Sweat the Small Stuff: Ranting about the little peeves in life
Posted in General Rants, Tech/Net on Dec 24th, 2006
I recently found a great summary of the typical naysayer on the ‘net. This reaches out to most situations like on Digg or Reddit, forums, and comments on blogs. I have to disclaim this hasn’t applied to anyone posting here yet, so no one take offense. Or, take offense if you like, I guess I [...]
I won’t write a long tirade on this one, at least for now, but I read this blog post today and thought I would share it over here as well. If you have ever dealt with customer service for a company, you know exactly who the vocal minority are I mentioned in a previous rant. [...]
I work for a company that offers a variety of products and services online. Most of these products include a fee give away incentive to invite customers to try out said product and service, often something that involves a later sale or monthly membership. Seems a fairly easy concept to grasp, one would think. Apparently [...]
Posted in Tech/Net on Dec 14th, 2006
Shouldn’t empowerment be considered a good thing? I am going to submit in this case that it may not be the case. The ‘net has really given everyone a voice, so wouldn’t you think that the majority would be heard and win out in the end. I’m not so sure. I think the most active [...]
Posted in General Rants, Holidays, Tech/Net on Dec 8th, 2006
I have to hedge this one a bit actually because I really do enjoy talking about photography and I am never one known to not share what knowledge I have. For those of you that don’t read between the lines, you get me started talking on this subject and you have to walk away [...]
Posted in Tech/Net on Dec 7th, 2006
In the last couple of days I started receiving my very first “comment spam” entries on this blog. Should I feel like I have arrived? This does represent a milestone of some kind because some automated program running for spammers has obviously found me via links to this site or search engines. [...]
This could possibly be known as Black Friday part 2, but it really applies to any big sale day of the year. On these major holidays, retailers know they need to get you in the door so you might purchase at their outlet versus competing store. Basic marketing knowledge is that once you get them [...]
Posted in General Rants, News, Tech/Net on Nov 7th, 2006
I can just hear a few reader’s now saying, uhhh…ok, it’s alright for you to hate trolls. They’re mythical and therefore not real, but if it floats your boat, you go right ahead and hate them. No, actually I’m pretty sure that most everyone reading this blog participates or at least reads some [...]
Posted in Tech/Net on Nov 6th, 2006
OK today I went to shut down aol… before I continue, here is a quick question. If I am shutting down AOL, what does that normally mean? That I am done with my session correct? Right! Well according to AOL it means I am not… let me explain.
I signed off and clicked the “X” and [...]
Posted in Tech/Net on Nov 5th, 2006
OK first off it’s 3:56 am EST and I can’t sleep. I am becoming addicted to this and it’s scaring me. OK on to the meat of the topic. What’s up with computer companies not including re-installation CD’s anymore?
Seriously… is the extra $4-$5 really making that much of a difference? TRUE a few years ago [...]
