The introduction says it well. “I wish there were no need for this book.” Unfortunately, there are enough scams and untrustworthy folks in the writing industry to warrant a book on the subject. I’d like to think I know better, but I got suckered when I was as a college student who loved the idea … Read more
Pay bills? Do that online. Write a letter to a camper? Ditto. Submit a contract? Send it by email and then fax it back, scan and email it back, or use an electronic signature and email it back. With increasing stamp rates and email taking over, it’s no surprise the U.S. Post Office (USPS) has … Read more
As a long time Mavs fan (yes, since the ’80s), I checked in with Mark Cuban’s Blog Maverick to see how he responded to the Maverick’s disappointing series against the Heat. A guy takes a different approach to owning a professional basketball team, and people talk smack. He did what needed to be done. He … Read more
Turning 30 wasn’t as I had hoped. Being the youngest of three by a gap, I was used to feeling young and always younger than everyone else. As I entered my thirties, I felt depressed whenever the ages of a football star, actor, or big shot manager appeared in an article. They were such big … Read more
Analyzing Eggcorns and Snowclones, and Challenging Strunk and White looks at Language Log, a blog covering linguistic boo boos. My kind of place. The article talks of eggcorns, “a type of slip of the ear in which people mishear a word and mispronounce it, then insist that the malapropism is correct.” Maybe I’m obtuse, but … Read more
Customers drive marketing, not the other way around. No longer do customers accept products as designed. They expect and demand products to be molded to their needs. Just like you can’t turn a cat into a dog; marketers can’t turn a customer into a buyer by convincing them that they need product or service “as … Read more
This problem comes and goes. When it comes, however, the problem happens a few times a day. I can’t find the pattern except maybe Internet Explorer. The programs slow to a crawl and I close each one as soon as the PC lets me. I tried to find the Microsoft Knowledgebase (kb) article that sounded … Read more
You can view the design in progress. I’d value your feedback as it’s for the people who take the time to come here, not me. I’ve received the following feedback: * Use a larger default font (the font can be resized with your browser) * The color doesn’t fit my personality and isn’t inviting What … Read more
The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time and #1 is AOL. I second that. Although, I’m sure something else that I don’t remember could top it… but that’s tough to do. AOL continues to have a rep of a “non-tech-savvy person’s Web.” I admit that AOL has gotten better, but it still has some … Read more
Even though friends gave me a hard time about my not pronouncing ’66’ correctly, ‘6’ has always been a lucky number for me. It started when I went to a pizza place with a group from school. My order number was ’66.’ During yesterday’s speech therapy, I said ‘6’ a few times and the therapist … Read more