What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I love a good noobie story. They reinforce why I started this business. Here's one that happened to me earlier today. A client of mine in Pittsburgh asked me to help him purchase a new laptop. I asked him my usual pre-purchase questions and we eventually decided on a really nice Toshiba laptop. Wrong laptop? A few days later, his laptop arrived via FedEx and he called me in a panic. "They sent me the wrong laptop", he said. I asked how he knew it was the wrong laptop and he told me it was because the screen was too… Continue reading...
I've noticed a new syndrome evolving in coffee shops, social events and other general meeting places. I call it the reach-for-your-iPhone syndrome. It starts when a bunch of people gather together in a public place. Then suddenly the distinctive ring of an iPhone begins to play. Immediately, half the people in the room reach for their iPhone to see who is calling. One problem. Only one of the iPhones is actually ringing. The history of reach-for-your-iPhone syndrome I've spent the last 3 months researching this (ok, actually about 3 minutes but 3 months is much more dramatic don't you think?)… Continue reading...
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Here is this week's roundup of Twitter highlights posted from my Twitter account: Bob Dylan: Voice Behind Your Next GPS System? http://bit.ly/IUHn9 I just learned more about Ray Kroc from Tom Feltenstein in 11 minutes than I've known about him my whole life. One tough cookie. Fast Company magazine offering me 1 year subscription for $5; 2 years for $8; 3 years for $10. Anyone else think this sounds desperate? Diving into "The 10 Minute Marketer’s Secret Formula" by Tom Feltenstein. This is some DYNAMITE material. Every biz owner should do this. Google Maps Adds Traffic Conditions to Major Roads… Continue reading...
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Today's post is a guest post from another techie and good friend of mine, Scott Janson. Scott posted a small blurb on what you are about to read on Facebook and I asked him to turn it into a full-fledged blog post. I hope you'll enjoy reading what other techies besides me sometimes think of technology companies. I recently decided to move my digital television, dial-up phone and broadband services from my local telephone provider and satellite provider (everyone involved will remain nameless - for arguments sake, let's just call the telco "XY&Z") to my local cable company. The cable… Continue reading...
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Over the weekend, I celebrated my 39th birthday. Amongst the very cool gifts I received from my family (like Wii Sports Resort), I also received some very creative online birthday wishes. Some of you emailed your birthday wishes to me. Some sent me eCards. Some of you wished me happy birthday on Facebook. Others on Twitter and Plaxo. But one particular birthday wish really stood out to me. And for several reasons. The first is that it was a personal video wishing me happy birthday. The second is that the person who made the video lives in Sweden and I… Continue reading...
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