I was working with some folks and someone reminded us of Beeker on the Muppets and we decided to check YouTube for some Beeker videos. I love this one where they’re trying to solve a business problem that doesn’t exist. Good stuff. I then recalled Ali G’s “Ice Cream Glove”. I love his market research [...]
Two ex-Onion writers started the e-card site someecards.com about a year ago. I’d never heard about it until I just saw it written up on TechCrunch today. Man, are these cards good. I talked with Mary several years ago about making a card company that made blunt, honest and sometimes crude greeting cards that said [...]
Why do people in the business world have to speak so … stiffly? Why can’t press releases say “people” instead of “consumers”. Why can’t the business man say “I’ve got a call with Sarah at Acme” instead replacing that with “I’ve got a meeting with the client“. The business man should GET REAL! zabada
It is amazing that anything gets done in the business world. If you’ve ever been in an office environment, unless you were in some strange utopian company, you know about the insane amount of bureaucracy and politics that exist. It is amazing that the red tape doesn’t prevent employees from excusing themselves for semi-regular bowel [...]
In a corporate presentation this week, I was reminded of a pet peeve of mine – slowly opening soda cans in order to try to make less noise while in lectures, meetings or presentations. While I know the perpetrators have the best of intentions, namely to avoid distraction and noise during the talk, the “slow [...]
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