I’ve started and ended several businesses in my time. A few of those times I even made a business plan (which didn’t seem to impact success or failure, but it was useful).
I wasn’t excited to make the plan, but it had to be done. I wasn’t excited until….
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I don’t always drink coffee, but when I do, I put A LOT of cream and some sugar into it.
Now, even though one of my favorite actors one day discovered non-dairy powdered creamer (nope not meth), I never got the taste …
Here is an idea I submitted to PNC bank. Why PNC? Well, they don’t seem evil to me like some other banks. They also seem to have a better relationship with their customers. I actually know who is the branch manager at my PNC bank. I am greeted at the …
We have an independent coffee shop in town called Beanetics. I went there when they first opened, and have been going back ever since. After one of the visits, I noticed all these things that I thought would be helpful. I sent them to the owners, and got a …
I’m starting a new category. I’m not sure if I should call it Ideas Nobody Asked For or Bolts From The Blue. If you happen to read this and have an opinion, let me know what you think.
Here’s the ‘gist. I get these ideas for businesses that I think …
Continuing our mistranscriptions by Google Voice of our UPS package notifications, we’ve got some more. Enjoy.
Hi. This is Dan from U. P. S, store and I know I’m just calling you know that there was a pesky predebate earlier this morning. …
I typically only spend time in the CustomerUnService category writing about companies that are doing customer service incorrectly. That’s not good to focus just on the bad. So today, let’s talk about a company that does it correctly.
Nordstrom.
The story begins as I arrive to work wearing jeans …
I had the opportunity over the weekend to attend an event called “Physical Graph Hack Day“. It was sponsored by SmartThings and held at iStrategyLabs in duPont. I’ve got a lot of respect for both of these companies and here is why.
I just got my second Blue Yeti Pro Microphone from Amazon. The first one was used, and packaged strangely. It smelled like mold, and the cables were in purple lined zip lock bags instead of the normal clear kind.
Props to Amazon though for replacing it immediately.
The installation documentation …
I’m a big fan of Oregon Scientific products. I’ve been purchasing their stuff for over 15 years. I’m impressed with every single one of their products, but they always (of course) have that one little bug that prevents them from being perfect. I’ve written to the company 3 times over …