PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Buying Money

Jul

10

If someone sells you $100 bill for $92, would you buy it?

That is very close t what I did ... I ordered $100 nordstrom gift card for $92 at Staples online. You are limited to three cards but it a very good deal.

http://www.staples.com/Nordstrom-Gift-Card-100/product_970556?ref=CJAffiliate&PID=552179&storeId=10001&AID=10428703&SID=VjRNVmZBb0xNb0lBQWVJZ0I0QUFBQURZ&cm_mmc=CJ-_-552179-_-552179-_-10428703&CID=AFF%3A552179%3A552179%3A10428703&CJPIXEL=CJPIXEL

#NordstromGioftCard

Don’t Know Whether to Push or Pull? Blame the Design.

Jul

10

Over 95% of people pull this door.

100% push this door.
Actually, you cannot pull this door, can you?

People do that their guts tell them to do. "Push" or "Pull" ... If you need a instruction, the door is designed poorly.

Same for the software. If you designed well, there is no need for an instruction. People do what people do. We need to understand ourselves and design the software accordingly.

#NormansDoor #SoftwareDesign

Importance of Providing Internet Access

Jul

10

Do you think Internet access important to your clients?
If you say "No", you are not ready for current business environment.

You do not think about nit providing Internet access to your employees at work. Most of your employee rely more on Email and Social Media to communicate with customers.

Then, do you provide Internet access to the clients and vendors who are visiting your company?

It is often not secure to open your internal network to outsiders. So why not just get another Internet line (DSL or Cable) just for client access? This Internet access can be used in case your main Internet access is down as well.

This may set you back about hundred dollars a month but it worth a lot to your clients and vendors. And if you have a retail location, you really need to provide Internet access to your clients. So, they can review your business right there.

#FreeWiFi

gTLD ... Generic Top Level Domain

Jul

9

When you hear Top Level Domains, you often think about .com .org .net .edu .gov and.mil

Top Level Domains (TLDs) are the last characters after the period in the domain names. So, pspinc.com ... out top level domain is .com.

You can register your own TLD now. ICANN, the governing body of domain names just stated that they have now over 1,000 new TLDs.

Here are some TLDs you may not know existed. You can actually put them on your SPAM list. Many of those domains are used for SPAM ... unfortunately.

.academy .accountant .accountants .actor .ads
.adult .africa .agency .airforce .alsace
.amsterdam .apartments .app .arab .archi
.architect .army .art .associates .attorney
.auction .audio .auto .baby .band
.bar .barcelona .bargains .baseball .basketball
.bayern .beauty .beer .berlin .best
.bet .bible .bid .bike .bingo
.bio .black .blackfriday .blog .blue
.boats .boo .book .boutique .box
.broadway .brussels .budapest .build .builders
.business .buy .buzz .bzh .cab
.cafe .cam .camera .camp .capetown
.capital .car .cards .care .career
.careers .cars .casa .cash .casino
.catering .center .ceo .charity .chat
.cheap .christmas .church .city .claims
.cleaning .click .clinic .clothing .cloud
.club .coach .codes .coffee .college
.cologne .community .company .computer .condos
.construction .consulting .contact .contractors .cooking
.cool .corp .corsica .country .coupon
.coupons .courses .cpa .credit .cricket
.cruises .cymru .dad .dance .data
.date .dating .day .dds .deal
.deals .degree .delivery .democrat .dental
.dentist .desi .design .diamonds .diet
.digital .direct .directory .discount .diy
.docs .doctor .dog .domains .dot
.download .dubai .durban .earth .eat
.eco .education .email .energy .engineer
.engineering .enterprises .equipment .estate .eus
.events .exchange .expert .exposed .express
.fail .faith .family .fan .fans
.farm .fashion .feedback .film .final
.finance .financial .fish .fishing .fit
.fitness .flights .florist .flowers .fly
.foo .food .football .forsale .forum
.foundation .free .frl .fun .fund
.furniture .futbol .fyi .gal .gallery
.game .games .garden .gay .gent
.gift .gifts .gives .glass .global
.gmbh .gold .golf .graphics .gratis
.green .gripe .group .guide .guitars
.guru .hair .hamburg .haus .health
.healthcare .help .helsinki .here .hiphop
.hiv .hockey .holdings .holiday .home
.horse .hospital .host .hosting .hot
.hotel .house .how .immo .immobilien
.inc .indians .industries .ing .ink
.institute .insurance .insure .international .investments
.jetzt .jewelry .joburg .juegos .kaufen
.kids .kim .kitchen .kiwi .koeln
.krd .kyoto .land .lat .latino
.law .lawyer .lease .legal .lgbt
.life .lighting .limited .limo .link
.live .living .llc .llp .loan
.loans .lol .london .love .ltd
.ltda .luxe .madrid .mail .maison
.management .map .market .marketing .mba
.media .medical .meet .melbourne .meme
.memorial .men .menu .miami .mobile
.moda .moe .mom .money .mortgage
.moscow .moto .mov .music .nagoya
.navy .network .new .news .ngo
.ninja .now .nrw .nyc .nz
.okinawa .one .ong .onl .online
.organic .osaka .paris .partners .parts
.party .pay .pet .pets .phd
.phone .photo .photography .photos .physio
.pics .pictures .pid .pink .pizza
.place .play .plumbing .plus .poker
.porn .press .productions .promo .properties
.property .pub .qpon .quebec .racing
.radio .realestate .realty .recipes .red
.rehab .reise .reisen .rent .rentals
.repair .report .republican .rest .restaurant
.review .reviews .rich .rip .rocks
.rodeo .rsvp .rugby .ruhr .run
.ryukyu .saarland .sale .salon .sarl
.save .school .schule .science .scot
.search .security .services .sexy .shiksha
.shoes .shop .shopping .show .singles
.site .ski .soccer .social .software
.solar .solutions .soy .spa .space
.sport .sports .spot .store .stream
.studio .study .style .supplies .supply
.support .surf .surgery .sydney .systems
.taipei .tattoo .tax .taxi .team
.tech .technology .tennis .thai .theater
.theatre .tienda .tips .tires .tirol
.today .tokyo .tools .top .tour
.tours .town .toys .trade .trading
.training .tube .university .uno .vacations
.vegas .ventures .versicherung .vet .viajes
.video .villas .vin .vip .vision
.vlaanderen .vodka .vote .voting .voto
.voyage .wales .wang .watch .web
.webcam .website .wed .wedding .whoswho
.wien .wiki .win .wine .work
.works .world .wow .wtf

#TLD #TopLevelDomain #gTLD

Friday Golf

Jul

8

I was invited to play golf at Sahalee Country Club today. This is one tough course especially after the LPGA Championship. Thank you Keith and Matt for inviting us.

Value Proposition

Jul

7

Small Golf Balls ... Titelist Pro V1 at 1/3 off?

There are three things people think about when people think about value.

(1) Quality of Product
(2) Quality of Service
(3) Price

(1) & (2) are given. Nobody wants to buy anything that is bad or poor service. So, the main thing people think about value is the price. You need to work hard to make sure your product is price competitive. If not, you need to work harder.

My friend told me about the golf ball. Other than the logo, it feels like and act like Titleist Pro V1 but at 2/3 of the price. It even says that on their website.

SNELL GOLF MISSION STATEMENT

To bring tour caliber equipment to the amateur golfer at an affordable price.
Our experience in R&D along with our strategic manufacturing partnership and direct to consumer distribution model allows us to do just that.

http://www.snellgolf.com

#Marketing #ValueProposition

Beautiful Summer

Jul

6

Flowers seem happy!!!

The summer here in Seattle is much cooler than any other places I lived. But recent years, the temperature in the summer is getting higher an higher. We used not to have any A/C at home, but I don't think we can sleep anymore in those hot days.

#HotSummer #Seattle

Internet of Things Expo Reporting has Begun.

Jul

6

We are starting the report on Internet of Things Expo. If you are interested in know what it is, you might want to take look. There will be a series of postings on Bloguru.

http://en.bloguru.com/pspinc/271325/what-is-the-internet-of-things-its-the

#Bloguru #IoTExpo #PSPinc

Be Efficient

Jul

4

Looking at this chart, you really need to be efficient ...

If you have a good product and effective marketing, you need to be efficient to thrive. But if your product is poor and you have bad strategy and if you are effective, you do not waste much time.

So if you are efficient, you will make money or loose less money. Both are good.

#pspinc

A Gift to My Daughter

Jul

3

She is going back to NY in 3 Days.
Best Wishes!

I bought my daughter the last computer ... Considering her age, this should be the last computer I would buy for her.

The last one was purchased on Christmas 2010. It is amazing 2nd Generation MacBook Air 4GB + 128GB lasted this long. This is a MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display with 8GB + 512GB SDD. This should last a while.