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Archive for November, 2006



Building a Better iPod

Published on November 30, 2006

Although I own two iPod’s I wouldn’t call myself an iPod enthusiast. As a matter of fact, I have major issues with the device. There are some usability things about the iPod that I find just downright stupid like no reset button when it crashes and no on/off button. Yes, I do know how to turn […]


Jerk Boss Submissions Part 1

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Here’s the first batch of Jerk Boss stories for the Jerk Boss of the Year award. Have fun…
“Our boss took away the free drinks provided by the company because he said the $1000 yearly expense was hurting the bottom line. What about employee morale?” 
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“My boss stuck me with $4,000 in expenses after I quit my job. […]


Announcing LDSNewsWatch.com

Published on November 28, 2006

For about a year now, I have been collecting and tracking news articles about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (AKA the Mormon Church). I use various online resources to find and track these articles.
Over the last year, I have found some very interesting things. As you can imagine, there have been plenty of articles on polygamy […]


Jerk Boss of the Year Contest

Published on November 27, 2006

I got inspired to run a “Jerk Boss of the Year” contest after hearing some bad Jerk Boss stories last Wednesday.  Here’s how it works:

This is completely anonymous. No real names will be used - confidentiality is assured
You and the Jerk Boss in question must be located in Utah
I will post Jerk Boss stories throughout the month of December
A […]


Speaking Roses Takes the Friday Round Up Cake

Published on November 24, 2006

Important notice: In the Summer of 2007, Speaking Roses filed for bankruptcy. The company’s intellectual property was acquired out of that bankruptcy by several of the former founders of Speaking Roses. Those founders then restarted the company as a new entity and are now trying to market Speaking Roses as a bizopp distributorship. Therefore, the Company discussed in the post below was the “old” […]


Ben Stein Nails It

Published on November 22, 2006

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary, Sunday, 12/18/05.
Herewith at this happy time of year, a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am […]


The 10Speed Post

Published on November 20, 2006

I think some people want me to blog about 10Speed Media because they think I am going to sensationalize it or bash Provo Labs. The again, I think a lot of people couldn’t care less.
I’ve decided that it’s probably not appropriate to give the details about what happened at 10Speed on my blog. There’s plenty of criticism that could be leveled […]


The World Famous Friday Round Up

Published on November 17, 2006

Its Friday and that means its time for my now world famous Friday round up. Here we go…
Looks like Jason Calacanis is leaving AOL after one year of trying to turn the company into a Web 2.0 play. I am sure that Jason will go on to do huge things. My guess is a show along […]


This is Not “Blogable”

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Lately my conversations with just about everyone start out with something like “You can’t blog about this” or “This isn’t blogable”. I got this twice yesterday.  I understand why people say that - frankly I do hear an astonishing amount of confidential information during any given week.  
I won’t blog about anything that even remotely resembles confidential information […]


Dave Taylor on the Problems with Podcasting

Published on November 16, 2006

Ron Hartley (get a blog) sent me a link to Dave Taylor’s Podcast on Why Podcasts aren’t Interesting. However, the link to the podcast is broken. Dave, can you fix the link? Thanks.
If you go to the link above, Dave outlines his argument on the post. Here’s some of what he covers (with my commentary):

Podcast […]




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