October 2009
29 posts
The Leanover, by Life Without Buildings.
I swear...
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Marketing, and that
I’m having to read and write about marketing plans. It is this: dull.
I’m increasingly convinced that despite talk of situation analysis, audits, controls, research, environmental and internal factors et al, the process is easy with this handy cut-out-and-keep guide:
Develop a great product or service
Find people that want to hear about it
Tell them about it
Make it even better;...
Why "Balloon Boy" Could Never Have Been →
nostrich:
The case of “Balloon Boy” Falcon Heene cost emergency services a signfcant amount of money and resulted in considerable distress to cable news viewers. This paper sets out the physics behind a helium lifting balloon and explains why it should have been obvious to both emergency services and news organisations that Falcon Heene was never aboard.
Debunking sensationalist...
"A great option for smaller thirst occasions" →
A ridiculous Coca-Cola press release, about the launch of a new smaller can. Why not just say that? I wish I knew what the fuck a ‘smaller thirst occasion’ was.
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“God created the universe and it’s a mess. We created superheroes and they’re...”
– Can’t argue with the math.
Grant Morrison (via) (via atsween)
Oh god, the Arrested Development movie must have... →
“A man pleaded guilty today to attempting to pervert the course of justice by switching identities with his twin brother, causing him to be wrongly released from custody.”
Why I am Not a Professor, or, The Decline and Fall... →
This reminds me of my time ‘studying’ Natural Sciences. Quite why anyone would put undergraduates in charge of their degree syllabus is beyond me, as Tarver eloquently describes.
The implications aren’t just for the professors and lecturers - at 19, I made bad choices that stuck with and restricted me for the rest of my time at University.
It was in 1993 that I experienced these...
Fresh Prince of Bel Air: Lyrics →
For anyone who wants to know either:
The lyrics to the theme from ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’
How to design one of those really super-looking web internet site things.
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“The problem with SEO is that the good advice is obvious, the rest doesn’t work,...”
– Derek Powazek (via marco)
Merlin Mann - Making the Clackity Noise →
Only just getting round to reading this.
Sometimes I wish I could print Merlin out and pin him up near my desk. Fantastic post.
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Four Candles
Buying new cutlery (or silverware, if you’re that way inclined) has turned out to be one of the more taxing tasks of recent months. Who knew there were so many variables? Take forks. Here’s what I’m after. Call it a wishlist:
4 tines. Not 3. I am not a child.
Long, elegant tines that run down most of the head. See above.
None of this odd spoon-ish curvature. Coupled with the...
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“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will...”
– Anne Lamott
Haggling for Hot Dogs - Esquire →
Lovely story about, of all things, haggling.
(via Instapaper)
merlin:
Are we too old to trick or treat? | Ask Metafilter [comment]
Wonderful anecdote from MeFi:
I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened the door expecting to see trickortreaters— but what was in front of our open door—was another door! Like, a full-on wooden door, that had a sign that said “Please knock.” So we did, and the door swung open to...
