preachmedia.com — Thoughts and rants of Tim Rice

Does Evangelism Work?

June 26, 2009

I read a post on copyblogger this morning called, “Why Preaching to the Choir is a Good Thing.” Chris made an assertion that too many marketers are like panhandlers. I understand what he was trying to say, but I think the comparison is a bit off.
Are Marketers Beggars?
“Hey man, spare some change? Check out this [...]

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Bloated Software

June 26, 2009

I was speaking with a fellow co-worker today about bloated software because I’m working to take a SharePoint site and move it to Umbraco. I took a SharePoint HTML page that was over 600 lines of code and was able to drop it to about 100 lines of code in Umbraco, just by pulling out [...]

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Kayak vs Bing

June 24, 2009

I just read an article about how a travel search engine named Kayak believes Microsoft copied their design for Bing. I did notice some content similarities in the screenshots from the article, but from a design perspective I think it may be pushing it to suggest they copied.
Sure, the color schemes are similar, but I think [...]

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Why Apple is on Dangerous Ground

June 19, 2009

Apple has really done a fantastic job of marketing themselves. They have really understood the value in communicating a message by keeping it simple and to the point, while Microsoft has always tended to overcomplicate their marketing by trying to cover everything. I recently saw a video called, “Microsoft iPod,” which I thought did an [...]

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Don’t Settle

June 10, 2009

Seth Godin wrote about how unemployed college students can make their mark in the current economy. He received some mixed responses, but I have to say that I couldn’t agree with him more.
Several people responded to his list of things to do with excuses of why they couldn’t accomplish those things. My response is, people [...]

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Continued Desperation

June 9, 2009

The saga continues with the groveling web host. Yesterday I received an email from the web host I halfway signed up with offering their comfort, apologies and a 50% discount for my troubles. I was still annoyed, but I at least felt it was a more personal gesture than the outdated Javascript pop-up… or at [...]

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Don’t Grovel

June 6, 2009

I decided to look at some different web hosts for my blog last night and came across one I was seriously considering. I completed part of the signup process, but then found something in the terms and conditions that I didn’t agree with so I decided not to continue.
When I tried to exit I received [...]

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