Archive for December, 2007

Top News Items

December 14th, 2007

The Writer’s Strike has been going on for a couple months now without major national coverage, but I’m betting that’s about to change. The Writer’s Guild has filed Unfair Labor Practices charges against the AMPTP with the National Labor Relations Board for walking out of negotiations 7 days ago. There have also been people asking […]

For the love of stats.

December 14th, 2007

If you’re one of the lucky ones with a Pro flickr account, you’ll want to check out the new statistics they are offering. Once you enable it (got to http://www.flickr.com/photos/me/stats), you’ll have a short wait while the data gets put together… then before you know it you’ll have access to all kinds of crazy information […]

Advertising is a joke.

December 14th, 2007

Stolen from BostonSteamer:
Q: How do you advertise in the jungle?
A: Gorilla marketing
Q: How do you advertise at the CDC?
A: Viral marketing

“The gift that keeps on taking.”

December 20th, 2007

It used to be that giving a gift certificate was seen as a thoughtless or lazy gift. Sure they have their place, but there’s always been a stigma attached to them.
I’m not sure when that changed, but these days Gift Cards… specifically the ones with the magnetic stripe on the back… are big business. They […]