Monthly Archives: January 2006
redefining “podcast”
From 37signals: Creative tries to redefine “Podcast”: Can you hear it? Can you hear that whirring sound? That’s the spin over at Creative ZENcast. According to them… Podcasts, short for Personal On Demand broadCast, are audio files you can download … Continue reading
how to piss off your customers
nineteen ways to lose a customer: accuse them of stealing make fun of their names (+7 more) hide your product (+9 more)
pilot dumps drunk man on island
don’t piss off monarch air: The unidentified man swore at crew and passengers after being refused a bottle of wine on the four-hour flight from Manchester to Tenerife. He became so abusive the fed-up pilot diverted the Monarch Airlines Airbus … Continue reading
war plan red
Back in the day, the United States drew up plans to go to war with Canada. Long since declassified, the plans were dragged out for humourous effect by the Washington Post. Out in Winnipeg — the Manitoba capital, whose rail … Continue reading
In-Progress Ideas for New Yorker Cartoons
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In-Progress Ideas for New Yorker Cartoons.
time’s best photos of 2005
Time magazine’s best photos of 2005.
Bill Gates’ predictions about speech recognition
Bill Gates’ predictions about speech recognition: a historical review Bill Gates, 1 October 1997: “In this 10-year time frame, I believe that we’ll not only be using the keyboard and the mouse to interact, but during that time we will … Continue reading
steal these ideas
they aren’t mine anyway… at conferences, there should be a printer preloaded with perforated card stock for people to print up temporary business cards all cell phones should feature noise-cancelling microphones
fixing MS Word
You learn things when you talk to actual users: Jensen asked his product team for a list of Top 10 features wanted from users. It turned out that 4 of them were already in the product. People couldn’t find functionality: … Continue reading
interviewing sarah silverman
The Onion AV club interviews Sarah Silverman: AVC: How long do you think you would have stayed on SNL if you hadn’t been fired? SS: I don’t know. That’s a stupid question. You are a big dummy. AVC: What was … Continue reading