Archive for June, 2006

Cancelling AOL

June 26th, 2006 — Mark

Blogger Vincent Ferrari wants to cancel his AOL account. He has heard horror stories that the folks there make it as difficult for you as they possibly can. So he tapes the call. The customer service guy on the other end makes it as difficult for him as he can.
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Thomson Holidays blog

June 26th, 2006 — Mark

Thomson holidays are blogging. It seems to be a mixture of news, jokes, diary items and other interesting stuff. It’s pretty well designed and it has a brand feel about it, without being too stuffy. There are a lot of useful links. After all the conversations we have [...]

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Dell laptop explodes

June 22nd, 2006 — Mark

Since we are considered experts on Dell after our analysis of Dell Hell, I get to see things like this.
At first I thought it was a spoof. But apparently not.

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Finding a brand online – the Shard of glass

June 20th, 2006 — Mark

A mile and a half up the road from our office in London is an area – Borough – which has undergone huge investment over the last few years. There are plans for even greater development, including constructing the tallest building in Europe, the Shard of Glass, designed by the man who co-designed [...]

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“Fake” group uses MySpace to spoof Music Biz

June 19th, 2006 — Mark

The rise of MySpace as a forum for new acts like the Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen has provoked UK-based Q magazine into scamming the industry with a bogus new actHope against hope. The bogus band successfully used MySpace to grow a network of real supporters including ex-Creation boss Allan McGee (discoverer of Oasis).
Proof [...]

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