I’m hearing this stuff WAY too much lately:
I’m not smart enough for that
I’m not ready for that yet
I want to but this is outside of my area of my expertise
I want to, but I can’t because of my job
When I get this degree/certification then I’ll be ready for that dream (this one is my biggest [...]
One of my most used programs is Evernote. I use it all day, every day. From my Mac, my Ubuntu boxes, my Blackberry and my iPod touch. I’m a premium user which costs me $45/year. A reasonable price to me.
Last night, they updated the Mac client to include a small ad box in the lower [...]
We canceled the last of our Comcast services this afternoon at my home. Our Verizon FIOS is so good I tell everyone about it, so we switched to their TV service as well. Here’s the conversation as I cancelled the service:
Comcast Rep: Good afternoon, how can I help you today?
Me: I’d like to cancel my [...]
19 Sep, 2008
Microsoft finally came to their senses and dropped those stupid Seinfeld/Gates ads that left everyone scratching their heads.
The new ones are a direct dig on Apple’s Mac/PC ads (finally) and have some interesting tidbits like “I’m a human being, not a human doing, not a human thinking. A human being”.
A least [...]
I’ve had a Cannon ZR200 digital camcorder for a couple of years now. It’s worked great.
A few weeks ago it started rejecting tapes with a loud beeping sound. I tried a few things, nothing worked. We went on vacation without it where I got oil inside my Cannon point and shoot and water in my [...]
I just got the above message when signing up for a trial license for a software program. I’m not going to buy this because they cut corners on the registration process and then were stupid about it.
Get a clue guys, make it easier for people to try and buy your stuff.
28 Apr, 2008
Posted by: mike In: Uncategorized| annoying
I had the strangest conversation this morning with some people at a large subscription based software company. They were astounded that a longtime customer found a cheaper solution that did what they needed.
“But we’re the 900 pound gorilla” they seemed to say. “Why would anyone want anything but us?”
The customer left because the “900 [...]
I spent several hours on the phone separately with both Vonage and Sprint this morning. Both calls should have taken less than 10 minutes and each took almost 90 minutes. Both calls required multiple unnecessary department transfers and either broken english speaking reps, or reps who spoke english well who were rude. Really rude. Unnecessarily [...]
