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Brands In Memoriam 2012

December 19, 2012 By Ken Goldstein Leave a Comment

A moment for the brands that have ceased to be this year.

Filed Under: Business Ethics Tagged With: blackberry, brand loss, Continental Airlines, creative destruction, Hostess, newsweek, Safeway, Tesco, Twinkies, United Airlines

The Blackberry Problem: What Would You do if You Were the CEO of RIM?

July 3, 2012 By Josh Bowman 4 Comments

RIM may or may not be in a “death spiral.” CEO Thorsten Heins certainly doesn’t think so. If you were in Thorsten’s shoes, what would you do?

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: Bengals, blackberry, CEO, iPad, Playbook, Research in Motion, RIM, smartphone, thorsten, thorsten heins

Men, Money, and Kids

June 5, 2012 By Tom Matlack 18 Comments

Running dad with stroller Father's Day 2012

Tom Matlack is a venture capitalist and a father. Guess where he has come closest to losing what’s truly important.

Filed Under: Father's Day 2012, Featured Content, Good Is Good, The Good Life, Work/Life Balance Tagged With: blackberry, Boston, Christmas, Divorce, drinking, Entrepreneurship, family, Father's Day, fatherhood, fathers, getting sober, Harry Potter, money, New York, Parenthood, Super Dad, Super Mom, The Good Life, Tom Matlack, Tower Records, Valentine's Day, work/life balance

News: Komplicated on The Last Sunday Morning Live of 2011 [@isidra]

December 18, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

For one last time, hear our editor-in-chief Hannibal Tabu on the popular web radio show.

Filed Under: Culture, komplicated Tagged With: blackberry, evolution, gene marks, human brains, junkyard dog, Research in Motion, stick fly

Smartphones: New Blackberry Operating System Adds 3G Wi-Fi Sharing

December 16, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Blackberry users will soon be able to share their 3G connections via a hot spot in their pockets.

Filed Under: komplicated, Technology Tagged With: 3G, 4G, 9810, android, blackberry, iphone, operating, os, sharing, system, torch, wi-fi

Ten things I've learned from public displays of affection

August 26, 2011 By Josh Bowman 4 Comments

I have a deep notion of social propriety that makes me very uncomfortable with being too publicly affectionate with someone. I know that many people do not share this notion. I sometimes wonder if PDA is a couple’s way of reassuring themselves that everything is fine. Like…if we kiss hard enough and publicly enough, everybody [...]

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: Affection, blackberry, kiss, movie tropes, pda, romance, Sex and Relationships, smooch, Social Anxiety

Can You Hear Me Now?

June 8, 2011 By Aaron Gouveia 3 Comments

As the song ends, he launches into a whirlwind spin in the middle of the living room. Spinning and spinning, faster and faster, until…

Filed Under: Daddy Files, dadsgood Tagged With: Aaron Gouveia, blackberry, cell phones, Daddy Files, dancing, fatherhood, Verizon

Which Is Manlier, iPhone or BlackBerry?

May 1, 2011 By Staff Reviewer 6 Comments

My BlackBerry has been an integral part of my manhood. It gave me ready access to the world and mobility. But I switched to the iPhone—here’s why.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: blackberry, earphones, external chargeable battery, iphone, Product review

Guestpost #44: Chas Cook – Ten things I've learned from using mobile phones in Canada

April 17, 2011 By Josh Bowman 2 Comments

Note: I don’t know Chas personally, but my understanding is that he’s British. Bio: Chas is an upper middle 40′s musical nutcase brought up on a solid diet of The Clash, Stella Artois, Leeds United, designer football violence, hip shaking dance music and small scale civil disobedience, now ‘jailed’ in Toronto despite numerous failed escape [...]

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: blackberry, cell phones, contracts, long distance, mobile, SUVs