Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

The iPad Mini Event: Why The Experts Are Blind (by Mark St.Cyr)

By -

This week Apple® announced the much-anticipated iPad® Mini. Almost
from the get-go grumblings were everywhere. Everyone had some remark why
they believe Apple missed the boat on this device. Or why Apple for the
first time looked like they were playing catch up offering a “me too”
device in the 7″ inch category.

I believe if you focused only on the “Mini” – you along with everyone
else missed what was really transpiring. It’s not about that particular
device. It’s about the future of everything we interact with that’s
technological. And I’m not trying to use hyperbole – I mean it. Let me
explain.

(more…)

SocialTrade Now Better & Wetter

By -

First of all, if you've got a blog or a web site and you'd like to add the spiffy "Stack To SocialTrade" button (like the one you see here, just to the right) I've got a new page for you – – it's right here – – and it gives you the code you need to paste on to your site to get the aformentioned spiffiness. It's a great way to build traffic and exposure for your site, and it costs a low, low zero dollars.

There have been a few improvements to SocialTrade recently. In the Find menu, you'll notice two new items: By Date and By Source.

1026-STFind

(more…)