Author: Jim Collison

Taking a Stroll Down Memory Lane – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT049

Send your questions or comments to Andrew_Hunt@GuideRockCapital.com If every piece of positive news was a petal, then you might say the American economy was in bloom last week. Moving into the holiday season, consumer confidence was at a five-month high. Early in the week, manufacturing showed improvement. On Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department unfurled the… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Magicstick 2800mAh Hands on Review

  Magicstick is a 2800mAh battery (Amazon purchase that supports The Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://amzn.com/B00B1GE6TI) with a nice, simple design. The first thing you notice about the Magicstick 2800mAh is how solid and well built it feels. It is not heavy, only 2.6 oz., but the device has heft. The casing is made of brushed aluminum, (mine was charcoal), and feels quite sturdy. It comes in quite a few colors (my favorite is red). On the charging end of the cylinder there are two ports, micro USB port is for charging the Magicstick, leaving the standard USB for

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IBM Watson APIs, Cable Modems, Routers, Google Takeout, Please Upgrade Your XP Box and USB 3.0 with Anker – HT146

Jim (@jcollison) has guests Paul Braren (@Tinkererguy) from http://Tinkertry.com and Christian Johnson (@TheWizBM) for show #146 of the Home Tech Podcast brought to you by the Average Guy Network.  We started with a big (well, sort of) announcement about the name of the show, big deals going on at the Microsoft Store right now for… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Black Friday Retail Shopping Bravado and Adventure – The Guide Rock Capital Market Commentary – FT048

Send your questions or comments to Andrew_Hunt@GuideRockCapital.com In 2006, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year was ‘You.’ The magazine declared that 2006 was about: “…Community and collaboration on a scale never seen before… It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, OCZ Bankruptcy, Buy The Right Tablet!, DNS Explained, nslookup, TestDisk, Thoughts on Google Glass & Privacy – RRPG025

  Black Friday, Cyber Monday, OCZ Bankruptcy, Buy The Right Tablet!, DNS Explained, nslookup, TestDisk, Thoughts on Google Glass & Privacy – RRPG025Kevin Schoonover(@schoondoggy1979) joins Jim (@jcollison) and Rich O’Neil (@dvn7) for RRPG #25. We’re all over the map on this one as you can tell by the title of the article. Kevin’s been coming… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Can Podcast Listeners Turn into Leads? You Bet They Can – Jim is Featured on Dave Jackson’s School of Podcasting

For the last couple of months I have been working on an experiment with Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting.  We have been trying out different solutions for LIVE podcasting using platforms like Spreaker.com, Mixlr.com and Skype.  We are live on Saturday mornings from [spp-timestamp time="10:30"] to 11:30am Eastern over at http://schoolofpodcasting.com/live and have been taking calls from the audience.  It’s been very fun! Dave recently took a bit from one of those shows and used it on an episode of the School of Podcasting (http://schoolofpodcasting.com/what-is-your-absolute-favorite-podcast/) where I talked about your podcast having a direct effect on generating leads for

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