Author: Elwin Witzke

Telus marketing is not smart

by  on  in Around Vancouver, Just for fun, Technology trends

Ah, the wonder’s of smartphones, internet in your pocket and a really, really big dead spot.

I was in the Skytrain station (Granville) a few days ago and noticed all the Telus ads. New smartphones, Blackberrys and all kinds cell phones. Stay in touch, access the internet etc, etc.  Kinda makes me want to visit my local Telus dealer to get something new.

But wait!

Telus doesn’t have any service in the underground Skytrain stations in Vancouver. Hasn’t had it ever that I can remember and I’ve been a Telus customer for at least 15 years. I see lots of people using their phones – I wonder who they are with? Definitely not with Telus or Bell, our local CDMA carriers.

Why is that Telus can’t get it together and get the appropriate antenna system installed in the tunnel? Not enough high-paying business customers? They seemed to be able to do it for the tunnel by the PNE. Well,  the worlds a-changin, and more and more of those high-paying business customers are moving transit (ie. Skytrain). 

What a joke, advertising your phones and the cool ($$) services in a place that has no signal.

I think Telus marketing needs to have a heart to heart with Telus engineering and infrastructure delivery.

Procurement 2.0

by  on  in Reinventing the enterprise

Washington, DC is using Youtube and wikis to open up the procurement process for new systems technologies.

Watch the video at Government Technology where Vivek Kundra, CTO for Washington, D.C. talks about using these tools while acquiring a new police evidence warehouse.


This is Procurement 2.0, using the services available on the internet to move to a increased transparency for the duration of a systems acquisition. This short interview will change your opinion of how the public sector is using these “consumer” tools.

Source: Government Technology

The Four Hour Workweek

by  on  in Healthy living, Just for fun, Personal development, Reinventing the enterprise, Technology trends

I’m always amazed at those that can get things done and still have time to relax and enjoy life. Timothy Ferriss has written a book called the “The 4-Hour Workweek”. This is a book that I am putting on the top of my reading list.

Then comes the “call to action” – implement some of these techniques in my everyday life.

The following is a short interview with Veronica Belmont on Mahalo Daily.

From: Mahalo Daily