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I Don’t Want To Color With Strangers

April 28, 2011 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

Love it or loath it, the smartphone app Color is one of the most innovative Web products to have launched this year. It has a user experience that is as unique and different as Twitter was 5 years ago… I believe that Color has a very good chance of becoming a large scale success like Twitter. […]

I Don’t Hate QR Codes

April 27, 2011 By Jeff Turner 9 Comments

I don’t hate QR codes. I hate how QR codes are being used. I hate the lack of thought being given to QR Code use and I hate the hype over their use. But I don’t hate QR codes. QR codes are inert. QR codes are only as good as you make them. If there […]

A Quick Look At Lockify

April 14, 2011 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

Shiny objects still have the power to steal my focus. This morning I received an email inviting me to a private beta for Lockify.com and I couldn’t resist giving it a try. It’s a simple service. It does one thing – encrypts messages. In doing so, it allows you to send sensitive information in a […]

Conversations Grow By Interest, Not By Invite

April 4, 2011 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

The best conversations I’ve been a part of recently have grown organically. Here’s how it works. Someone like Matthew Shadbolt throws out a question, or a thought about a link. Someone like Gahlord Dewald throws out a response. Sometimes, it stops there. But when it doesn’t, that’s when the magic happens. When a good thought […]

There Is A Difference Between Different And Differentiation

March 28, 2011 By Jeff Turner 20 Comments

Last friday during a long drive to lunch, a debate around QR codes waged on Twitter. I couldn’t join in the midst of the fray, since I value my life a whole heck of a lot more than I do QR codes. But when I got to a place where I could read the string […]

Giving Color A Fair Chance – Part 1

March 25, 2011 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

I gave my initial reaction to Color yesterday. Today I was able to test it in the wild. I talked Audie Chamberlain into downloading the app at lunch and snap some photos with me, since that’s the only way the app actually works. I have to say, the interface is pretty awesome and I loved how […]