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September 14, 2007
Mark Spencer gets carded!
I was out in LA spending some time with Mark Spencer at a trade show last week. (Well, on Monday, almost last week).
One of the vendors (Hint - "Dice, dice, ba-be") was handing out free drink coupons, so Mark and I go over there and Mark hands his drink coupon over, followed by.
"Sir, may I see some ID, please?"
Mark starts laughing, "I got carded? How cool!" So Mark whips out his drivers license, the server inspects it, says "Welcome to Mexico," and then hands him a beer.
It was amusing...
Posted by dmohney at 11:47 PM | Comments (0)
September 03, 2007
VON Magazine Innovator List - Yes, Something New
VON Magazine has been asked to create the "VON Magazine Innovator" list. There's more news coming both in print in the September 2007 issue of VON Magazine and on www.vonmag.com.
Basically, we want to build upon the legacy of the pulver100, and recognize innovative companies, products, and services in the IP communications space. Applicants must have a totally new product introduced and shipping in 2007; no version 2.711 which is a warmed-over 2.70.
Unlike the pulver100, companies are going to have to fill out an application on line. Applications will be judged by a group of VON magazine contributors and Carl Ford of pulvermedia.
Also unlike the pulver100, we're going to encourage publicly-held companies to apply. There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that there are some big companies, such as Apple, who have introduced some products worth of recognition in the IP communications world (i.e. iPhone). There's also been some blurring between public and private as public companies get rolled up into buyouts and go private.
If you have any more questions, please REFER TO THE VON MAGAZINE WEBSITE. I'm not going to get into an extended lobbying discussion on why company XYZ should be on an "Innovators" list. That goes double for the billing/transaction firms that think they need to be in every story we run every month.
Bribery will also not be tolerated. The judges for the list have been instructed to recuse themselves from evaluating any company that they have a current or former financial interest in. Will that boil down to the 200 shares of Microsoft I have? I don't know if we'll get that extreme, but we shouldn't have people weighing in on company XYZ if they just did a consulting gig for them in the last 12 months.
Posted by dmohney at 01:09 PM | Comments (0)