tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:18:29 +0000ApplenoboshMacbook AirApple StoreCarl IcahnCustomer ServiceGoogleHoward SchultzMark CubanMicrosoftStarbucksYahooATTAdam DellBagBarack ObamaBill RichardsonBoone PickensBrian PosnerCEOCloverCoffeeCoordinationCrashDance Dance RevolutionDiggEdward MeyerElection 2008FeedburnerFrank Biondi Jr.Google AnalyticsGoogleplexHard DriveHilary ClintonJohn ChappleJotSpotKeith MeisterLucian BebcukMp3 PlayersNintendoOverheatingPBWikiRobert ShayeSteve JobsTmobileTop 10 listsTumiTwikiWiiWikianalyticsbusiness newscredit cardsiGoogleiGoogle GadgetiPodinterest ratesiphonenewssubprime lending crisistechnology newstop 10 storiesMy name is BA Hellman and I run nobosh.com.http://bahellman.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)Blogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-5986565552914972065Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:31:00 +00002018-06-13T13:31:45.069-07:00Currently working on a new project called Matter, you can learn more on medium: https://medium.com/matter-app/you-matter-d7a0b07d078bhttp://bahellman.blogspot.com/2018/06/matter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-5256917033707817082Fri, 23 May 2008 03:27:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:28.341-08:00AppleGoogleGoogleplexiPodJotSpotMp3 PlayersPBWikiTwikiWikiGoogle Sites is the most exciting product I've seen from the Googleplex in quite some time. I recently started using Google Sites to manage information between a small team I'm managing. I've used dozens of Wiki products in the past and have never been so initially impressed by a Wiki than I recently was with Google Sites.When I think back on all the Wikis I've used, the first thing I remember ishttp://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-sites-has-altered-landscape-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-4221589294148190475Wed, 21 May 2008 00:25:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:28.622-08:00Boone PickensCarl IcahnMark CubanMicrosoftYahooNews broke today that Carl Icahn and his growing group of followers now control roughly 31 percent of Yahoo. Notables in the list include billion dollar hedge fund Third Point, which held 1 million shares in Yahoo as of March 31, and may build a stake of up to 10 million shares in the internet company. Paulson & Co, another hedge fund, disclosed it recently built up a stake of 50 million http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/05/carl-icahn-followers-control-31-percent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-1153953863367196291Thu, 15 May 2008 22:22:00 +00002008-05-15T15:50:27.033-07:00Adam DellBrian PosnerCarl IcahnEdward MeyerFrank Biondi Jr.John ChappleKeith MeisterLucian BebcukMark CubanMicrosoftRobert ShayeYahooBy now you've probably heard that Carl Icahn is launching a proxy fight in a move to replace 10 seats on Yahoo!'s board of directors. Icahn's nominees include himself, Keith Meister of Icahn Enterprises, Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks owner), former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi Jr., Adam Dell, Lucian Bebcuk, John Chapple, Edward Meyer, Brian Posner and Robert Shaye. While Icahn's list is interesting, http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/05/real-yahoo-board-members.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-6092063624261831784Sun, 04 May 2008 21:18:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:28.840-08:00DiggnoboshEver since Digg launched profiles, the usefulness, quality, and reputation of Digg has been on the decline. What's moving up is SPAM. If you disagree with that statement, Google it - You'll find nearly a million links with a similar opinion. After the profiles launch, Digg became littered with bosh (nonsense) and became a spam breeding ground. Take a look at the Digg sharing feature below. Note http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/05/digg-sharing-is-flawed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-2892069487277589545Sat, 03 May 2008 22:32:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:29.131-08:00ATTHoward SchultziphoneStarbucksSteve JobsTmobileEarlier this week, Starbucks switched on AT&T for internet access. Starbuck's move from T-Mobile to AT&T will result in over 12 million AT&T DSL and iPhone users having free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks, compared to T-Mobile's previous pay-per-user service.Hundreds of stories have been written claiming the deal would benefit iPhone users, well what about Starbucks? I predict this new http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/05/starbucks-to-experience-iphone-effect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-485783690514639266Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:18:00 +00002008-04-29T21:30:56.054-07:00analyticsFeedburnerGoogleGoogle AnalyticsnoboshDear Google,Recently I've been spending time analyzing nobosh feeds on Feedburner. As you know, Feedburner is a fantastic free service that allows publishers to host a cached version of a feed on Feedburner's servers. nobosh utilizes Feedburner as it greatly reduces the load on the nobosh servers. Anyhow, back to the point of the post. After Google purchased Feedburner, one of the first actions http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/04/feedburner-request-real-time-feed-stats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-2288736729519512805Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:23:00 +00002008-04-27T13:37:06.797-07:00CoordinationDance Dance RevolutionNintendoWiiThe other day a friend sent me a link to YouTube showing a young boy playing Dance Dance Revolution. After watching to boy's impressive coordination between his foot and eyes I realized I was looking at the beginning of the next generation of coordination. You hear a lot of talk about the younger generation having better hand-eye coordination than the older generation likely attributed to being http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/04/foot-eye-coordination.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-3403505227357373412Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:35:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:29.497-08:00business newsiGoogleiGoogle Gadgetnewsnoboshtechnology newsTop 10 liststop 10 storiesThe majority of you have already cleverly guessed that this post is a shameless plug to promote the new, amazing, ad-free, fast and efficient nobosh iGoogle Gadget. You deserve to be impressed - Add the nobosh iGoogle gadget today!http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/04/greatest-igoogle-gadget-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-6878675789048174840Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:02:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:29.694-08:00CEOCloverCoffeeHoward SchultzStarbucksStarbucks today announced that they were releasing a coffee vending machine called the clover. This is one of several ideas Starbucks Chieft Executive Office Howard Shultz is testing. The Clover also has the ability to grind beans without requiring the staff.On Schultz's return to Starbucks, the returning CEO claimed he would re-invent the company. He sought out to return fix the broken Starbuckshttp://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/04/starbucks-introduces-vending-machine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-6876541864351817196Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:37:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:29.816-08:00Barack ObamaBill RichardsonElection 2008Hilary ClintonBill Richardson said Obama's candidacy "is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our nation" and that Obama is "a once-in-a-lifetime leader." "Above all,  Obama will be a president who brings this nation together."Now, lets get one thing straight, I don't consider myself a Hilary Clinton fan by any means, so why did Richardson, a politician chose to endorse Obama?After watching Richardson on CNN, http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-richardson-endorsed-obama-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-3734771799680202910Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:10:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:29.880-08:00AppleBagMacbook AirnoboshTumiHas anyone found a MacBook Air compatible bag?http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-bag-is-obsolete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-4046642528737924306Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:37:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:30.020-08:00AppleApple StoreCrashCustomer ServiceHard DriveMacbook AirThe third time was not the charm for me. Roughly 24 hours later, after receiving a brand new MacBook Air from the Beverly Center Apple Store and reconfiguring the computer to my personal preferences, MacBook Air #3 froze and wouldn't reboot.I quickly jumped on my Mac Mini to search to see if forums or Apple's support website could shed some light on this problem. I tried everything I could think http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/4th-macbook-air-in-34-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-2040380657912001163Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:49:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:30.436-08:00Dear MacBook Air Readers,Did you know there is a special build of Parallels for the MacBook Air? I just found this out today and am wondering if this has been the cause for all my MacBook Air troubles. At the time of writing, I am on my fourth replacement unit in 34 days (I'll write an update about the latest replacement later).Apparently the MacBook Air has "quite strong power saving algorithms"http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/special-version-of-parallels-desktop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-7270703834443276047Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:54:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:30.623-08:00AppleApple StoreCustomer ServiceMacbook AirOverheatingIn the last 30 days I've gone through 3 MacBook Airs due to production and quality defects.Day 1I felt like a kid on Christmas morning (or really, the first night of Hanukkah, but you get my point). After purchasing my very own MacBook Air and taking the gorgeous 3 pound notebook home, I rushed to try it out. With such excitement, I opened the cleanly sealed package, turned on the computer and http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/macbook-air-blues-3-airs-in-32-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-2747742361044936547Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:55:00 +00002008-03-14T13:45:54.017-07:00The other day Techcrunch posted a story on SearchMe. SearchMe's high-level concept is returning search results visually, with a display very similar to Apple's Cover Flow look and feel.While I find SearchMe interesting, I am not understanding why Sequoia has been backing the company with millions of dollars over the last several years as one of their big bets in search. I'll explain why:While thehttp://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/searchme-sequoia-hmm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-4000993152519234099Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-03-12T12:27:11.345-07:00credit cardsinterest ratessubprime lending crisisWhile driving around Los Angeles the other day I heard a segment on the radio complaining that credit card interest rates were to high and that credit card companies were ripping off the general public. What I found interesting about this segment was that before talking about CC APRs the journalists were talking about the housing market and how these big horrible banks were giving out variable http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2008/03/raise-credit-card-interest-rates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-2304576906365960829Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:30.967-08:00Congratulations to Mint.com, named "Best Presenting Company" at TechCrunch40.Mint is impressive at first glance: Great application, slick user experience design, and an innovative idea that offers real-world benefits to the average Joe.For those of you not yet familiar with Mint.com, TechCrunch offers the following description: "Mint is a personal finance application that lets users track and http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2007/09/congratulations-to-mint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082630797279984522.post-8749848143660882831Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:41:00 +00002008-11-12T20:05:31.326-08:00Dear Apple,With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, I know you've got profits on your mind. Everyone loves their iPhone; the passion for this inanimate object stems from features and perks too numerous for this short note to you. Despite the sheer genius of the current iPhone, there is always room for improvement (possibly in the form of document support, basic copy and paste functionality,http://bahellman.blogspot.com/2007/09/dear-apple-i-want-iberry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (BA Hellman's Blog - nobosh)1