Monthly Archives: June 2008
One of the greatest articles ever
I love punctuation; I love history; I love The History of the SemiColon.
I haz an err force
Seen on Hulu: Maybe I’m missing a devastating piece of wordplay, or maybe someone at the US Air Force can’t spell. Look out! Enema plane at 3 o’clock!
ACN video phone part VII: Behind the game
In the comments of my previous post, Ravi Nayar writes: To clarify on above, ACN’s IRIS 2000 Videophone supports calling any phone number in the world. What makes it special … Continue reading
ACN part VI: The video phone business model
I finally found the specifications for the Iris 2000 video phone that ACN is trumpeting as the Next Big Thing ™. It turns out – it does use SIP! Halleluyah. … Continue reading
ACN part V: People are trying to discredit me!
This is the super fun part. I love it. An earlier commenter said he liked my analysis of ACN’s MLM program (selling useless videophones and marginless/commoditised mobile plans) and would … Continue reading
ACN and MLM marketing techniques, part IV
Ok, so I think I’ve found my new hobby. I was checking my PageRank today (somehow I suspect ACN will become the new Meegos – no bad thing) and stumbled … Continue reading
ACN and business, part III
To bring you up to speed: A lovely young man called Francis tried to recruit me into shameless pyramid scheme ACN, and I just sent him an email asking him … Continue reading
ACN video phone malarky update
I sent Francis a letter. It was the least I could do. Hi Francis, Thanks for your time yesterday, but I have to tell you honestly that ACN seems like … Continue reading
I will crush you under a pyramid of lame
So I was at a seminar the other day on starting a business, and a (very) young guy called Francis approached me afterwards and struck up a conversation. He seemed … Continue reading
The cost of climate change
Mood: Angry I was reading the front page of “The Australian” today, and apparently scientists and economists are having a hard time predicting the exact economic impact of reducing our … Continue reading