found objects
Google Reader & Search History
Monday, July 14th, 2008I have personal proof that your search history, when logged in to Google, is applied to other Google properties.
I’ve been using Google Reader as my RSS aggregator. The blogs I have subscribed in Reader fall into three categories: Search/Marketing, Bicycling, and maybe one or two blogs belonging to friends that are a mix of both [...]
Web Sites, E-mail & Consistency - Oh My!
Monday, May 26th, 2008I was reading a magazine today and in many ads, service providers were listing both web sites and e-mail addresses for contacts. Great, huh? Small local landscape architecture firms, promoting themselves and doing the right thing!
Actually, there was one small hitch: A lot of these places/people would have their fancy business URL, then be listing [...]
Another Fine Rant… Pre-empted
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008I’ve been planning a rant about the baby-industrial complex, which I have concluded to be EVEN MORE EVIL than the marriage-industrial complex. However, it seems a new book’s been released that may even include something like research on the whole topic, not just my general rantiness.
Amazon sez:
Pamela Paul (Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, [...]
Obsolescence & Landfills
Monday, March 31st, 2008Back in my misspent youth, I worked for a major provider of health insurance and clinic/hospital care. One year, early in the Intarweb era, we offered a program in which instead of sending out the provider directory to all the renewing members in our government groups, we sent them a one-page business reply card that [...]
Baffling Marketing Messages
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008I live not far from a used car dealership that is an outpost in one of those dealer mega-empires. This one is a bargain lot - you know, we’ll advance you your tax refund for a down payment, etc.
They regularly put giant inflatable things out front to advertise ’sales.’ There’s always a sale. We sometimes [...]
Snake Attacks Dog
Thursday, March 6th, 2008It’s strange the things one discovers online while doing potentially productive work on behalf of clients.
For instance, today the Associated Press tells us the horrifying tale of a giant python eating a dog in Australia.
They even provide pictures!
I doubt this is going to be useful for my client, but this is important news to be [...]
Web 2.0 Idea That Screams ‘Uh-Oh’
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007User generated content can be hazardous for any person or company with high negative opinion ratings. Mitt Romney, presidential candidate, is opening the door to a web full of pain with a new campaign gambit.
Poetical Spam Subject Lines
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Spam subject lines are poetic.
Google to Build Data Center in Council Bluffs
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Google is building a data center in Council Bluffs.
My mind boggles, given that I went to U of Iowa and had many friends at Iowa State as well. This puts some knowledge-based jobs in Iowa, but leaves them with several issues:
Everyone wants out of Iowa when they’re done being educated.
Council Bluffs is really really a [...]
