‘commentary’

People are smart??!!

commentary, News: September 6th, 2007

According to their new-ish marketing scheme, Ditech believes that “people are smart.”  Or rather, Ditech believes that saying “people are smart,” in their advertisements will cause people to get loans from their company.
Hmm.
There are two things wrong with this marketing scheme:
1.  People are not smart.
2.  People don’t even want to be told, “people are smart.” […]

commentary: public libraries are destroying the film industry

commentary, News: August 15th, 2007

The public library system is destroying the film and book industries. Don’t believe me? Consider this.
I want to see a new DVD release. I could go to Blockbuster and pay my good honest American dollars to rent the movie, thus paying my dues to the creators of the film and rendering the […]