The above quote is from John Daly and is inESPN Magazine on page 62 of the June 19, 2006 edition.
A good example of Daly’s challenge is that in 2005 after coming in second behind Tiger Woods at WGC-AmEx Championship in San Francisco, Daly ‘celebrated’ by going to Las Vegas and losing $1.65 million in five hours.
According to the article he estimates his currently losses over the last 12 years at between $50-60 million.
I had to deal recently with two new interfaces in dealing with two familiar products.
The first one that I liked, was the new EasyCutter that is shipping on Costco food wrap rolls. You just pull out the wrap and move the slider over and your wrap is cut. No more worrying about cutting yourself when you want to wrap some leftovers or a desert.
The one that I didn’t like was at National Car Rental (but I might learn to like it) during my recent trip to Washington DC. After finishing the paperwork and getting registered for my rental car, the customer service Representative said something like "Go out into the mid-size area and pick the car you want."
I was like "What?" and I said, "I don’t understand." I’m use to getting assigned a car, not to pick one out. He told me again, "Just go out in the mid-size area, and find a car you like and then you can go."
So … as uncomfortable as it was, I went out and sized up the selection, decided on the PT Cruiser and was off.
Changing interfaces always has a challenge – even ones that are suppose to be beneficial. I need to remember that for future systems that I’m supporting and designing.
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The latest Jersey Boys Podcast has been released (recorded 06-05-06). This podcast has our interview with Daniel Reichard, and a summary of the latest Jersey Boys news. The questions we asked Daniel in this podcast includes:
The following song segments are played in this podcast thanks to Rhino Records:
And here are the news links to some of the key recent awards (pre-Tony Awards) that Jersey Boys won that includes references to Drama League, Theatre World Award, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Awards: Union Tribune, BroadwayWorld#1, Playbill#1, Playbill#2, Backstage#1, Backstage#2, Chron.com, NY1.com, and BroadwayWorld#2.
Feedback options:
(Size: 12.5-MBs, Time: 27:07)
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Today’s podcast is all about Tom Bihn and the awesome products they offer those that have to carry technology gear.
But we also touch briefly on our FriendsInTech.com iTunes comments competition, Podcast Academy 3, and TechNewsRadio’s Frappr Map.
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
This podcast is sponsored by O’Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.
(Size 4.3 MBs, Running Time 9m10s)
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It is not very original, but cut me some slack on my birthday. Ever since I was a little kid I have been waiting for 6-6-6, and today is the day. And I get to post at 6:06 am thanks to a feature in TypePad that allows for time posting.
Only bad thing is that I’m travel for work (where else but Washington DC?!?) and I don’t get to have my family birthday party until Friday.
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Here is a pretty comprehensive summary of some recent news related to the Jersey Boys musical and the cast members:
Additional members of the Jersey Boys production have also gotten some good individual press recently:
Lastly, two members of the original Four Seasons continue to get the recognition they deserve:
Sources: Jersey Boys Blog, Google Alerts, and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Yahoo! mailing list.
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I recently listened to the following two podcasts and found them worth recommending:
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Some semi-significant news items worth mentioning for those in the "podcast business" even if you are not in it for money:
Also on the education front:
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The phone number to call and leave a voice message for the JerseyBoysPodcast.com has been changed to: 206-984-3836.
Please feel free to call in a comment, suggestion, review, or news item; and you could be in the the next podcast!
Two updates … First, the podcast listener line phone number has been changed to 206-984-3836. Please feel free to call and leave a message, question, or comment and it could be on the next podcast.
And second, members of FriendsInTech.com are having a contest among ourselves to help boost each podcast’s number of comments/reviews on Apple iTunes. The podcast with the most new comments in June 2006 gets bragging rights over on our Forums.FriendsInTech.com.
If you enjoy the podcast or hate the podcast, then please go to this link and put in a comment. Truthful comments appreciated.
You can also always send us feedback at: technewsradio@gmail.com.
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