“Like” is the new spam

Chris Berry, in his post “It’s LIKE Email in a way” is correct that the Facebook like button will net out as a positive despite the inevitable spam. But what he doesn’t notice is that it is spam, and it’s the marketer and the “like” clicker who get rewarded for it. The marketer gets their message spread [...]

Buildings before people

Imagine you wake up one day and by the end of the day, you end up paralyzed. Talk about a tragedy. That is exactly what happened to Melissa Teehan who was stricken with transverse myelitis. (Ya, I had to look it up too.) Essentially it is a neurological disorder that leaves you paralyzed, or dead. [...]

Kevin Smith needs to loose weight

Kevin Smith would be a very hot bear if he were gay. Well I suppose he is still a bear regardless of orientation. But he needs to start taking care of himself. He does an interview with George Strombo at the CBC and he even admits he’s fat. He sweats profusely a lot. Considering he [...]

Customer Service FAIL

I am unhappy with the customer service from the BMO investor line. It took 10 days to respond to one of my email questions and 5 business days to process a simple purchase of a mutual fund. Cause the transaction took so long I thought it had failed and processed another one. As a result [...]

Limited social networking

What would happen if you created a social networking site, but limited people to 5 friends? The problem with Facebook, anyone can tell you, is people from your past contacting you (and you wished they wouldn’t) or people who are really only acquaintances friending you and blasting you with inane Farmville requests. And the truth [...]

Thoughts on email marketing

Every so often I feel stabby… okay fairly often. But one of the things that makes me most stabby is bad junk email. Advertisers seem to think they still live in the age of television. That they must pump a message out to as many people as possible and that the message must be the [...]

New Year

I had this lengthy rant about some bad service I got in a restaurant at brunch over the Christmas holiday’s with my family. It compared it to a great experience we had, also for brunch. I had photos of the dishes and everything but then I realized that posting it would be out of step [...]

Somethings are just random

I dislike when authors of self-help type books write that everything happens for a reason. It gives a false sense of security. Sure everything happens for a reason as in the cause-and-effect sense of the word. but not everything, or anything in my opinion has a higher meaning other than what you give it. I [...]

learned something new

I love learning and I just learned something new today I thought I would share. It’s called Benford’s law and it has to do with mathematics. Don’t worry, it’s not hard. Isn’t that awesome?!! You’re probably thinking, “nice going dork, that is totally complicated.” You’re right it is. I can’t read that equation I just think [...]

Don’t waste your effort

Shoppers sent me this email with the headline: “Shoppers Optimum PLUS Bonus Offers – Just for you!” The problem is, it isn’t just for me. It has nothing to do with me. I have never bought cosmetics in my fucking life. Nor is it personalized in any way. There is no “Hey Dave,” or “Dear [...]

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