Month: May 2005

James Governor hits for six with this gem.
By bringing their correlation capabilities with Web metrics (Urchin) and site visits (Web Accelerator and Toolbar), Google will be able to direct even better, more focused ad placement, based on visitor location, time of day, Originating ISP, “actual” bandwidth, and any number of other metrics that they will have at their disposal.
I am interested, and concerned, with the brilliance of the Google strategy.

Dear Rick:
Read your post on the fun at Wells Fargo yesterday.
WF was my bank of choice when I was in California. And after a similar experience wiring money, you know what we resorted to when sending money home to Canada?
Bank draft and FedEx.
Goes to my point that US Banks are the last holdouts from the 19^th Century.
I like your solution. The “little people” will solve most of your problems, if you stop micromanaging them. they have the skills and knowledge to make things happen. Management usually does not.
Have fun!
smp

Blogging will be intermittent (non-existent) today, as you can see in the title.
Talk amongst yourselves…

George, this does not mean watching the shareholders heads spin, like in The Exorcist.
And acquisitions? George, your staff is not even comfortable walking across the street to get some BBQ at Armadillo Willy’s or a coffee at the Bridgepointe Starbuck’s, because they figure when they come back, a new name will be on the building and their pass cards won’t work.
SELL! THIS! TURKEY!
Via C|Net

alarm:clock has great advice for startups: Fire Your PR Firm! [here]
After the presentation I attended last week with a candidate PR firm my company is interviewing, the five points offered up really hit home.

One of the things that David Parmet and I disagree on. [here]
Jeremy Pepper writes more here.
Jeff Nolan comments here.

Ok…couldn’t resist another run at the South Park Character Generator

Here’s the original mugshot.

Mmmmmm …. beeeeeerrr!

Via Tigersprout

Looks like a double-standard at ABC. [here]
If television was relevant to me, I would probably be doing the dance of joy. Instead, I am simply shouting “Jump! Jump!”.

DowBrigade points out that folks could have looked up information in the Massachusetts RMV records, through a third-party Web site. [here]
I wonder who the bright spark who came up with this idea was?

GrabIP is back up. YAY!
However, I have limited the number of queries per IP address per 24-hour period to 5. BOO!
Subscription service coming soon…unlimited lookups! YAY!