July 2009
40 posts
June 2009
45 posts
“Thirty years of official nutritional advice has only made us sicker and fatter...”
– Evan Williams | evhead (via bijan)
Customer Service
I’ve had some really horrible customer service experiences in the past couple of days.
What’s your worst customer service experience ever?
Four Businesses You Can Start Today →
stuartschultz:
Looking to make some extra scratch either on the side or to tide you over until you find your next gig? Today, Gradspot.com posted a great piece not only on a few options for doing so, but how to actually pull it off. Make Extra Cash for Grads >
“Well just when I thought I’d lost faith in customer service I get this...”
– Apple Support Email - This stands in stark contrast to VistaPrint and Att who I’ve emailed multiple times and received no replies. Kudos Apple - Thank you Andrew!
"Me too" companies
bijan:
In our industry, we often hear people look down on “me-too” companies. I think it’s often misused.
Typically, the “me too” label is used to describe a company going after a highly competitive space with what appears to be a very similar product.
It’s easy to dismiss any new music service or a new social net or perhaps a personal financial web service. Don’t we have enough of these...
Lefties > Righties
(via morebetter)
Clearly I’m biased.
Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA →
rahmin:
kareem:
Entrepreneurs instinctually realize that the best advocate for their careers is themselves and that there is no such thing as a linear career path. They recognize they are going to have to follow their own internal compass and embrace the uncertainty as part of the journey. In fact using uncertainty as your path is an advantage entrepreneurs share. Their journey will have them...
“TMZ is a joint venture of Telepictures Productions and AOL. TMZ’s meteoric rise...”
– This is bound to get updated in the next 48 hrs…
Guessing this month TMZ will be AOL’s most profitable subsidiary.
Michael Jackson and the Zombieconomy
If the world’s biggest pop star only made $25 million a year in total, something’s very, very wrong. Where’s the rest of the money? Why can’t a resource as scarce as the King of Pop capture more value?
After all, that’s not even mega-rich.
The world’s top hedge fund “managers” regularly pull in hundreds of millions. That’s an order of...
“If the world’s biggest pop star only made $12 million a year from his...”
– Umair Haque nailed it with his blog post today.
via Michael Jackson and the Zombieconomy
WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: simian mobile disco feat... →
wongiesworld:
simian mobile disco - audacity of huge [oh this is hot!!!]http://feeds.feedburner.com/WongiesMusicWorld
Nice find Stevie.
“Folks, “up to” is one of the greatest cop-outs in the English language. You know...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/technology/personaltech/25pogue.html?_r=1
Seeking a Narrative for Iran
squashed:
Something important is happening in Iran. There was a vote. The official results don’t mesh with unofficial polling. Two parties claimed victory—one of which we like a whole lot more than the other. Now there are riots and accusations of fraud. How do we fit all these facts into a story?
One story is so appealing it is hard to resist. After years of a hostile foreign policy, Obama...
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“In particular, the SEC pointed to Countrywide’s increased origination of...”
– SEC charges Countrywide’s Angelo Mozilo with fraud - Jun. 4, 2009
