011
Tim AltomA few years ago, podcasts were all the rage on the Web. It seemed like every site had a podcast, and often more than one.
Podcasts threatened to replace e-mailed newsletters.
MoreALTOM: Smartphone makers rarely flip 'kill switch'
July 2, 2011
Tim AltomWhen you bought your new smartphone, did the dealer tell you it had a remote “kill switch” that could summarily
wipe out apps you’d downloaded to it? Probably not.
MoreALTOM: Don't sweat the cancer risk of cell phones
June 18, 2011
Tim AltomThe evidence strongly shows that, for the business user, cell phones are the least of our worries, unless we’re in the
habit of answering them in dense traffic.
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Great article Anthony. Glad IMS is finally being run like a business and not a personal check book to finance the "Vision".
Things are looking up but 15 years of scorched earth won't be fixed overnight. Unfortunately the TV ratings are still poor and that won't change anytime soon with the brilliant 10 year contract signed under the former regime.
Brett not sure why you wonder what he said in his quote. "''I would like to jump in a time machine, go back to 1995, and tell the owners and Tony George not to split,'' Franchitti said. ''As soon as my time machine is done, I know where I'm going.''"
Pretty clear, he would love to go back and tell TG and the team owners not to split.
I am not sure there is anyone who wanted the split, and I don't think there is anyone who would not like to go back and prevent the split. But, as has been discussed ad nauseum, without the split carts management by team owners would have run all of ow racing into bankruptcy. If cart had such a wonderful product, then losing IMS would not have forced it into bankruptcy. If NASCAR lost Daytona or Charlotte, it would not fail like cart did.
Truth,
So you predicted that cart would go into bankruptcy and cease to exist while Indycar would continue on? I missed that prediction.
I want to live in a city that has a garage structure to be proud of for it's innovating design!
Well written Anthony. I think the toughest thing for the Hulmans and true of any family company is that reality was getting more complex than could be handled by the family. Almost any family owned business must realize that or die. Tough decisions, but ones that had to be made.
I don't like the wall signage, but in this era of sports marketing it is almost required. Many folks cringed at advertising at Assembly Hall and Hinkle fieldhouse, but times and finances change.
Thanks also for reminding us the other blue chip sponsors IMS has picked up.
Not to mention how it would improve the view from the offices of the AUL building. Do you remember when Circle Center had a contest for the best roof design after the mall was completed? Great opportunity here...