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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, [...]
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 [...]
Council Bluffs Tourism
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I somewhat recently (when measured in archaeological time) commented that Council Bluffs is a pit - a pit where Google happens to be building a data center, in point of fact. Based on an ad in this weekend’s newspaper, I have found a web site that challenges that assertion: the CB Convention & Visitors Bureau [...]
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 [...]
The Premature Death of the Cover Letter
Friday, February 22nd, 2008I have maintained for several years, and can probably find industry study to support me, that the rise of online job sites has driven both an increase in applications to positions, and a decrease in cover letters written to support said applications.
Some might say: “Oooh, increased pool to choose from!” They’re generally wrong, simply in [...]
Mythology of Sponsored WordPress Templates
Friday, July 20th, 2007I really don’t believe most WordPress sponsored templates are ranking rockets for the sponsors.
Tani and the Bunny
Monday, July 2nd, 2007puff-tv
Originally uploaded by Between Stations
This is my small cat (Tani) and a small bunny (who we shall call Bunbun), staring each other down.
On Cats & Search Marketers
Saturday, June 30th, 2007A study has found that cats sort of domesticated themselves because human granaries became a source of food, followed by the humans themselves encouraging the cats to stick around (because the cats ate the rats in the granaries).
The same is true of in-house SEOs, in my opinion. The magic of a lot of in-house positions, [...]
Missed Opportunities in Real Estate Development
Thursday, June 28th, 2007How many ‘Maple Streets’ does any one county, state or country need? I saw no fewer than two in a 28-mile bicycle ride last night.
What makes a real estate developer say, “Let’s name all these streets for trees?”
And why do they always choose the same trees? Why not a round of ‘Black Locust Lane’ or [...]
Go, Peeps, Go!
Monday, June 18th, 2007A few shout-outs:
1. To Sarah Bernier, aka Sarita, for her debut at Search Engine Strategies Latino Edition. Her session was blogged over at Search Engine Roundtable.
2. To the legend known as David Temple, who has accepted a position as Region Head of Search, Asia Pacific Region, at Neo@Ogilvy. It seems like only yesterday when [...]
