Saturday, February 22, 2003

Lily Tomlin is Laughing During the last two days hard-hitting commercials of webconferencing provider WebEx. featuring Lily Tomlin (in the role of Ernestine Tomlin) have been kicking the living daylights out of face-to-face meetings. Watch the videos ("1972" and "Competition") on the WebEx site to see what I'm talking about. Tomlin beats-up a hapless executive for wasting money on meetings and travel when he could be reducing costs and increasing revenue by taking advantage of WebEx's webconferencing application. "Where'd you get your MBA?" Tomlin taunts the CEO with disdain. And to add insult to injury, Tomlin explains that unlike face-to-face meetings, you can't catch germs if you're participating in virtual meetings.Doug Fox -- The Future of Meetings] So sad that we have not been able to make better use of this product.  comment [] 1:38:29 PM     Why Did Google Want Blogger?. Google's recent purchase of Pyra Labs, maker of a weblogging tool called Blogger, has generated much speculation about why the popular search engine did the deal. One man who worked closely with Pyra thinks he knows the answer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] comment [] 7:33:08 AM

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