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Douglas Bowman’s comparison of Dialup vs. Broadband is quite enlightening. It’s been about 5 years since I went broadband, and I have to agree… without it the web sucks. I really just don’t surf the net at all, if I’m forced to use dial-up… I find something else todo, which, makes Bush’s Broadband by [...]

If you’re interested in ‘media’ as a business, then I’d suggest you read this:
State of the Media
I’ll post more on it later after I’ve had a chance to read it all…

Angie McKaig tackles the Full RSS Feed question. I subscribe to Angie’s full feed, and I think her site has a wonderful design.
I subscribe to her full feed because I’d like to read her site whenever it’s updated, and… I really don’t have the capacity or desire to remember to visit her [...]

In Lessons Learned the Hardest Way, by Going Belly-Up, Laura Randall profiles the experiences of 4 small businesses that have closed recently and offers this snippet of information:
New small businesses start every day, and fail just as frequently. About 34 percent of businesses with 500 or fewer employees close within two years of opening, and [...]

…overheard today on a mailing list I’m subscribed to, in response to a question about a particular statistic:
Sixty-four percent of all the world’s statistics are made up right there on the spotEighty-two-point-four percent of people believe them, whether they’re accurate statistics or not.
     – Todd Snider, The Statistician’s Blues [iTunes Link]
Too funny… I’ve seen that happen [...]

Did you know that Google blocks the devil and all of his henchmen:

Thanks Google!

About once a month, Outlook becomes a pain in the ass for me to use for about 2 hours.
Inevitably, it’ll hang on me while I’m doing something else, or some other process will hang while I’m using Outlook, and Outlook will refuse the shut down properly.
(I’m normally in the middle of about 15 things when [...]

scary, and terribly voyeuristic:
Fundrace 2004’s Neighbor Search
[via This is not your practice blog]

Here’s a perfect example of how and why personal blogs will change the media landscape of the future:
Mark Cuban has a weblog.
You see, before Mark Cuban had a weblog, he had enjoyed being a media whore, and he had to be to get the press coverage he adores. He had to create attention in [...]

“The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren’t is the willingness to work very very hard.”
Helen Gurley Brown (1922 – )
Editor and writer, Cosmopolitan magazine

Note to self:
“Reticent” denotes only reluctance to speak; do not use it for any other form of reluctance.
[via Common Errors in English]

Norm Brodsky wrote a wonderful article today:
Street Smarts: Learning From JetBlue
One day flying JetBlue, I found myself being served by David Neeleman, the airline’s founder. When was the last time you met your customers and asked how you could better serve them?
Truly a fantastic lesson on how to stay in touch with your customers… and [...]

American Airlines is offering some really cheap flights to the Caribbean. A couple of good deals for Texas travelers:

Dallas to Freeport, Bahamas: $219
Houston to Freeport, Bahamas: $219
Houston to Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands: $261
Houston to Kingston, Jamaica: $292
Houston to Montego Bay, Jamaica: $292
San Antonio to Cancun, Mexico: $269
San Antonio to Cozumel, Mexico: $304

Some [...]

Steve Hall needs a job. He’s a media guy, advertising guy, and smart guy. If you know someone that should hire him, please tell them to check out his resume.

According to Andy, Apple will be opening their Austin store on June 12th at Barton Creek Mall. That’s a Saturday, so I’ll be there… and I’ll likely drag my wife along, and my best friend Josh, who’s been saving up for a Mac… what better place to buy one than a Grand Opening [...]

Ed just posted a horrible story (fun to read though) about last night’s show and his experience with the Savings and Loan industry in Rochester… Gotta love BNL. Too bad the show next Wednesday in Austin is already sold out.

Wow: this one from Damien Barret:
“Color me not surprised. It appears that Microsoft is paying SCO to file all those ridiculous lawsuits against the users of Linux. I’ve seen low before, but this is pretty damn low. Scumsucking low.”
I have no idea if any of that is true, but, it’s truly sad that I could [...]

Pretty cool.

What brand are you?

Lookout looks really cool. It’s a plugin for Outlook that lets people search super fast on Windows machines and in Outlook files…
But I’ve got a problem with reading these comments by a Longhorn evangelist about how this product gives us a glimpes of what WinFS will bring to the Windows Operating System, not because [...]

Niche publishing really isn’t just for Nick Denton anymore… Peter Rojas, the original blogger behind Gizmodo has broken out of that gig to start Engadget… a competitor to Gizmodo.
Denton still has a leg up (first mover advantage we used to call it) on individuals launching one or two focused sites on their own, as he [...]

Saw this on John Robb’s weblog… couldn’t help but post it here also, it’s an interesting look at the current ‘recovery’:
This is an amazing chart (via Barry Ritholz).

Funny thing is, I live in a state that’ll vote for Bush, no matter who I vote for, and I’m also not educated enough (about politics) to know [...]

This is a follow up on my experience with SpamSieve installed as a part of MailSmith from Bare Bones Software:
First off, let me say that Mailsmith is truly a wonderful email client. It fits my needs perfectly, and fits my style or reading, writing and archiving email.
SpamSieve is truly an outstanding addition to MailSmith. [...]