Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

  • Flock Social Browser offers an Eco-Edition

    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 more

  • The Power of Film – Pangea Day 2008

    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 more

  • Hancock – Film Review

    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 more

  • Forrester Finance Forum 2008 – Last of Three Posts

    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 Read more

  • Flock Seamlessly Merges Browser and Social Media

    Social community sites are popping up all over the web. If you’re active on several of them, like me, you are constantly navigating back and forth to see what’s going on, comment, blog, etc. It’s constant clicking and page loading. Having all this inside a browser would be a cool idea wouldn’t it. Well it’s Read more

  • Forrester Finance Forum 2008 – Second of Three

    Is Net Promoter Score the Holy Grail? Second in a three part series of observations from the annual Forrester Finance Forum, How to Deliver Great Customer Experiences, held in New York June 23rd and 24th. Go here to read part one. Photo Credit: Steve A Furman Bill Doyle, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester, Read more