Just before I threw out the latest batch of J Crew catalogues that arrived in my mailbox over the weekend, I noticed that they had picked up on the “I’m completely out of touch with reality” motif that Brooks Brothers adopted several months ago. There is simply no excuse for this kind of thing. We [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
The Convenience of Commerce
1/19/2006 – 12:38 pm
I didn’t know that the federal Department of Transportation was responsible for regulating time zones in the US. Actually, I never knew that they were regulated at all, come to think of it. A few counties in Indiana just switched time zones and I happened to notice this in the news. It’s also interesting to [...]
Playing with Attention Trust
1/11/2006 – 9:59 pm
(I sent a similar version of this text to a closed mailing list the other day and basically received a non-reaction, so I’m wondering what will happen if I put it here.) Attention Trust is starting to become a “thing” and I’m trying to understand it. I wasn’t able to get a good grasp on [...]
Podcast Quality
1/11/2006 – 9:43 pm
I’m not sure why I agree with this, but I do. And somehow it seems to me that a lame podcast is much worse than a lame blog post. So true. Link.