Archive for June, 2007

The Lost Art of Customer Service

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

The Huffington Post

Jonathan Tisch tells it like it is over on HuffPo.

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Norman Vincent Peale

“Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than we realize.”
Norman Vincent Peale

A Sure Sign the Apocalypse Is Near

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

A great idea if your brand promise is, oh, being a total slut

AHN reports that Paris Hilton has been offered $1 million by The Learning Annex to teach brand-building.

Are You A Digital Parent?

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Squibbles: Cool Web stuff for kids young and old.

If so, then here are two links you ought to check out.

Squibbles is sort of a Digg for kids that describes itself as “a community which allows parents and teachers to share links to the best places on the Internet for children of any age.” (If you register, try and remember to vote for Dudemail, ok?)

Jumping Monkeys is a blog and, now, a netcast that’s part of the TWiT family of netcasts, which means it’s well worth a listen. (They also get the thanks for the heads up on Squibbles.)

Rhetorical Question of the Day

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

So sleek. So sexy. So ... so ... so Apple.

If the iPhone sported a Nokia logo instead of an Apple logo, would there still be so much foofahrah about this Friday’s launch?

Of course not. Not even close. (And you have to think the folks who worked on the N95 are a bit peeved about it all.)

Meanwhile, if you’re in a gambling mood, check out this article over on LiveScience. Among other things, it reports that the odds of someone getting trampled trying to buy an iPhone are 20-1 while the odds of an iPhone spontaneously combusting are 150-1.