Category: General

Sounds like someone in the PR department thought this would be a great way to get the organization on the map: The Urban Institute, a Washington-based think tank, has reportedly come to the conclusion that the reason US violent crime rose in 2005 and 2006 after declining every year since 1991 is because more iPods […]

(via Washington Monthly) New York Times: It turned out, though, that Mr. Marshall’s Web sites had been put on a Treasury Department blacklist and, as a consequence, his American domain name registrar, eNom Inc., had disabled them. Mr. Marshall said eNom told him it did so after a call from the Treasury Department; the company, […]

I for one welcome our new corvine overlords: Video: Josh Klein of GadgetOff teaches crows to pick up loose change and theorizes they could eventually pick up trash or even scout out individuals (which reminds me of Beastmaster).

Mitch and company is back with another rollicking adventure through the world of online marketing Online Marketing Mastery grab it now!

I think imagination is often left out of the business and marketing and blogging equation. Managers will challenge their employees to think outside the box but then deride anything truly revolutionary like What if we pleased our customers and employees before our shareholders? or Gee, our products do kinda suck – maybe our customers are […]

… when I get out of bed in the morning. From Flickr user CloneOfSnake.

Thank God. That only took 2 years. Revisited the broken image links in my Moodle installation and found this gem in the forums. I had the same problem on my installation. Try going into Configuration > Variables > and set slasharguments to file.php?file=/pic.jpg That fixed the problem immediately in my installation. It’s covered in the […]

Chris points to Brian’s profile of Gary from WineLibaryTV: Not only is he “Internet Famous,” his activities have helped grow the family wine business to the tune of $50 million per year. But even more significantly, he has flipped the wine industry on its head, opening the door to bring wine to the hearts, and […]

Nice gem: In time, through rapport and frequency of contact, tension goes down and trusts increases. Court your prospect across the “transfer of trust” bridge to become your client. Be the professional and help your client make a well-educated decision. Show them what to do next to increase their financial position. When you establish value, […]

HRWorld has some cringe-worthy coverletters: “I have experience in the pre-funding, due dilligence, and inception stages of the venture capital and formulation cycles, for a US$7.8 billion (yes, BILLION) start-up company, overseas.” … “I am a dilettante and a factotum whose knowledge of English and its usage, earmark me as an ideal candidate.”