Friday, July 20, 2007

Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names

Fridays at Tech Republic are always a lot of fun. That is the day they send out the emails that include topics like this; 10 tech disappointments...with cool names.

The list includes some new items such as the Microsoft Zune and the LG Chocolate (which surprises me, but I hate the clunky controls) and older tech toys like the Sega Dreamcast and the Apple Newton.

Click here for the full article.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Rebel with a Cause - Three C Body Shop

Although this article was originally published back in 1996 in Inc. Magazine, I still think there is much that can be leaned from Bob Juniper, owner of Three C Body Shop.

It is interesting to see how he took on a mammoth industry and won.

Bob Juniper's radio attacks on the car-insurance industry raised hell -- and made his body shop the market leader

Back in 1992 Bob Juniper Jr. was just another bright, hardworking guy in a tough industry -- in this case, the unsexy, nonillustrious auto-body-repair business. "Then one day it hit me like a piano," he says. "I wouldn't be able to stay in business."