Business, Culture, Writing, and Other Stuff
I'll be the first to admit I find sick things funny. I listen to metal music, which is wrapped with sick imagery, usually for the sake of shock value. I get it. However, Wife Beater brand clothes cross my own arbitrary line of what I can take. Maybe because I'm a victim of childhood abuse [...]
I'm a technical writer. Have been for more than 15 years. I have used FrameMaker since it was at version 2 and was owned by company called Frame. I have owned RoboHELP Since the early days of Blue Sky Software who used to spam my work fax with "specials". Both Blue Sky and Frame eventually [...]
Fox 4 here in DFW is reporting how Macy's is trying to market to Hispanics with a T-shirt that the report claims is offensive to Hispanics. The T-shirt reads, "Brown is the New White". I've seen my share of T-shirts, everything from ironic to pornographic. In fact, I noticed in Target the other day, they [...]
Eventually, everything gets reduced to a formula of some kind, including art and writing. The formulas generally come from marketing professionals who see dollar signs from mass producing whatever the popular trend is of the day. I'm afraid blogging is coming down to this. The latest buzz in the business world is for businesses to [...]
It's been a couple of weeks since word started spreading about Wal-Mart's new "War Room" made of political veterans to combat negative media attention. Wal-Mart has become a political target and the release of the new fake-u-mentory, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, with its endorsement by Ted Kennedy and the increasing anti-Wal-Mart rhetoric [...]
In the future, Apple Computers will be studied for their ability to continue to innovate new products against expectations. With the new iPod, Apple keeps on invoking technolust. The new video iPod, available in black or white, will be able to play video and podcasts. A 30-gigabyte version will sell for $299 and a 60-gigabyte, [...]
As I pointed out a couple of days ago, Quark is really proud of their new logo. They were so proud they sent out an email hailing their logo as the savior of their company. It supposedly represents their new direction. However, I'm thinking they should get a refund on their logo research fees. But [...]
I'm getting spammed by some Microsoft hater who is linking to a story reported on CNET about Steve Ballmer going nuts and having a tantrum about Google (see Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google). The message itself quotes the article and then has some extra commentary about trusting Microsoft and a few quotes from [...]
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