I'm a big fan of companies knowing general information about me so that I can see better ads as I browse the web. I'm going to see ads anyway, might as well be ones that are interesting. I'm also fine with retargeting, the strategy of serving me ads based on a site I've been to but chose to leave without making a purchase. Offline stores would love to be able to do that. However, let's imagine a scenario where an offline ... Keep reading »
In Saturday's comic, Dilbert's girlfriend gives him some great advice: I'm not kidding when I say that it's almost impossibly difficult.
In 2005, I had the choice of having Valentine's dinner with my bosses and some Google folks out in Mountain View or having it with my wife. I had been thinking about leaving anyway, and that ended up being the push out of the nest I needed. I turned in my notice on January 31 and walked out of the office on February 14 as a man without a job. If you're trying to make money online, these are the two ... Keep reading »
When I find something great that is also relevant to the topic here, I will do one of two things with it. If it's something I have a lengthy comment on, I will post it in the News & Links section along with my comments. If I don't have anything of substance to say, though, it goes in the "Great Things Elsewhere" section of the sidebar. Once I have ten "Great ... Keep reading »