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Marketing Strategies For Social Wait Now I’m Lost is going...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:00 -0500

Marketing Strategies For Social Wait Now I’m Lost is going to be an entirely analog experience. We’re going to talk about stuff - not use a computer hooked up to a projector in front of a huge audience about stuff. You remember conversation? You like conversation? That’s what we’re going to be doing. And I hope you’ll join us.

putthison: It’s On eBay Baracuta Slim-Fit Harrington (New) $99...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:21:13 -0500

putthison:

It’s On eBay

Baracuta Slim-Fit Harrington (New)

$99 Buy It Now

Seriously? These are hip again? My grandpa left one of these behind when he died 25 years ago and I still have it in my attic. I also have a lot of old “love letters” “in my attic,” but that’s beside the point. The point is that my grandpa’s old favorite jacket is about to go on a trip to Austin, TX.

My resignation letter will be on your desk by the end of the...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:34 -0500

My resignation letter will be on your desk by the end of the day, Internet.

“I didn’t mean to confuse you,and now I know that...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:25:46 -0500

“I didn’t mean to confuse you,
and now I know that it’s hard to understand.
The birds and the bees are singing for me!”

I don’t worry about the Obey Giant. What keeps me up at...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:33:47 -0500

I don’t worry about the Obey Giant.

What keeps me up at night is the The Places You Will Go Squirrel.

On the home fridge. Also, sometimes I get annoyed with the way...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:57:00 -0500

On the home fridge.

Also, sometimes I get annoyed with the way my refrigerator is organized and I endeavor to streamline my refrigerator experience by making small adjustments, or “tweaks,” to the placement of items within it. For instance, I drink a lot of carrot juice, so I want carrots to be readily accessible when I open the refrigerator door. I have discovered that a natural effect of frequently removing and replacing carrots in the refrigerator is that they tend to always be within easy reach! If Julie or one of the kids shoves them out of the way in order to store salad ingredients of a science experiment, I just find my carrots anyway! See? Systems!!

On the home screen. These are the apps on the first of 5 screens...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:45:52 -0500

On the home screen.

These are the apps on the first of 5 screens of apps, between which I traverse when I need to find apps not located on whatever screen at which I happen to presently be looking. I tend to group apps based on which spots are available, and sometimes I move icons around a little bit when I’m pretending I don’t have a thousand more important matters to which to attend. Sometimes, I can’t find an app on any of my 5 screens of apps. Then I just forget about it. Systems!

It’s only been a month since Neven posted his...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:33:32 -0500

It’s only been a month since Neven posted his Tomato-butter sauce recipe on Salt & Fat, and I’m already a hard-core addict. A devoted friend. An insatiable lover. Just look at it there, sprawled out on its back, smiling at me, beckoning. That’s right, you saucy little thing. You’ll be in my mouth soon. I can almost taste you from here.

"If I own a coffee shop, and one of my loyal customers stops checking in, and then people start..."

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:57:00 -0500

“If I own a coffee shop, and one of my loyal customers stops checking in, and then people start checking in to the coffee truck three blocks away, I need to do something. Or if I’m a frozen-yogurt place, and most people coming to my location come from a certain gym down the street, there’s an effective opportunity to cross-promote. We’re trying to find value through that kind of feedback, and we want to offer tools to get venue owners to act smarter around marketing and cross-promotion.”

- Foursquare executive, Tristan Walker, on why I don’t use Foursquare.

(source via @newmediajim)

So, this happened. We’re absolute beginners, Jason and I...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:44:00 -0500

So, this happened.

We’re absolute beginners, Jason and I are. We’ve recorded a few things together now, but I’m a horrible editor and friend, so none of it has made it beyond my studio walls. Plus I’ve been busy. What I’m saying is, we don’t want to promise too much more than we can deliver. But we’ll be airing last night’s calls (those I managed to record, at least) soon, and are looking into streaming as ~~an alternative to relying on me to learn to edit in my nonexistent free time~~ a way to preserve spontaneity and fun!

Our audio askhole can be reached at 412-368-5402. Put it in your phone. Call whenever you want. (You can also Skype us.) We’ll announce when we’re recording, and when we’re not recording, you can still leave messages and we’ll get back to you. Maybe it’ll be fun. Last night sure was.

Ouch my head.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:08:28 -0500

4. Outgrow the box metaphor.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:50:51 -0500

If you guys are decent odds makers, I should feel pretty good about my chances with the whole to-do about the computer. The dude didn’t write me back after that last note, so I opened a case in eBay’s “Resolution Center,” where they promised me, “We’ve got you covered.”

So, fine. All’s well that ends the way I want it to, etc. But this leaves me with my original challenge: Finding an inexpensive, reliable iMac for my kids. My old first generation Powerbook Ti G4 couldn’t cut it. Makes me think I should get them a 17” Intel iMac like this one, but it’s more than I was hoping to spend. Moreover, I’ve never bought from this Gainsaver place and don’t want to waste more time on nonsense like what’s consumed today.

So, guys, where would you go if you were me?

3. Make him open the box.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:22:00 -0500

Surely, he’ll listen to reason.

——-
Joe,

I think you should reconsider your position.

I videotaped the unboxing, the start-up, and the OS reload failures because it was clear from the exterior packaging that it had been poorly packaged. If I have to dispute this and report you to eBay, I have a very clear case.

Let’s not go down that road. The stated return policy allows for returns and a full refund. I will be content to receive that refund plus the cost of return shipping. If you facilitate that without further difficulty, I will not report you for fraud.

Geoff
——-

No? What do you think are the odds he’ll agree to resolve it without a fight?

2. Put your junk in the box.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:16:00 -0500

Heard back from my seller. What a shame.

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The computer was in perfect condition before i sent it so the return key came off during shipping the power cord was fine and so was the case and i said in the auction that the OS at to be upgraded and i took to it the apple store and the said they could do it so just take it up there and they will upgrade it for you

I am not accepting returns because the computer worked fine when i had it

- biggs9193

1. Cut a hole in the box.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:50:00 -0500

So, yeah. That computer is going back, and I’m asking him to cover the cost of return shipping since he misrepresented the computer’s condition in his auction. Let’s follow along as the next chapter in this story unfolds…

——-
Dear biggs9193,

I received the computer yesterday. Unfortunately, upon opening it this morning, I found it to have significant defects not disclosed in the auction post:

1. The bottom, right corner of the case is broken and open, exposing the interior.

2. There is a deep scratch in the surface of the monitor, causing light and color distortions along its edge.

3. The keyboard’s return key is unattached.

4. The power cord is cosmetically damaged.

5. The computer is not in working condition. Specifically, the OS seems corrupted. The menu bar will not load. System preferences will not open. The dock is missing - not hidden, but missing. No applications will open.

I tried to upgrade the OS, but the computer will not accept an upgrade. It experiences kernel panic on restart 9 times out of 10.

I will be returning this computer, and since its condition was misrepresented in the auction, I would like you to cover the cost of return shipping. How would you like to handle that?

Thanks,
Geoff

Photo-graph #1: Percentage of time I have a beard vs. percentage...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:45:00 -0500

Photo-graph #1: Percentage of time I have a beard vs. percentage of time I don’t have a beard.

Hell of a packing job there, biggs9193. It will, no doubt,...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0500

Hell of a packing job there, biggs9193.

It will, no doubt, surprise you to learn that the 17” iMac (which you described as being “in working condition” last week) arrived today and was found to be in “physically distressed, nonworking condition.” Weird, right? Here, check out my unboxing set on Flickr. You’d think an improvised shipping container that protected three of the computer’s 4 corners would have been good enough! Three out of four ain’t bad, right? I know! And who needs padding when the screen already has a deep gash in it? What’s the point?

Anyway, I’m erasing the hard drive now, and will lay down a fresh OS to evaluate whether or not this computer can be made to work. That’s how I’m spending my Saturday morning. At least the coffee’s in working order.

“It’s Microsoft tech, so we’ll see it like...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:13:41 -0500

“It’s Microsoft tech, so we’ll see it like never.”

Until you’re incarcerated for a crime you’re about to commit, Ben.

The dude abides.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:50:00 -0500

The dude abides.

Modest @sween is modest. For @sween and @poeks’ inspired...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:43:32 -0500

Modest @sween is modest.

For @sween and @poeks’ inspired Criterion Collection project, I performed two tweets. One, by @fireland, was included in the project. The second, of a @sween tweet, was quietly discarded. The soft spot it left in my heart remains.

Source: twitter.com/sween/status/4749907295