links for 2005-11-08 Resurgence issue 203 – A CULTURE OF SIMPLICITY by Leonard Koren (tags: toread) Methodology – General Methodology – Time series analysis and seasonal adjustment (tags: statistics, statistical analysis, stats, time series, series analysis) More
Sound familiar? As I reviewed the company’s dossier, product line, and customer experience reviews, I realized this CEO had a much bigger problem than his ads. The chain had lost its way. It had alienated its core customer base by abandoning the electronics business and becoming more of an appliance store. It had pushed design and manufacturing... More
What not to email Five email tics I’d love for you to lose For the love of God, people; can we get the word out on these? Format courtesy of my other site. 1. The liberal use of the “VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!” flag 2. The 18-line sig about all the Bad Things that will happen to me if I... More
Food4Thought campaign from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) With junk food giant visual design treatment. Frightening food facts about what’s really on your plate. More info on the Food4Thought website. More than one in three children do not know what chips are made of, a survey for the British Heart Foundation reveals. A worrying 36% of 8-14 year-olds could not correctly identify the... More
Global Mentoring “I will mentor a minimum of two people in the developing world in the area of my skills base and expertise (media, communications, broadcasting , democratic media building, participatory media, community video). I will do this for free for a minimum of six months (in my free time). The mentoring will be in person or... More
Al for bet Here’s my memory’s version of what I’ve just discovered after a Google search for n for lope is called the Cockney Alphabet, but should surely be called the Al for Bet. We used to have fun trying to remember these or making them up on car journeys when I was growing up. Some of them... More
Message to online insurance quote websites If there are showstoppers ask them upfront! Don’t let me spend 10 minutes filling in personal details about myself and my other half only to be told that you can’t offer me a quote because of my other half’s profession. I was just trying to get a quote on behalf of a friend who was... More
Onwards and upwards Indoor Climbing Indoor climbing has been including [sic] in the proposals because it is an endurance sport, which is very complementary with cycling and with plenty of crossover between the two. There is currently no indoor climbing centre of regional status in South London. Such a facility is profit making and will attract around 30-50,000... More
If this sounds familiar, here’s a ready-made email Hello I received a letter and voucher ‘wooing’ me back to [Insert company name]. Decided to have a go and the following happened: 1. Tried to key in voucher code when section came up in checkout procedure but was told I needed to book a delivery time first 2. Dutifully continued, booked delivery time and... More
Wikipedia and folksonomy Euan points to a post from Thomas Vander Wal about Folksonomy definition and Wikipedia, in which he talks about how his original definition of Folksonomy (which he clearly re-articulates in the post) has become fuzzy. Just to pick up on one small point. Vander Wal says: Quoting a Wiki entry without pointing to the revision*... More