--Maggianos Little Italy Spam--
A great example of how advertising can bite you in the butt: Maggianos (a restaurant chain in Chicago) seems to have contracted with an e-mail spam company to send out e-mails about dinner deals, two-for-ones, etc.
I now receive four identical e-mails each e-mail "blast" that they do. I have asked to be removed from their e-mail list AND gone to their website to point out how idiotic this type of "advertising" is AND asked to be removed from their e-mailing list from their contact form.
No luck. I get between four to eight e-mails each blast.
Not only will I never set foot in their restaurant, but I'm telling all of my friends about this bullsh!t behavior. What are they thinking??? We are going to annoy you so much you will give us money???
I wonder how history will see e-mail spam...
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
--Multitasking is Bad--
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/25/multitasking.harmful/index.html
How many times have you seen people stumbling down the street while trying to text someone with their cell phone?
Or even worse, what about those who text while driving? ARG!
People have limits to their perception. Some are more perceptive than others, but some are very much less than others...
I know that some modern work ethic seems to push people into *thinking* they are being more productive by scattering their efforts across various focuses, but that just isn't the case. You end up doing a less-than half-ass job at everything!
Read the CNN article -- it is interesting...
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/25/multitasking.harmful/index.html
How many times have you seen people stumbling down the street while trying to text someone with their cell phone?
Or even worse, what about those who text while driving? ARG!
People have limits to their perception. Some are more perceptive than others, but some are very much less than others...
I know that some modern work ethic seems to push people into *thinking* they are being more productive by scattering their efforts across various focuses, but that just isn't the case. You end up doing a less-than half-ass job at everything!
Read the CNN article -- it is interesting...
Monday, April 28, 2008
--Better Estimating through Time Studies--
I'm haggling with a co-worker about how long it will take to do something (a repetitive procedure that is worked on weekly, throughout the course of the week). We are not getting anywhere with our haggling (of course we both think we are correct)...
So, I'm going to keep track of how long I spend on what this week (exciting, eh?) by recording the times in a spreadsheet. We'll take a look next week and see who was correct -- I mean which estimate was correct.
Sometimes keeping a quick journal (paper, Excel, whatever) of what time is spent on what is enough to get you a bit more perspective on how long (or little) you spend working on what. The recorded times usually surprises people.
Remember that the basis of estimates is previous experience. *Recorded* experience can help guide future estimates.
I'm haggling with a co-worker about how long it will take to do something (a repetitive procedure that is worked on weekly, throughout the course of the week). We are not getting anywhere with our haggling (of course we both think we are correct
So, I'm going to keep track of how long I spend on what this week (exciting, eh?) by recording the times in a spreadsheet. We'll take a look next week and see who was correct -- I mean which estimate was correct.
Sometimes keeping a quick journal (paper, Excel, whatever) of what time is spent on what is enough to get you a bit more perspective on how long (or little) you spend working on what. The recorded times usually surprises people.
Remember that the basis of estimates is previous experience. *Recorded* experience can help guide future estimates.
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