Gather round, it’s story time! Back in August 2008 I upgraded my AT&T plan from a single line to a five-line family plan. On my second bill (dated Oct 5, 2008), one of the lines showed a charge like this: “Flycell”… Mblox… $10.66 I called up my sister-in-law and asked her whether she had solicited… Read More »
Dear AT&T, I am writing to let you know that your marketing department needs to be kicked in the head. You see, I just got this letter in the mail from you: Dear Preferred Customer, Because we value you as a customer, I have a great deal for you. It starts with the opportunity to… Read More »
Yeah, that Bono. This has nothing to do with his music which is, generally speaking, decent. No, my assertion is based on comments he made in the New York Times (which I first saw on Ars Technica). I have some specific problems with Bono’s statements, so I’m going to tackle them one by one. the… Read More »
… regardless of whether they’re a good deal, their marketing tactics leave much to be desired. Friday morning at 7:15 am (when I needed as much sleep as possible because I was about to drive 850 miles), my cell phone rang. It was Komodo, wanting to get me to buy an SSL certificate from them… Read More »
Cory Doctorow is a popular blogger. xkcd refers to him often (usually wearing goggles and a cape and riding a hot-air balloon in the blogosphere). He’s fairly intelligent when it comes to technology, or so I am led to believe… … but I’m beginning to wonder. Today, he posted a blog entry in which he… Read More »