Jon Cherry

Training is definitely a huge issue that I have had to deal with in two stints in different departments within the state. The staff in both was older and less than willing to pick up on the new changes and on top of that new systems were released in piecemeal which made it more difficult to truly learn the systems. I feel that I have spent a good…[Read more]

I have worked in a couple government agencies over the past couple years and I personally feel that we have underinvested in IT for many years and it has been slowing down our business of serving the citizens. In my current position, our IT department has been gutted (only 2-3 people on staff) which resulted in a 2+ week turnaround time for…[Read more]

Uber has been starting to implement stringent background checks on drivers in India after a report of a women was raped by an Uber driver (http://time.com/3693737/uber-new-delhi-india-rape-case/). The aftereffects made India ban Uber for a period of time. The time article indicated that Uber is now employing more stringent background checks on…[Read more]

I haven’t used either service before primarily because I haven’t felt the need or urge to venture outside the normal modes of transportation and hotel stay.

I guess as both private companies, the lengths they both are taking to ensure favorable publicity to ensure a high valuation with investors is somewhat off putting for me. I also don…[Read more]

I really don’t think companies are doing enough to prevent to prevent fraud from occurring. Just look at Target, Home Depot, Staples, or health care company Anthem for example who’ve had their systems hacked within the last year or so. I think that we as consumers have to have a greater expectation that as we become more connected and use our cre…[Read more]

I’m still not sure exactly if I would be apt to renting my place out for a period of time. I would have to really consider the feasibility if the money would be worth the time and effort needed to use the service and clean up after the guest leaves and if the guest really trashes the place, would I want to go through the effort even though…[Read more]

I feel that I am expected to give up a lot more information about myself to Airbnb than I would to a hotel. The only difference is: there are set fees that the hotel assesses me if I trash one of their rooms compared to what Airbnb does. Just solely based on renting my house to someone for a period of time, the personal value that I have in the…[Read more]

What tends to be forgotten is what the neighbors feel about this. And if you’re living in an apartment already and decide to sublease it could one potentially be breaking the lease? I’m not sure the average length of stay for an Airbnb place…I think generally less than 30 days. But if a rentee trashes a place could that be grounds for…[Read more]

Airbnb wants to get as many users signed up as possible in order to obtain a higher valuation from investors. I feel a lot of these users aren’t really prepared to handle such situations of renting out their houses and are just doing it for the cash. For example, someone in Calfornia rented out their house in excess of 30 days and because of C…[Read more]

Best two devices I’ve use are both my iPad and iPhone. Primarily as I use both primarily to complete the MBA program on. I watch the lecture videos on the iphone and use the Notability app to download all the PowerPoints and case studies to take notes. I also use the Microsoft Office suite on both devices to write my papers. The great thing about…[Read more]

Diane

I agree with number 4 on the list in particular. Airbnb is a new, upstart company and they don’t want any negative press that could have the potential to hurt the company’s reputation or future business. I feel that the company hasn’t necessarily planned to deal with customers in this type of situation because of the rapid growth the…[Read more]

We’re actually going to be downgrading our cable subscription and picking up the paid subscription of Hulu. Definitely a lot cheaper to use and we’ll be still able to catch our shows. For sporting events and shows that aren’t covered by cable or Hulu, individual networks are now starting to roll out their own apps to catch up on their shows, which…[Read more]