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Client Personalities – This is Classic!

January 3, 2013January 3, 2013 swebman1 Comment

A fun one for sure – What type of clients are you dealing with today? I am sure you will recognize a few of these 🙂

Webman

Thanks to the folks at Ciplex or this awesome infographic. http://www.ciplex.com/

Just a bit outside!

July 23, 2012 swebman1 Comment

As we have covered, the iPad has totally changed the market for personal computers. For a device that supposedly no one needed, it appears as if these forecasts were a bit wrong. Just a bit outside 🙂

The growth of the iPad continues to be staggering. Looks like it has become pretty important for consumers:

So the iPad is now used by 46.7% of those surveyed as their primary computer. Impressive!

Looks like it has become a real favorite for non-work related activities.

And people are using their iPads for many different things:

Remarkable. More on this report from Business Insider can be found at http://www.businessinsider.com/ipad-usage-survey-results-2012-7#what-are-people-doing-with-the-ipad-that-makes-it-a-personal-computer-web-surfing-is-the-most-popular-activity-followed-by-email-and-then-other-applications-11

Well done Business Insider.

Webman

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