Capitalism gone wrong?

I found this rant http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=182 fairly interesting, along with it's inspiration. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3343

A disgrace to capitalism? I'm not sure what is meant here, but I have some guesses. Somehow the telecom's aren't playing by the rules? or is it the consumer not playing by the rules?

I think it's more a failure of the consumer, and possibly a dearth of choices.

If the telecom's are so bad, Don't buy their products!

Unfortunately there may not have been a choice in the airport, file a complaint and do something about it, but whatever you do don't pay the money.

I don't own a cell phone. It would be handy at times, but I disagree with the pricing structure of every company out there. I disagree with their marketing techniques. I don't think it's good advertising to announce you are giving away a $200 phone free, and then when you show up to claim it, a 2 year contract is plopped in front of you with very few ways to get out of it.

It may seem that I'm bashin the columns referenced, but I'm not. I'm cheering them on. They are doing something. They are getting the word out that these companies have poor billing practices, and even worse customer service.
Now it's up to the consumer. Don't support bad companies. Sometimes you have no choice and if so, express your displeasure about not having a choice. Now that's capitalism.

rich internet what?

Rich Internet Applications...

here's a link to 10 reasons to embrace them..

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/wp-trackback.php?p=52


here's my problem with these "Rich"Applications...
They are complicated and are filling niche's that I didn't know existed, let alone need to fill. Some are helping ease life on the internet, but some are making it more complicated, and it seems that only the geeks use them. Follow the examples, Napster, Google, Outlook... they were/are easy to use. I know that you all want to change the world and create a whole new user interface paradigm, and change how users interact with their virtual world...well, guess what? Not going to work. People don't want to learn a whole new system before they even decide if a system it good for them. You've got to have ease of use first, then build on that..

we'll, enough ranting on that. I'll add more later as I think of good and bad examples.

I forgot

so I forgot that I had started this blog and went to start another one...

really I'm not that forgetful usually..

Oscars ruined

AHHHH

As I run screaming from the room, it just keeps getting worse.

There's no wonder that Beyonce and Bad both start with B.
After a few songs I was thinking, "Ah, she's not that bad."
But then she sang with Josh Groban, and she just sounded bad, bad, bad. It did not work.
And yet, it got worse!!

They brought Prince on to give the Best Song Actor.
He looked horrible, he sounded horrible, he's a freak.
I should have turned it off...

Oscars

Actually enjoying the Oscars this year...

The dresses have been tame...
Chris Rock not too offensive...
Acceptance speeches not too long...

Now if I had only seen any of these movies that keep on winning awards!

Ray, Finding Neverland, Aviator, Sideways--haven't seen any of them

Oh well.

browsing?

Do you really browse the internet anymore?
I've found that mostly I don't. I have 10-20 sites that I check on a daily or few times a week basis. Shopping sites, news sites, computer stuff, etc.

Other than that, I don't get "out" on the internet that much.
Good thing? yea, mostly. less waste of time.
Bad thing? yea, nothing cool to post in my blog. ;)

sleep and waking

Why is it hard to wake up in the morning...

it seems to be a function of when..
But, not when you went to bed, or how long you slept, but solely, when you wake up....

and, it's different for everyone, unfortunately for me, the time when it starts to get easy to wak up is well into the normal working day... :(

think people think!

sometimes people do not think, which is annoying because while I think, I can't think of everything for me and you.

I was supposed to work in an office tonight for someone. Spoke with them. Got passwords. Made it very clear I'd be working there tonight. Of course I show up, it's dark, it's locked. Key that worked a year ago no longer works. Now, why didn't they think about that?
humph!

bookmarks are a pain

bookmarks are a pain

one of those necessary evils. Or are they Favorites? Either way, they are simply ways to remember somewhere you've been and want to go again.

Don't you have bookmarks all over the place? Have a big collection at work, and wish you could find something at home that you know is there at work? Switch work/home/school around any way you wish and we've been there.

Lately I've been using a site called, strangely enough del.icio.us
Yes, it is delicious, but it works. Warning, it's not the fastest site.

Basically, you have an account, add links, categorize links, and use.
2 reasons why it's good.
They give you links to add to your favorites to add a site you are on to your favorites on delicious. (commas intentionally left out of previous sentence to confuse you)
And, it's an easy to remember address.

mine is http://del.icio.us/dragonb

yea, tough.

oh wait, another reason. It shows you others who have the exact same bookmark as you! Yes, people do. But wait, if they have a bookmark the same, maybe they are interested in the same stuff, and have better links than you!! Well, steal em.

fun tip for the day.

initial blog...

Why blog anyway? Yea, I want to put my thoughts out there for my friends, my family, but for the whole world to stumble upon while lost in backwater cyberspace: I don't think so.

But here it is.
I'll write. I'll compose. I'll dream.
All for anyone to see, and yet most won't.

Here's to not offending everyone all of the time.