A little bit of snark to start our week, I’m afraid. One thing that continues to amaze me is the absolute vacuousness of much of the programming with which my daughters and their friends spend their time. I get the entire economics thing (Hey! I grew up in the TV business!) and so I have nothing at all against reality programming and even watch some of it. But aren’t some of these folks’ 15 minutes more than up? Continue reading
Category Archives: Huh?
Stoopid
I’ll admit that I’m not the brightest guy in the world but it’s apparent even to me that suing your customers is a bad idea no matter what business you’re in. When you’re in a business that is struggling due to a sea-change in the economic model under which you’ve operated, alienating the customer is tantamount to suicide. And yet… Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Helpful Hints, Huh?, Reality checks
Not So Spry
Yesterday, I had one of those nasty experiences that teach us a lot about good business practices. The story I’m about to tell you doesn’t contain much in the way of news but it does serve to remind us all about a few areas of best practices.
I use Spry to host my web site and my company mail. I access my mail via Thunderbird, Gmail, or my Blackberry depending on where I am and on what computer. When things became, as they say in the movies, “quiet…too quiet”, I dug a little deeper. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Huh?, Reality checks
Consult Keith 