Not What I Expected...This is definitely Not What I Expected"Determined Detractors"--blogs are just the latest tool- December 30, 2004 The New York Times (also printed in the International Herald Tribune) had a piece on 1227 about the "Determined Detractor", or those people who just seem to have it in for the company, and who spare no cycles to do so. This isn't new. This is really, really not new. This has been going on since someone has been able to apply some method of communication towards something they didn't like, felt slighted by, or was the focus of their psychotic break with reality of the moment. It's just.http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001819.html The fundamental flaw with all those Org B books- December 29, 2004 You know what I'm talking about--the ones that deal with group behaviour models, specifically what to do about the person who's giving everyone else agita I was doing a quick survey of the pop lit tonight, and they are still dealing with "how you can deal with the person who is making everyone else around them miserable". And they all have the "Oh, everyone has a key to them that works, and that's all you have to find. Everyone is really interested in what's best, they just have..http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001818.html WGN TV and those old Christmas cartoons- December 27, 2004 In addition to the WPIX Yule Log (how many stations do that these days), WGN TV is also including some really old animation: Note--on my browser, the audio didn't track with the video. That leaves you with about a minute of silent animation after the track ends. Oddly enough, it doesn't detract from the experience. Is is my imagination, or is Santa in "Hardrock, Coco, and Joe" in desperate need of Atarax and an epi-pen Poor guy looks like he lost a fight with a bee swarm. Suzy...http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001817.html CBS marketing math geeks- December 26, 2004 Just saw the CBS blurb for numb3rs, which, as the blurb says: "FBI Special Agent Don Eppes recruits his genius brother Charlie, who uses a mathematical equation to identify the killer's point of origin by working back from the crime scene locations. " So, what are we talking about here--stochastic behavioural modelling or algebraic topology And from the commercial, it looks like the poor guy is stuck teaching gut math to the people who topped out at junior high Algebra. Or maybe...http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001816.html Shutting down the office for break, or "That's what the cafeteria has for lunch"- December 26, 2004 There is nothing like being the last one standing on the day before holiday shutdown, and I hope most of you never have to deal with it. I've had good training for this--most of my classes at Purdue had Saturday finals, and I was inevitably there until after shutdown. At least at work, I don't have to worry about the hot water being turned off. But this does involve getting lunch. If I have the time, it's off to bento. If I remember, and have stuff in the fridge, it's leftovers. Since I was...http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001815.html Come out, come out, wherever you are!- December 25, 2004 Saying that with my best Billy Burke voice.... I had some time today to wander through the junk file and clean things up. While mail.app is doing an admirable job of keeping the rolex and porn ads from my main mailbox, sometimes stuff I want to see gets caught in the net as well. So I was picking my way through the junk mailbox today, and noticed what looked oddly enough like religious spam. A quick text search later, and I had five emails from the past two months, all of which appeared to be...http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001814.html I think this is justifiable homicide in 38 states and 4 provinces- December 23, 2004 Just received email with a "what do you mean, your people won't be working over the shutdown How are we supposed to get ahold of them if we have a question" Not that we had to do anything, but that we were supposed to sit around here all day during shutdown, you know, just in case.... At 2PMPT. On the last day before shutdown. Well, boyo, you can call the nice people at internal support, just like anyone would do, and they'll page someone....http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001813.html Who's a clever boy, then- December 21, 2004 Scoble keeps up the discussion on WM, iPods, and such... One of the essential differences between marketing and sales is when and what information is gathered. Marketing will go out a lot earlier in the process, tap the potential customer base, and grab as much data as they possibly can. Any data that turns into information is even more golden. Even the flaming is useful stuff. All that can be turned around into future products, positioning, and branding And sales After marketing and...http://www.plaidworks.com/lsefton/blog/001812.html |