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  • Viodi View – 03/03/10

    The sunshine, bright blue sky and relative warmth that greeted attendees of the 101st Annual Minnesota Telecom Alliance Convention is hopefully a metaphor for a fresh beginning. The weather over the previous couple of MTA Conventions mirrored the economy with gray skies and biting temperatures. This year, there are signs of rebirth everywhere, as I…

  • Viodi View – 02/17/10

    Succession planning is not something of discussion at tech conferences. With the rapid evolution of technology, it is rare for a company to last a generation, much less generations like some of my telco friends and their companies.  As such, succession planning is serious business in the telephone industry, where lack of a good succession…

  • Viodi View – 02/03/10

    In a world where telecommunications is a major driver of innovation, is it possible that the applications that make the most difference are the seemingly mundane ones that make us more efficient and help us utilize existing resources? Certainly, a recurring theme of the conferences I have attended over the past couple of weeks is…

  • People Die, Profiles Don’t

    How many accounts, or how much information do you have on-line with banking, e-commerce, email, social networks, and such? What happens to these on-line accounts after death? Does your executor have access to these digital assests, does your family, does a friend? Who controls this information after death? You may be surprised just how confusing…

  • Viodi View – 01/22/10

    Navin Johnson– I couldn’t help but think of Steve Martin’s blissfully incompetent character from the classic film The Jerk, while at the recently held Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. As you may recall, Navin Johnson stumbled into success and fortune by inventing a pair of glasses that would not slip off one’s nose. It…

  • Viodi View – 01/06/10

    With all the press releases and noise coming from the Consumer Electronic Show this week, I am reminded of Everett M. Christensen’s 23rd postulate, “What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say.” I hope to be able to see through all of the hype and hyperbole at the show and bring…