mostly research stuff
when you gotta do some market research in the world where consumers shop - from clothing to groceries to electronics - it’s always important to understand exactly who owns those top brands… a long time ago, specialty beer devotees learned this the hard way by discovering that just about every nascent microbrew was really just [...]
“A word to the wise ain’t necessary…it’s the stupid ones who need the advice.” - Bill Cosby
according to wired news, friendster has completely sold out… when the site first launched, the laity were putting up bogus accounts for pets, politicians or often completely made-up people. friendster was perturbed, and quickly pumped in new rules and [...]
i am not going to write another one of those blog-roller columns that goes, “dear (insert cute pet name here), there are sooo many blogs, but these are my most wicked favorite - call me!”…in fact, i’m not even going to tell you what i’m reading (if you’d like to know, then ping me and [...]
remember when i suggested that the cia world factbook is kinda crappy? to update you stats-hungry researchers, a new “super world fact book” has arrived with a wicked hokey name - it’s NationMaster (as in, “vee ah zee nayshun-maztuh, kum viss us if yoo vont to leeve”). from their site: “..a massive central data source [...]
hah! got this bit from LIS’ website (library and info science news) - “EUGENE, ORE. - A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing library books from the University of Oregon and selling them on eBay….In one case, he staged a bookstore burglary with his mother….computer records showing …hundreds of [...]
this blog is mostly safe for work, though i sometimes throw around a 'fuck' or two. you'll find a bunch of my articles from CI Magazine, SCIP online, other research pieces and some other crap. enjoy. there's lost of content here related to getting information about, around, from and through people and organizations...