...Or at least the ones I download immediately on a new OS X install.

Sorry, no nice summaries, no time, just a Del.icio.us link.

As cited on MacRumors and a bunch of other places:

Denny Strigl, Verizon’s chief operating officer, decided to pass on the iPhone deal and says he has no regrets: “Time will tell” if he made the right call, he says.

Also:

Given Apple’s cultlike following, however, Verizon isn’t taking any chances. Strigl says Verizon is already working with a manufacturer — he declines to say which one — on an answer to the iPhone. “We do have a very good response in the mill,” he says. “You’ll see that from us in the late summer.”

In my opinion, what Denny Strigl missed the boat on, is that there is an extremely good chance that there is no answer to the iPhone.

Just like there is no answer to Mac OS X. It either is Mac OS X, or it’s not. Just like there is no answer to the iPod. It’s an iPod or nothing – and it sure as heck isn’t a Zune. As far as my money goes, I’m going to say that the only thing time will tell for Strigl is how bad a decision they really made.

...um…tumbling.

Updated: Shortened and fixed some grammar.

Seth Godin has posted (a number of days ago) an interesting piece on how even governments market themselves (in this post he is describing his experience at an Indian consulate).

I find that what Seth describes here, relates on a certain level to how a lot of businesses don’t need more technology, better web sites, or online e-commerce systems. Granted that these are all good things, and heaven knows there are a lot of businesses out there with really crappy websites. What a lot of businesses need are better ways of doing business, aside from the technology. Better workflow. Better customer experience. Knowledgeable employees. Common sense.

Ever in progress is the large “summer trip home planning” – which thus far includes Jordan, Israel, Greece, Italy, Austria and Germany. Am I the only one that decides which hotels/hostels to stay in based on whether or not their web site sucks?