Inconvenience Stores: A Lazy Geezer’s Guide to Lame VOD vs PPC »
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in Paid Search | Leave A Comment

If there’s one thing you Americans have mastered, it’s the art of convenience.

From drive thru anything (banks have always been a particular favorite) to video on demand, if there’s a way to make something less difficult and more convenient, you’ll nail it.

Although there has to be an inversely proportional correlation between the amount of energy expended in creating or developing said ‘conveniences’ and using them. After all, one man’s convenience is another man’s stone cold bone idle laziness.

Yup, that’s what I’m talking about.

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TAGS: click through, comcast, landing pages, PPC, video on demand

Cable Thievery, Corporate Numbskullerry, and the Unfortunate Rise of those With a Clue »
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Online Advertising, Online Marketing | 2 Comments

You’ll be pleased to know I’ve just passed the longest period of uninterrupted home Internet access with the illustrious Comcast. More or less ever since I moved into my apartment last June I’d lose service for unconscionably long periods. Various Comcast ‘techs’ had run so many wires through the place that the audible hum was on the verge of drowning out the sound of the traffic. Continue reading →

TAGS: circuit city, comcast, compUSA, pop up blocker, wii

What’s Worse Than Reds Under Your Beds? »
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Business Blogging, Internet, Slightly Off-Topic | Leave A Comment

I was brought up in the latter part of the Cold War. As a child I remember being terrified of the marauding red menace and of their ability and willingness to invade England via Scotland at a second’s notice. Mutually assured destruction was the backdrop.

No wonder I wet the bed.

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TAGS: comcast

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. »
Posted on July 29th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Internet | Leave A Comment

And thus the saga continues……..

There are two types of people in this world – those who love what they do and those who just do it for the money. Yes, we all need a dollar or two to keep the wolf from the door, but not all of us need to be the wolf at the door.

In all walks of life at various stages and ages you’ll get those who will go an extra yard and those who know exactly how many yards they’re willing to go and will go no more.

Now I’ll admit that we can’t all do what we love – maybe your work affords you that luxury. But, I honestly won’t forgive corporations for not employing people who love what they do or develop an environment for their workforce to love what they do.

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TAGS: comcast

The New Pony Express »
Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in Internet | Leave A Comment

Finally, after nearly two weeks of waiting rather impatiently, we had the cable chap round to do his installation thing round at our place. But, it obviously wasn’t without a modicum of incident.

I fondly bid my adorable lady adieu yesterday morning safe in the knowledge that she knew to make sure that the back computer room was to be hooked up and that the tv had to have enough cable so we could plop our big telly against the long wall so as to reduce window glare. Continue reading →

TAGS: comcast, wheeling