Happy Holidays and Goodbye 2009

Its been a tough year for many of us, lots of hardships, many lost. But it has also been a year of resetting goals and attitudes. In my opinion, we seemed to have stopped to smell the roses a little more, maybe have become more understanding of the plight of others. I certainly hope that this recession has brought about some permanent change in our life priorities.

Well here is to 2010 and the next chapter. We wish you all the best of Holidays.

Shameless Endorsement #2

Another good friend of ours has a company called Maverick Lifestyle (www.mavericklifestyle.com). Maverick has introduced a new blue tooth headset for cell phones, called Nica. It works well and sounds great. I like this product a lot as it fits my application for such a device, which is hands-free in the car. It has a great magnetic charging device for both home and auto, it almost never loses connection with my phone. What I like most is that its an on-ear design, I can slip the small disc on when the phone rings and otherwise leave it on the dock. Simple and comfortable. Maverick has a promotion on now which gets you 40% off, here is the promo code: NICA2009.

There were mixed feelings here as I passed Nica around, some of our group liked it, some did not. Nothing to do with performance, more with functionality. This is what I love about product development. Some products are broad-based in their appeal and others are only going to appeal to a certain segment. Both can be successful, but the design needs to be intentional, its not luck. I'll write more on this subject in the coming weeks.