The Dark Knight is relentless at wanting to tell a very big story. Director and co-writer Christopher Nolan scrims the silver screen, then abruptly pulls it back, as if a grifter, conning us into a high stakes game of three-card Monte. Batman, played again by the chiseled Christian Bale, has evolved into a commercial franchise [...]
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WordPress iPhone 2.0 Application
July 22, 2008
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I’m writing this post on my iPhone using the just released WordPress application. Seamless install, and access to all my categories. Allows you to insert a photo from your iPhone library or take one with its camera. You can preview your work and when ready set a publish date and time. If you are browsing [...]
Read moreMellon Odyssey Ends, I Think
July 17, 2008
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I set out to do the simple task of certifying my taxpayer identification number at the request of Mellon Investments, and ended up spending nearly an hour over three days and it’s still not done. You can see the earlier posts here and here. Today I tried again to log into my account. Couldn’t, but [...]
Read morePandora on iPhone 2.0 Applications
July 16, 2008
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Like millions of others, I was browsing the iPhone 2.0 applications on iTunes last Friday. I got my iPhone on June 30th, 2007, the first day it was available. I have been giddy over it ever since, but am comfortably encased in my talk and data plan, and don’t see enough of a benefit to [...]
Read moreFollow Up to Mellon Disaster
July 16, 2008
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Yesterday I wrote about the problems I encountered with the Mellon Investor web site. I was forced to call today to conduct my transaction. Got through to an agent quickly, but she couldn’t help. Couldn’t explain why I go the error message, confirmed my account was not locked, and informed me they were having problems [...]
Read moreAnother Cross Channel Failure – Mellon
July 15, 2008
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I received a mailing from Mellon Investment today with a request to identify and certify my taxpayer information. I was provided with two ways to carry out this request; over the phone or through the Internet. I had already set up my account so online was an easy choice. I logged in and followed the [...]
Read moreFlock Social Browser offers an Eco-Edition
July 9, 2008
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In an earlier post I waxed lyrical about the Flock social browser. I have now officially abandoned Firefox and Safari for Flock. As a Mac user I don’t have an IE option (yet another benefit of using a Mac). Flock also has an Eco-Edition browser for both Mac and Windows. Of course it’s adorned in [...]
Read moreThe Power of Film – Pangea Day 2008
July 7, 2008
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Pangea means entire earth. The supercontinent of 250 million years ago before the land masses separated into today’s configuration. At that time the world was one. Today it’s still one, of course, and we are all of the human race. But we have so far to go when it comes to tolerance, understanding and embracing [...]
Read moreHancock – Film Review
July 5, 2008
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When I saw the trailer for Hancock a couple of weeks ago I thought to myself, “This is just another super hero, star vehicle of a movie.” Even though the trailer clearly delivered on communicating the “twist,” that Hancock was kind of a jerk, reluctant to help, and needed to work on his rescue technique, [...]
Read moreForrester Finance Forum 2008 – Last of Three Posts
July 2, 2008
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Customer Expectations During the Online Application Process This post closes out my series on the Forrester Finance Forum held in New York City on June 23rd and 24th, 2008. You can read part one here and part two here. I always walk away from a Forrester Forum with a rich list of insights. If I [...]
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