Comments for Darren Bowling

Comment on Natural Gas Consumption by Darren

Darren — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:39:55 +0000

Will do! I can't WAIT to get my March gas bill now! haha

Comment on Natural Gas Consumption by Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:56:15 +0000

I'll be interested in seeing what your next bill is and how much you're able to save. Please update in March!

Comment on A layman’s economic prediction by Grant

Grant — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:54:55 +0000

Great post D, and Bill is right, the only job less stressful than being an economist is a weatherman. You NEVER have to be correct and that's ok. Most economists simply state what they feel people want to hear. It gets the masses to continue spending arbitrarily (take that from me) and therefore results in a "better" economy, more money flowing, everyone is happy… Until you come to the edge of the cliff and topple over to a 1000 foot death.G

Comment on Cool developments this week by Darren

Darren — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:26:00 +0000

You know what – I’ve always been skeptical about fees for online news. But this app is pretty good. It’s very rich, and you can run it off line. Anyone with a laptop can benefit. Basically, for around $15/month you’ll be able to read the NY Times, and for people that do, that’s a good deal. For me, I also like the idea of not having to waste the paper and recycling the stuff when I’m finished with it. Good stuff all around. I’m seriously considering subscribing.But to me, the bigger question is whether or not the idea is successful, and whether or not other, smaller newspapers will follow. I’m staying tuned to see what happens.It’ll be rich application vs. RSS feeds. To me, the rich app is worth the dollars.Thanks for the comment.

Comment on A layman’s economic prediction by BMWright

BMWright — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:42:00 +0000

Great Post! Your Dad was right and you make a wise decision. You sound like an Economist already. The key to being an Economist (as my professors would joke) is 1) Have two hands -so you can say, "on one hand it's this but on the other hand its that."2) Make a new forecast monthly because it increases your paid TV & Public speaking fees. 3) Make lots of forecast to increase the probability of getting one right.-from an old blue collar BBA & MBA former Lansing MI boy.-Bill

Comment on Cool developments this week by BMWright

BMWright — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Darren -As you know The Printed News Business has been dying for years. First us Baby Boomer’s with our ADHD had less interest then our parents, our children have even less interest and then the final death sentance came along-the internet. The NY Times is close to BK and needs a financial savior and one damn good killer app to save them from BK. The greatest challenge is getting younger generations to be willing to pay a monthly fee. But if Boomer Steve Jobs could save Apple buy building a cool but expensive iPod when others building much cheaper MP3 players failed -then there is hope for the NY Times. But the News Paper Business needs a killer app and Jobs or Branson type power player to add marketing pazzass.-From an old Lansing MI Boy.-Bill

Comment on Twitter…3 yrs old. by Darren

Darren — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +0000

Yeah, good point. After I wrote this post, and got around to using Twitter more often, I’ve since realized that in fact many companies and online marketers use Twitter to reach their customers. Thanks.

Comment on Twitter…3 yrs old. by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:58:00 +0000

you forgot about the people/organizations that are using it for social/viral marketing…

Comment on Death to voicemail by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:55:00 +0000

amen! i hate vm!

Comment on How do you communicate? by Darren

Darren — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:23:00 +0000

Yeah ok, I can buy that to some degree. I guess I don’t really work in the “business world” like you do. I work for the government, and with government, there is a certain…culture for email. Emails in government are subject to freedom of information act (FOIA) disclosure, and also file retention schedules, and so people tend to be very, very careful in regards to what they use email for. (see President Obama’s issues with getting the Secret Service to approve his super-dooper secure smartphone)So, with that being said, I wrote this post with my business and personal life in mind – which all takes place outside of my work day – and for the above reasons, I keep this blog strictly focused on my life outside of work. And likewise, I prefer the use of other communication media for all the reasons I wrote.For me, email is becoming increasingly less and less relevant as an efficient means of communication. When I email, it’s usually because I need to send something that contains content that goes beyond simple text (files, photos, etc.), and is that something you can really do easily with a BlackBerry?Why doesn’t a text message work? Do your customers all have BlackBerries? What about the ones that don’t?