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CES 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 / Apple Culture, Business, New Media, PowerMax Culture, Technology / 0 Comments
I just returned from a visit to CES in Las Vegas. As I wandered the halls of this enormous show, I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like if it were turned into one big retail store. While one might say the internet is essentially that, there’s just no way for anyone to shop on the internet and see all this stuff. Read More »
It’s good to be thankful
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 / Business, PowerMax Culture, Technology / 0 Comments
Although Thanksgiving has come and gone, the idea of being thankful should never leave us. It’s good to be grateful for all those things we take for granted. For instance, since you’re reading this, you obviously have electricity, which is something to be grateful for. Not everyone in the world can say that. Read More »
What’s Next, Black Christmas?
Monday, November 14, 2011 / PowerMax Culture, Uncategorized / 9 Comments
My daughter recently quit her job at the retailer Old Navy, mostly because the company is keeping its stores open on Thanksgiving. I supported her in that decision. I mean, my God, what’s next, being open on Christmas so retailers can be the first ones with a post-Christmas sale? Read More »
Amazon is Starting to Piss Me Off
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 / Business, PowerMax Culture, Technology / 4 Comments
I don’t watch too many commercials nowadays. Part of this is due to the fact that I don’t watch all that much TV anymore. The rest of it is because I own a DVR, and tend to DVR everything and fast forward through all the commercials. I’m one of those guys that’s making life harder for all the companies who used to increase sales solely by advertising on TV. Read More »
On The Death of Steve Jobs
Friday, October 7, 2011 / Apple Culture, Business, New Media, PowerMax Culture / 6 Comments
Steve’s death may create more commentary than any business leader’s death in history. He was certainly an iconic figure, and unquestionably impacted most of our lives. For me, the question for each of us is what we choose to learn from his life and death. Read More »
When Companies Go Bad
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 / Business, PowerMax Culture / 1 Comment
I’m a consumer, just like you. My own personal experiences as a consumer frequently impact the way PowerMax operates. When I run into something exceptional, whether good or bad, I try to make sure our company learns from it. Read More »
Warning: We Might Not Want Your Business
Thursday, October 21, 2010 / PowerMax Culture / 6 Comments
One of the reasons PowerMax exists is to provide alternatives for obtaining the cool electronics people need and want. By that, I don’t mean so much in the way of alternative products; I mean a different approach, a different way of interacting with customers, and often a different way of marketing that approach. Read More »
A gold plated iPod giveaway, or a demonstration of how unpopular the Payday candy bar can be.
Friday, August 27, 2010 / Giveaway, PowerMax Culture, iPods / 355 Comments
We’ve been selling Apple products a long, long time. Long enough to have an ocean of things only the most rabid Apple fanboy would care to care to see or own. Marvelously old, crusty Apple things that died long ago. Signs, crates of who-knows-what, pallets full of machines from a bygone era. Mostly the Clinton era, but I digress … Read More »
Our Apple Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Thinking Like the Intelligentsia and Love the iPad
Thursday, July 29, 2010 / Apple Culture, PowerMax Culture / 3 Comments
The idea for this article germinated as I once again struggled with our relatively new phone system. I say relatively new, because although we’ve had it in place for close to a year, I still have no real idea how to use it.
In fact, I would guess that most of our employees understand about 5% of the capabilities of the things. The phones feature LCD screens with menu options to infinity and beyond, and are graced with rows and rows of buttons, most of which remain unlabeled. And yet all the enticing features they offer to those willing to get a diploma in Business Phone 101 mostly go to waste because 95% of the time all we want to do is answer the damn phone. Read More »
The single best part of trading in your Mac is …
Monday, June 28, 2010 / PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
We receive a lot of email from our customers. You folks seem to really enjoy letting us know what we’re doing right, doing wrong, and everything in between. One of our great customers, Michael, decided to give us a real-world example of why he likes using our trade in service. We thought it was a rather useful tidbit, and have published it here with his permission. Read More »
A Dent In The Great Apple Universe
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 / Apple Culture, PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
Many of you may have seen the news that Apple just passed Microsoft as the second-largest U.S. company, at least in terms of stock market capitalization. By that calculation, Apple only trails Exxon-Mobil in size and they are now the largest technology company in the world. Give ‘em a few more months, and maybe we’ll be pouring iPods and iPads into our gas tanks. Read More »
Email is Destroying the Very Fabric of Our Society
Thursday, April 1, 2010 / Email, PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
In a company of over 200 employees, I’m apparently the largest volume email user. I only say that to establish my credibility. Maybe I should have a doctorate in email usage. I live in email. For example, if I don’t keep checking my email while on vacation, the day of my return starts off with my face in my hands, wondering how I’m going to get through them all.
So, I keep up on them every day, even when I’m out of the country.
Technology The Albatross
Thursday, January 14, 2010 / PowerMax Culture, Technology / 0 Comments
Technology has become an ever-present factor in our lives, and it’s not going anywhere. We’re surrounded by it at every corner and within almost every device we use. Even the cars we drive would stop in their tracks if the technology in them suddenly failed.
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say modern (or more appropriately current) society rests on the laurels of technology. We wage wars with technology. We feed our population with technology. We heal our sick with technology. And to the point, the idea of operating a business without technology is nearly unheard of. Read More »
Top Ten Predictions for Apple, Microsoft and Everything Else in 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
1. Apple will introduce a computing tablet of some sort sometime during the year, although the backlog will continue into 2011. However, it will disappoint some because it won’t allow people to just sleep all day while it does all the work, or make their coffee, or turn into a magic carpet… but, it will be a surprise hit because it does the one thing everyone wants to have done but no one knew what that was until Apple showed them. Read More »
Last Minute Holiday Deals For The Procrastinator In All Of Us
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
It’s gift-giving crunch time people! You’ve got just a few short days left to make sure your gift list has been checked (twice even) and get those goodies on their merry way. Lucky for you, we’ve employed a few tactics to take the trepidation out of your last minute gift buying: Read More »
Christmas deals from PowerMax!
Thursday, December 3, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 1 Comment
Max the Sasquatch is on a two-week vacation visiting his cousin… who happens to be the Sasquatch that jerky company (pun intended on behalf of Max) keeps torturing with practical jokes out in the woods. Max figures that if he’s with his cousin, it’ll be harder for those pranksters to bother him (besides which, we armed Max with a slingshot and a bunch of stale Halloween candy). Read More »
The winner of our gold MacBook Air giveaway is…
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
Congrats Mr. Ross Thomas!
PowerMax is pleased to announce the winner of our Gold MacBook Air drawing! This 24 karat-covered beauty was offered just as a way to say thanks to our customers, and the lucky winner is a Mr. Ross Thomas. Read More »
The Funny Thing About Humor
Friday, November 13, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 5 Comments
It’s been said that the most difficult movie to make is a comedy. I believe that, just as I also believe that the most difficult marketing or advertising concept to produce is one that contains humor. Being something of a stubborn and contrary cuss, usually when I hear that something is harder than everything else, I’ll gravitate toward the more difficult concept, figuring that any Joe Blow and his brother can do the easy ones. Read More »
20 cheap apps to get your iPhone/iPod touch ready for Halloween!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 4 Comments
I’ll admit it – Halloween is my favorite holiday. Unlike most other holidays, Halloween is about little more than having a good time. Whether it’s with your kids knocking on your neighbor’s doors or getting down at some Zombie-themed soiree, Halloween gives people a great excuse to let it all hang out (sometimes including fake intestines).
Snow Leopard Heresy
Friday, August 28, 2009 / PowerMax Culture, Software / 10 Comments
As I write this, the internet airwaves are awash in reports and reviews of Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest operating system. My contribution to the broohaha is designed to represent the majority of computer users who for the most part don’t, or shouldn’t, give a rat’s patootie.
On the shared experience
Thursday, July 2, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 2 Comments
One of the most significant byproducts of the growth of the Internet has been the availability of data. Huge oceans of data available to anyone who cares to dive into it.
Dad’s & Grad’s – Graduation Gift Ideas
Thursday, May 28, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
If you’ve got a high school or college grad there’s no time like the present to grab them a gift for their graduation. Below you’ll find a number of gift ideas to help make the most of your special occasion.
The Microsoft “Lauren” Ad – It’s Kinda Funny Watching an Elephant Be Frightened by a Mouse
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 15 Comments
In the old cartoons it was pretty common to see a large elephant’s eyes grow wide at the sight of a mouse, and stampede away or cause all sorts of damage in its frenzy to get away from the vicious “monster.”
Apparently Microsoft’s executives spent a lot of time watching cartoons when they were kids (or perhaps still do). The little Apple mouse is making this elephant of a company run so scared that it’s airing competitive ads against Apple, despite the fact that it still commands roughly 90% of the market.
We’ve Been Duped By Wall Street; It’s Time To Fight Back
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 4 Comments
The elections of 2008 shone a bright light on the central political debate in this country: liberalism vs. conservatism. But while our country was engaged in a widening polarization of political beliefs, the true debate should have been, and should be, directed at something completely different.
What would you do with a Sasquatch?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 10 Comments
We plan on providing more videos of Max’s hijinks (aka Maxjinks), especially since the big galoot can’t walk through a room without knocking something over (although he’s no longer choking copiers to death with butt hair, and we haven’t had to clean blood off the ceiling for quite some time). Read More »
Why That Guy In Munich is Changing Your Life
Thursday, March 19, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 3 Comments
The internet has helped create a world where everyone is our neighbor. An individual in Munich (I just picked that city at random, I’ve never even been there) can look at a price offered by a merchant as easily as the house next door to the company. We can receive emails instantly from Nigeria (promising thousands of dollars to help out this poor prince who can’t move his money out of the country no less) quicker than it takes a neighbor to walk to your door (which doesn’t happen as often as it used to; they probably just send an email as well).
Happy Birthday Internet!
Friday, March 13, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
1989 was an astonishing year for many reasons.
Depending on how old you are, what happened in 1989 may or may not bring back memories, but either way many of the following events have had significant impacts on our lives, including:
Win One Of Two 8GB iPod Nanos With Your Limerick
Thursday, February 26, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 27 Comments
Would you like to win yourself a new 8GB iPod nano? For free even? If you know PowerMax at all, you’d know that we have a cherished tradition – the Limerick contest. Well, to be honest, this is our first one ever… typically our St. Paddy’s tradition includes varying amounts of hop-based green liquid. But we’ve already declared our Limerick contest a cherished tradition because we think it’ll be pretty fun, and because we said so.
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Moore’s Law is Dead
Thursday, February 19, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 9 Comments
Back in 1965, Roger Moore uttered the now famous phrase, “Bond, James Bond.” Oh wait, that’s the wrong Moore. And Roger Moore wasn’t even James Bond until 1973. Okay, it was Gordon Moore of Intel, who most famously observed the trend of computing power doubling every two years, ultimately becoming known as Moore’s Law.
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Win A Free 1GB iPod Shuffle And Feel The Love All Month
Monday, February 2, 2009 / PowerMax Culture / 53 Comments
You know you’re loved, right? Well, we’re all about sharing the love this February, and you’ll get a chance to feel the love every week because we’re giving away a pink 1GB iPod shuffle every Friday in February.
What PowerMax is all about!
Saturday, December 2, 2006 / PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
The Mac is enjoying a resurgence, part of which can be credited to the iPod, part of which can be credited to the successful transition to Intel processors (which levels the playing field against PCs and allows Macs to run Windows), and part of it can be credited to great quality and design of hardware combined with the best personal computer operating system on the planet.
We’ve always had the latter, but now more people than ever are aware of this fact, and with competitive prices, Apple is making headway against the virtually institutionalized use of the Windows-based PC.
When a Vote Costs a Buck
Friday, September 15, 2006 / Apple Culture, PowerMax Culture / 0 Comments
I often think of the dollars I spend as votes. I’m not sure everyone thinks of their expenses the same way, but I believe it’s a good consumer strategy.
Here is my thinking: when you spend your money at a particular establishment, you are basically “voting” for that business to stay around. You are telling them “I appreciate the service and/or price you are offering, so I am going to give you my dollars to help you stay in business so that I might use you again.”
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Super Secret Twitter Giveaway: LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk 500GB Hard Drive
Sunday, November 20, 2005 / PowerMax Culture / 74 Comments
If you’re reading this chances are you’re one of PowerMax’s Twitter followers, and you get to participate in one of our super-secret Twitter giveaways. In honor of LaCie’s recent announcement of their super cool 1 year free online backup service, we’re putting a brand new 500GB LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Disk Drive up on the chopping block.
PowerMax Giveaway Rulez
Saturday, July 30, 2005 / PowerMax Culture / 5 Comments
No Purchase Required to Enter or Win
Eligibility: The PowerMax Giveaways (the “Giveaways”) are open only to individuals who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) and are 18 years of age or older. Employees of CSNW their advertising or promotion agencies, those involved in the production, development, implementation or handling of Giveaways, any agents acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, their respective parent companies, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, service providers, prize suppliers any other person or entity associated with the Giveaways (collectively “Giveaway Entities”) and/or the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members (whether related or not) of each such employee, are not eligible. All U.S., federal, state and local, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations apply. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law.
