Daily Archives: April 26, 2007

No more ugly T-shirts, please

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

This is a half Earth Day/half bad marketing rant. If you’re running a conference and want to give out T-shirts, make the designs something people will want to wear. I’m talking to you, Search Engine Strategies. Your T-shirt is so … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising

Making better ads

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

Every week, I get an email from United Airlines telling me about their e-fares for the coming weekend. Almost every week, I ignore this email because the information isn’t relevant to me. This week’s email includes fares from Burbank to … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, email, personalization, travel | 4 Comments

1309 spam messages in 90 minutes

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

I got an unpleasant surprise today – an avalanche of spam in 90 minutes. And technically, I was the one sending it. Or at least that’s what the mailservers thought. Our current email system was created in a time when … Continue reading →

Posted in email, spam

Video of Marge Simpson discovering Google

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

I added a video clip from The Simpsons to the Marge Simpson discovers Google post. It’s also below. Enjoy.

Posted in fun, google | 2 Comments