If you simplify a message, more people will understand it.

If you simplify a product, more people will use it.

If you simplify your writing, more people will understand it.

People who try to show you how complicated a situation is are often really trying to show you how smart they are.

Companies who introduce products that difficult to use, are giving competitors great opportunities.

Simple writing is often hard for the author, but it is easier for the reader.

Source: It Seems to Me Blog

We know that Skype is great. We also know that Skype is a peer to peer service. That means it is the users that contribute bandwidth and processor procesing ( rather than central servers) so that Skype can do what it is doing

So presumably, if Skype is running on your computer, and even if you are not using it, you are contributing bandwidth to help route traffic for other users. How much is it using on your network? Will it introduce ‘insecurities’ to your network? More on Computerworld…

I was just talking to another person whom I feel after hearing his woes have led me to an unfortunate conclusion — no, life has not been unfair to him. No, it is not that life has not given him a break. It is sometimes difficult to say it, but yes, life has given him more than his share of opportunities — it was just that he did not the ability or focus to capitalize on it.

More, and more, I start to believe that success in the 21st century, is really about simply building a better mousetrap. I remember that over 20 years ago,in our marketing class, one of the most derided quotations was that of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Read the rest of this entry »

I am sure millions of people will say this with me - finally! Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo have come to an agreement that would allow users to send instant messages to each other. This is expected to be in place by June 2006, but hey, better late than never.

AOL’s instant-messaging product, AIM, had 51.5 million unique U.S. users in September, compared with about 27.3 million for MSN Messenger and 21.9 million for Yahoo’s Messenger, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. However, I believe most people outside the US use either MSN or Yahoo, and their ability to talk to each other can speak of volumes in terms of convenience. I have 2 sons, and unfortunately one uses MSN, while the other uses Yahoo. Some of our employees or customers use one or the other, and I have had always to boot both. More …