Monthly Archives: January 2008
The marketing lesson from Dreamhost’s billing meltdown
Yesterday I talked about the important personal finance lesson derived from Dreamhost’s accidental over billing of their customers. Today let’s look at the PR lesson. Dreamhost addressed their colossal blunder with their usual tongue in cheek style, even though many … Continue reading
The one crucial lesson you can learn from Dreamhost’s billing meltdown
Dreamhost, my web host incidentally, mistakenly billed their customers for a whole year of service in advance. Fortunately my credit card on file was expired so I was spared, but others were not so lucky. Some customers were billed thousands … Continue reading
Wired magazine’s annoying subscription cards: now with 32% more irony!
In the latest Wired (Feb. 2008) they talk about things that suck. The page where they talk about annoying magazine subscription cards is where they jammed the bulk of their own subscription cards. Har Har. You know what is also … Continue reading
Are you a fundamentalist?
Seth Godin posted a great 5 minute interview video today that starts with this: A fundamentalist is someone who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it… A curious person explores first and then considers … Continue reading
The Arclight + Cloverfield = Awesome
Cloverfield is really good. It delivers the sort of sustained tension I love in a thriller. Spoiler alert: I managed to snap a phonecam pic of the mind blowing super secret monster. I love seeing movies at the Arclight. Every … Continue reading
$5 fun: MySpace at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade
Last Wednesday I went to MySpace at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Here’s the format: MySpace.com is projected on a screen in front of the audience. An audience member comes up and explores their profile with Chad Carter. This part is … Continue reading
Taxing ISPs to pay record companies
Jon Taplin posted about the music industry and he likes the idea of “taxing” ISPs, which of course really means taxing the ISPs’ users, and giving the money to the RIAA (it would have to be the RIAA, how would … Continue reading