Year: 2004

So I followed Mark’s advice and tried Mobissimo to launch me into this evening’s travel agent duties. Maybe 90 minutes later… I still have no tickets. Not Mobissimo’s fault, but it didn’t get me much further along the path. For three “adults” and an “infant with seat,” I finally found a multi-city package (SFO to…

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So Mark gets some nice press from USA Today for HotelChatter.com. Very nice, and likely deserved… I’ll admit I have not been keeping up, since I travel so very little, and then only to places (usually) where I’m staying with family. But what bugs me here in 2004 is that USAToday doesn’t use a link…

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News.com Extra launched earlier today. The public explanation spells out what we’re doing. I would add only that the end goal is to save readers’ time. News.com reporters and editors do their damndest to get you the best story as fast as possible on every tech story that matters. But no one is as big…

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After my own challenges booking travel, I found Steve Yelvington’s question pretty interesting: “Travel bookings: Do humans do it better?. If you want something a direct flight, the answer can certainly be yes. And, as Steve points out, most software isn’t designed expressly to get you the best deal… just a deal via their site,…

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Thanks to TiVo, I caught up with the first three stages of the Tour de France in one evening. Can’t ask for more than that. Maybe I’ll watch the team time trial that is Stage 4 closer to live.

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I brought the laptop with me for the weekend, but didn’t even open it up. Four whole days. That’s independence. Of course, back now and lots of digital detritus (and a few gems) to sweep up, but a nice break. I did consider going online, but it would have been dial-up, and that was enough…

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Let’s all celebrate Independence Day. Independent from what, you might ask. Or you might just enjoy the holiday.

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Agony is holding your one-year-old child for the “routine” blood tests (venipuncture is the term), and watching the technicians (a label I wanted to turn into a curse) stick your infant three times while they dig for a vein. First the left arm, at the elbow. Then the right arm, same place… same lack of…

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I’m looking forward to having TiVo available for this year’s Tour de France. Four more days until Saturday’s prologue. I probably won’t visit the official English site of the Tour de France very often during the Tour, since I’d rather watch it for myself. Be warned, though: www.tourdefrance.com (deliberately not linked) seems to be bad…

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Alex Salkever offers “The Scoop on CNET” over at BusinessWeek. There is a companion Q&A with CEO Shelby Bonnie: “CNET’s CEO: “We Can Be Switzerland”.” Always interesting to see external viewpoints about what we’re doing. In the main piece, I found this quote interesting: Yet, CNET is still struggling to become a well-known brand beyond…

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