Bob Williams

Why I’ve gone Google

May 15th, 2011 | One comment | Tags: , , ,

I’ve gone Google.

Going Google is for individuals too. I’m sure by now you have noticed Google’s campaign about “going Google”. It’s primarily targeted at businesses, schools, and governments to use the Google suite of productivity applications. That target list covers groups of people well. But what about individuals? Have you stopped and thought about how much of your life is run by Google these days?

There is a reason for it, and it’s not because for the free price tag. OK. I admit it. The hook for me to try many of Google’s products and services is because most of them are free of charge. I don’t mind …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Reduce spam and cold-calls with a second email and phone number

January 13th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Tags: , ,

It’s common practice to have multiple email accounts so that you can use one for personal contacts and one for registered sites and services. Let’s face it, when you register an account with your email address it’s not long before you start receiving emails not only from that merchant, but from other parties you’ve never contacted. Some of these emails you may want or don’t mind scanning because they contain information you deem valuable (coupons, special offers, etc.). Yet most of it seems to end up as spam from parties you really don’t know.The same thing happens in business when we sign-up online for services or trade-shows. Our email address …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Learnings and Takeaways from Product Camp Atlanta 2010

February 10th, 2010 | Leave a comment | Tags: , , , ,

I attended Product Camp Atlanta last weekend hosted at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center. It was my first product camp, so the only knowledge of format and content I had going in was from the description on the web site. The topics of the conference focused on product management and marketing which are the two primary areas of my career experience and interests.

Overall I was pleased with my decision to go to the all-day camp. Time was given to the sponsors to introduce themselves since they provided the financial backing to make the event possible. However, it was very non-intrusive to the day and didn’t come off …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Uses for Google Voice

October 25th, 2009 | 3 comments | Tags:

Update: 11.26.09 – I have added an update to the original post. It is found at the end and notated by gray font.

I signed-up for Google Voice thinking that it was intended as a tool for consumers to consolidate multiple phone lines into a single number. I was also lured by concept of having Google Voice serve as a conduit for mobile phone calls to avoid the rules and restrictions that mobile phone carriers place on ‘out of network’ calls. After spending some time with Google Voice, I’ve come to the conclusion that the best use of this application is for business and not personal use. Some individuals may …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Share your Google Voice story

October 5th, 2009 | Leave a comment | Tags:

I put my name on the Google Voice list today. I’m intrigued with the idea of having a single number that can stay with me and that can work with multiple devices. I’d also like to see how Google Voice can create the mobile phone unlimited called effect for all numbers as written about on fiercewireless.com. Are you using Google Voice already or have you put your name on the list? Share your story.

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