Entries from October 2007

October 19, 2007

Ah-ha! A real superhero

And all she had was a hammer! This has to be the best story ever! Thank you Neely for writing it and thank you Mona for doing what all of us really want to do! Customer service does indeed “suck” and Comcast needs to wake up!
And what does the spokesperson for Comcast say [...]

October 17, 2007

Little known fact

Did you know that many enterprises, governmental agencies and educational organizations are rapidly deploying and using IPTV to connect with their markets? Optibase has been working on some very impressive organizations in the North America including NASA, Vancouver International Airport and Brigham Young University – all using IPTV to communicate and connect with their target [...]

October 17, 2007

And now for some positive news…

This is the coolest organization — they are all about the good in the world — and they are a non -profit organization that is like the positive end of TV.
Check out ChannelG.tv – they produce films and support projects that create change in our world – animals, people, environment. They producs [...]

October 17, 2007

Cisco makes headlines

Oh this headline came across our desk today and it was just so “brash” that we had to include it.

October 12, 2007

Get well Jane

Here is a big “get better soon” to our colleague Jane Pruitt. We miss you.

October 10, 2007

Best and Worst of ETRE 07

We thought a best and worst list might be in order. So here goes.
Best- Budapest by far! The city, the people, the food, the venues. Outstanding.
Worst- the sponsored after-party. What the heck was that? A bar on the 3rd floor of a shopping mall? Who approved that? Oh and let’s lose [...]

October 9, 2007

Top ten men of ETRE 2007

Well here it is- the second top ten list of the sexy tech guys. Some of these guys made the list last time, but hey good looks are classic. Photos are coming. These are in no particular order, so have fun.
Bob Cramer- Red Herring’s fashionista. Looks like he dropped out of the [...]

October 9, 2007

Spouses at ETRE

Last night at the second grand cocktal and dinner that ETRE graced us with – I was standing at a table with my spouse, Anam from ETRE, Sharona from BitBand and the most excellent ETRE photographer, Jeff -and a gentleman came up and asked us if he could join us.
He had a on a [...]

October 9, 2007

Online REAL greeting cards

Sounds like I made typo doesn’t it? I met the two most interesting entrepreneurs yesterday at ETRE. Two young guys from Amsterdam (BTW, loads of Dutch folks here!) and their business is greeting cards. Yup. Greeting cards. Not e-cards – but real, hard copy, hold in your hand, greeting cards done online. Huh you say? [...]

October 9, 2007

Something to say v. nothing to say

I heard someone here at ETRE tell me that I don’t blog regularly enough. No, I probably don’t, but sometimes I don’t have anything to say – so I keep my mouth shut. As in this blog, it really says nothing but since someone said this to me – I thought I would blog about [...]