I think the issue of noninterference gets raised when the US (or any entity, including the UN) dispenses “justice” with an uneven hand, and with its own, near-term interests in mind. Did the US do a good thing in the 1960s by embroiling themselves on the...
Despite being well-diversified, Motorola will for now on be viewed by investors as a mobile phone company. For it’s part in the overall handset game, Motorola has a declining share of a market whose growth is rapidly deflating. They have missed several of the...
Pagoo Raises Additional $15M in Series D, Cisco Invests  SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) — Pagoo, which provides IP-based voice-communications services, said the second tranche of its Series D round raised $15 million from new investors Cisco Systems,...
The most brutal thing about WebVan going kaput is that George Shaheen, otherwise known as the guy who fucked WebVan in the first place, is one of the company’s major creditors. When they fired him they triggered a clause in his contract that stipulates that they...
—— Forwarded Message From: “Iain Black” Reply-To: “Iain Black” Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:19:21 -0700 To: “Iain J.S. Black” Subject: Fw: FYI – article in the National Post This came to my attention this morning...
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010706/wr/airlines_orbitz_dc_1.html Friday July 6 3:48 PM ET Southwest Pulls Listings From Orbitz Site WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Low-fare carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV – news) said on Friday it had launched a new...
Wow! Thought I¹d update you on my progress trying to be an Orbitz customer (UserID orbitz [at] ianbell [dot] com). After 97 minutes on hold (plus the additional 40 minutes from my first attempt) I finally spoke to a woman in your Indian call center who was doing her...
—— Forwarded Message From: Ian Andrew Bell Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 11:31:37 -0700 To: Jeffrey Katz, CEO Orbitz , Alex Zoghlin, CTO Orbitz , Carol Jouzaitis, PR Orbitz Subject: FW: Your customer experience is, if this is possible, even worse than actually...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
