Hallmark - the “when you care, send the very best” folks - have come up with a new twist on wrapping paper! Now it’s self-adhesive. Yup, no need for tape, string, or ribbons; just peel off a sheet and wrap it around anything.

The last time you tried to wrap a bicycle? Or was it the first and only time? With this kind of paper you just overlap the sheets and they will stick to each other and the seat, handlebars, or tires to create a (more or less) neat package.

That’s the good news.
Now for the bad news. (Read the article)

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Trade shows are a great place to reconnect with old friends! Earlier this month at On Demand in Boston there was lots of hand-shaking, hugging, and kissing going on in the aisles!

One of my “special moments” came when I bumped into (literally) Ron Kendig, an old friend who has headed off in a new direction. After years with hardware companies like Xerox and Heidelberg, Ron is an expert in the sales process and he is now CEO of WinningStance, a company specializing in strategies and tactics for sales success. (Read the article)

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPhone! Even after paying the “early adopter” premium… Even after seeing “remanufactured” units for less than half what I paid…

But I hate its fussy little “touch pad” keyboard. Ick! Could a “virtual keyboard” be the way around my problem? (Read the article)

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Today, newspapers around the world announced the death of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 90, one of the truly great science fiction writers. It was surely one of his books I pulled off the shelf in the library as a child that first introduced me to the possibilities and wonders of science and technology - and imagination. I don’t know whether to thank him or blame him for my fascination with the rapidly evolving communication technology surrounding us now.

As you can tell, I’m just a little excited about the evolution of touch technology, and somehow I managed to miss the Microsoft Surface. Yes, I read about the “interactive table top” and thought of it as a bar scene “cutesy” application. Sorry, Bill, I was wrong. (Read the article)

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February was a good month all around! The best part was a call I got from the VMWare folks telling me I had been the winner of an iPod Touch that was the premium for filling out a user survey for VMWare Fusion for the Mac.

What’s VMWare Fusion? It’s a virtual machine application that lets me run Mac OS AND Windows XP at the same time! I love my Mac but didn’t want to part with some of the Windows apps that I’ve used for years. Now I have two machines on my desk - virtually! With an external monitor, it even looks like two machines.

Winning something like this means that someone is going to call and ask about the application in question. Here’s the conversation Dave Kazanjy and I had from the VMWare Team Fusion blog. What’s really nice is that I really do appreciate and use the application, no “marketing fluff” here. Just the facts, ma’am!

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Computers have gotten smaller and lighter over the years; and now we have the Apple MacBook Air - thin enough to slip into an interoffice envelope - and the itty-bitty Eee PC! The Eee is small enough to tuck into my handbag, though the screen made me really squint! Reading glasses, anyone?

For the fun of it though, here is a video of an improv group that took “portable computing” to a new level. We’re all used to seeing coffee drinkers slouched over their laptops, but not many of us have seen a full desktop computer on the table next to us!

Enjoy!

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