Survey results
Doesn’t do this at all – 1 Does this rarely – 2 Does this occasionally – 3 Does this sometimes – 4 Does this often – 5 Does this all the time! – 6
Privacy? What privacy?
Jim Sterne just posted on the WAA blog about privacy and disclosure. While I agree with him and Seth Godin that you need to get users to opt-in to recieving email, I don’t think the same holds true with web metrics provided they are anonymous. Yahoo is requiring and enforing …
Funny reactions and a data driven life
A few friends had funny reactions to this survey I put up. Judging from some of the reactions, you’d think I was asking them to rate themselves instead of me. Maybe they feel bad by association. Boy I hope not. I think part of the reluctance is because, as one person put …
Off feeling
I am always struck by the feeling that something isn’t quite right on November 11th. I think it is the polishing of medals and marching of old men that leaves a bad taste. There should not be a glorification of the military or war of any sort. Rather we should …
England isn’t slowly becoming an Orwellian society
They are running towards it full tilt! here are some posters from the U.K. It is my understanding that if you have a TV in England you have to pay a yearly fee for the BBC, regardless of whether you watch it or not and hence the “you cannot hide” motif. …
Elections in U.S. are messed
You wouldn’t think it is so hard to make a voting simple but apparently it is. And apparently the US is fucking it up again. Remember the whole chad incident? Now they are getting ready to fuck it up with video voting! http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9NSVUu8nk So… who do you think is going to …
VW getting less efficient
There are many rumors and urban myths about gas companies buying/stealing/cajoling the patents on electric cars, cars that run on water, or super efficient cars and for the most part you might think that is total crap. Except that some car manufacturer’s are getting less efficient! Take the 2004 Volkswagon …
Squidoo Lens
I just started reading Tribes by Seth Godin And I got all inspired so I started making a lens on Squidoo. http://www.squidoo.com/search-engine-optimization-4