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  • 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…

  • Viodi View – 12/23/09

    Where’s the Gee-Touch? One of my family members has the ever-fashionable, iTouch on his Santa wish list. For various reasons, I have never been a fan of personal media players (PMPs) for kids. It is too easy for a PMP to hijack a kid’s free time and prevent them from having to find creative ways…

  • Viodi View – 12/06/09

    One of the things I failed to acknowledge in the Thanksgiving issue of the Viodi View is how I much I appreciate the consistent and quality contributions of Alan Weissberger and Roger Bindl to the Viodi View and ViodiTV. Alan’s insightful articles regularly generate comments from a broad audience. In this issue, he digs deep…

  • Viodi View – 11/23/09

    The tradeshow season is ending just in time for the start of the holiday season. This week will be a good one for taking a breather before a final push before the holidays and end of year work. One thing we have seen this year and that will probably continue into next year is consolidation…