“We believe there is a real value to this product and as consumers experience it, they will agree.”-Time, Inc. spokesperson defending the Time magazine iPad app Dear Time, Inc.- Maybe you’re right. But who cares what you think is valuable? Honestly. You come off sounding like a (bad) used car salesman. If the experience with [...]

Take a look at this microwave. Now, take a look at this iron. What glaring difference do you see–other than one cooks, and one irons? What were they thinking? I’d venture that the microwave people thought about how to make their own lives simpler. Letters take up less space than numbers around that dial. A [...]

Like coffee? Don’t like spending exactly $1,539 a day on a single cup of the good stuff? Then brew your own! Step 1: buy coffee and keep it in your desk. Step 2: buy a single cup coffee filter cone and some tiny little coffee filters***. Step 3: Profit! Oh, wait. This isn’t the Digg.com [...]

This post, over at The Planning Lab, reminded me of a sketch I did last year. Bookmark on Delicious Buzz it up Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend You’re really going to print this?

I’ve been in Texas for a little over a year, and I’ve been frustrated by lack of options in talk radio. You have a choice: conservative or ultra-conservative. I kept looking for public radio station. I looked all over the am dial. First mistake: assuming that because 820 WOSU was am, so would the Texas [...]