For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard Sell
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Girl scouts learn hard-sell for cookies
Girl scouts learn hard-sell for cookies
01/07/2004 06:09 PMGirl scouts can attend a pressure-sales seminar in Plymouth, Minnesota
to teach them how to use hard sales to move cookie-product.
The scouts, mostly teenagers, learned about "the surly customer," the
one who just won't say yes, and the best response to the customers who
say they've already bought.
Cookie sellers were coached to appeal to people's patriotism: You
don't have to eat the cookies, you can donate them to troops overseas.
Link
(
via Fark)
Tourism is a hard sell in lawless Iraq
(Reuters)
Tourism is a hard sell in lawless Iraq
(Reuters)
08/09/2004 12:16 AMReuters - Budding British travel operator Don Lucey has a novel idea
for a
holiday -- visit Iraq.
Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)
Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)
09/17/2004 02:39 PM
I just... I don't know what to say. There are a thousand
reasons not to use the word 'suck' in your product name - especially
if your product is, you know, a clock. "Suck bubble" isn't really any
better, guys.
That's almost worse than the Bluetake Headsets. (Thanks,
Allen!)
Read - Product Page [EC21]
Recruiters Try New Tactics to Sell
Wartime Army
Recruiters Try New Tactics to Sell
Wartime Army
06/13/2004 11:06 PMThe war in Iraq has changed the implications of enlisting and
significantly altered the world of recruiting.
FWB to sell Hard Disk Toolkit, CD-ROM
Toolkit source
FWB to sell Hard Disk Toolkit, CD-ROM
Toolkit source
01/27/2004 04:06 PMFWB Software Inc. announced on Monday
plans to sell the complete source code for its Hard Disk ToolKit,
CD-ROM ToolKit and DriveUp! 98. The company is hoping to sell the
intellectual property to another developer, but restated its
commitment to existing customers and its intention to stay in
business.
JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders
JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders
09/14/2004 11:18 AM
Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras
announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as
their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard
drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool
and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are
the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because
they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support
this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to
hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get
something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500,
though).
Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps
in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.
Read -
Press Release (Japanese) [VictorJP via SorobanGeeks]<
/p>
David "SD8957" Chait has a less cynical take on the new
camcorders, along with more stats and pictures.
Read - JVC
Intros Everio Digital Camera with 4GB Microdrive [Chait]
Why Is CRM So Hard To Use?
Why Is CRM So Hard To Use?
03/14/2003 01:28 AMIn one CRM application, users must select "execute" from the menu
options to view an item. In another, a pull-down list control does not
open a list –- it pops up a window. In yet another, "apply" and
"submit" are used interchangeably to denote the same action. These are
just a few examples of the little things that drive users absolutely
bonkers.
Die Hard
Die Hard
01/05/2004 06:42 PMA list of changes [in Mac OS X] that have resulted in hard-to-break
habits for long-time users. (John Gruber via MyAppleMenu)
WAI is way hard
WAI is way hard
11/21/2002 10:15 PMA few days ago I mentioned that I would make this site Web
Accessibility Initiative compliant. This is easier said then done,
but possible. To check a site for meeting accessibility standards,
you send it through the Bobby validator. I had to make a few
modifications before I received the AAA approved icon. The most
difficult problem I had in meeting the accesibility guildelines is
that you cannot have the same text in a link pointing to different
URL's. This occurred often throughout my page. For instance, beneath
each post I had a link to a permanent link for each post, as well as a
link for commenting on each post, named "permalink" and "comments",
respectively. Well these kind of shannagins will not get you AAA
approved.
What I did to remedy this, was make the title of the new post the link
to the permanent link for the post, and I dithed comments. The latter
was not a big decision for me, I never cared for them anyway. If for
some reason in the future I feel the need to them, I'll come up with a
way to integrate them into the now AAA Bobby approved accessible
version of ReadingEd.com.
The About ReadingEd.com page is WAI compliant too along with the main
page, and I will go through other pages in the next couple of hours
making them validate too. (It doesn't help that the Bobby validator
only lets you check your site for compliancy every 10 minutes or so.)
This is a hard one...
This is a hard one...
01/22/2004 10:27 AM Twiddlestix And Now the Hard Part
And Now the Hard Part
05/17/2004 05:57 AM
Hard Contact
Hard Contact
04/23/2004 10:00 PMThe Official Site has posted details on a new
Clone Wars based
on the LucasArts game
Star Wars:
Republic Commando. Due this fall from Del Rey Books,
Star Wars:
Republic Commando: Hard Contact is written by Karen Traviss and
stars the clone commandos, elite troopers taking on the toughest of
assignments. Click
here<
/a> for complete details.
Opting Out Is Hard To Do
Opting Out Is Hard To Do
04/28/2004 09:45 PMWhile we all know not to "opt-out" of spam is likely to guarantee you
more spam, what about opting out of the more "legitimate" spam
messages you get from well-known companies? PCWorld has a story
about the efforts needed
to
opt-out of an email list from Sony: multiple clicking of the
"opt-out" link didn't do the trick, nor did a series of phone calls
and emails over the course of four weeks. Each seemed to only lead to
directions to call a different number - none of which did anything to
help the guy opt-out. This is, of course, illegal under CAN SPAM, but
it's not like anyone actually pays attention to that law anyway. In
fact, other studies have shown the same thing. Even with Fortune 500
companies, the opt-out link often does nothing. I've seen this
personally in my own email, and found that phone calls are the only
way to get off some lists. Following the Sony example, the writer of
the article set up a test email account and subscribed to a bunch of
lists - only to discover that many do not follow opt-out requests. Of
course, when asked, all claim technical difficulties. Sony, however,
claims that the reason he wasn't opted out was because he didn't
follow all of the instructions
after clicking the opt out link.
Those instructions include filling in a form with the email address,
clicking submit, and
then filling out a five question survey
about why he was opting out and hitting submit
again. Isn't it
nice that companies that don't even believe in double opt-in, seem to
have no problem with triple opt-out?
XML Is Too Hard For Programmers
XML Is Too Hard For Programmers
03/19/2003 10:25 PMTim Bray: "The notion that there is an 'XML data model' is silly
and unsupported by real-world evidence. The definition of XML is
syntactic: the 'Infoset' is an afterthought and in any case is far
indeed from being a data model specification that a programmer could
work with. Empirical evidence: I can point to a handful of different
popular XML-in-Java APIs each of which has its own data model and each
of which works. So why would you think that there's a data model there
to build a language around?"
... Just one hard day in DBA life ...
... Just one hard day in DBA life ...
02/18/2004 06:49 PM. . . Just one hard day in DBA life . .
.
. . . Just one hard day in DBA life . .
.
04/15/2005 05:05 AM"It's hard to know what is more
disturbing"
"It's hard to know what is more
disturbing"
04/21/2004 09:13 PMSHIT IS TOO HARD TO USE
SHIT IS TOO HARD TO USE
07/30/2004 01:31 PMit's insights like these that have earned peter the respect of his
peers
An Ode To The Hard Drive
An Ode To The Hard Drive
05/27/2004 09:35 AMYou know it's likely to be a slow news day when the first thing you
turn up is, basically,
an ode to the unsung hard drive.
Hard drives are, admittedly, a fairly unsexy business. Then again,
you might think the same thing about semiconductors - and they seem to
get plenty of attention. Either way, storage is very important to
consumers - as the article notes in looking at how quickly people
focus on the size of their iPod hard drives or
just
how much space their Gmail account really has. Even the leading
people in the storage business are quite colorful and certainly
unique, which should get them much more attention. However, when it's
all said and done, no matter how important your hard drive is (just
think how people react when their hard drives die), and no matter how
quickly they improve in just how much data they can hold, not too many
people find themselves particularly interested in the "boring" hard
drive business.
Hard Dealings
Hard Dealings
03/26/2005 02:36 AMConstructech Magazine Mar 26 2005 6:43AM GMT
Cold Hard Fax
Cold Hard Fax
12/19/2004 03:44 PMToday, Ev Williams said Faxing Sucks. But if you look back on the web
archive, there's clearly a record, on my sidebar, of me having said
faxing sucks on April 11, 2000. That was four and a half years ago!
Despite the fact that it took some time for the...
So easy it's hard
So easy it's hard
06/04/2004 07:05 PM
Petals
Around the Rose This little puzzle took my genius son over an hour
to figure out. It took me two seconds. They say the smarter you are
the harder it is...shut up.
HP: Breaking up is hard to do
HP: Breaking up is hard to do
03/31/2005 12:35 PMMark Hurd, who will take over the reins at floundering tech giant
Hewlett-Packard on Friday, was grilled by analysts Wednesday about
whether he plans drastic restructuring of the company.
Hurd, formerly the chief executive officer of NCR (Research), was
named CEO on Tuesday. During an introductory conference call with the
financial community Wednesday morning, Hurd stressed that his primary
goal is to repair the problems at HP (Research), and not necessarily
break up the company. "You talk about problems but there are a
bunch of opportunities at the same time," Hurd said in response
to one question about strategy. "I want to get underneath every
piece of the business and will be focused on doing my best to optimize
each part."
News source:
CNNRead full story...Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
07/18/2004 04:11 AMI was an iPod junkie. It was hard, but I had no choice. I had to say
goodbye. By Bret Begun, Newsweek (via MyAppleMenu)
Hey man...well said.Im a die hard Mac
fan as well as a Steve
Hey man...well said.Im a die hard Mac
fan as well as a Steve
09/04/2004 03:40 PMTechTree Sep 4 2004 5:46PM GMT
Hard luck
Hard luck
07/28/2004 06:10 AMUSA Today Jul 28 2004 9:51AM GMT
Driving hard
Driving hard
06/21/2004 09:15 AMCNET Asia Jun 21 2004 1:11PM GMT
Why JSP Sucks So Hard
Why JSP Sucks So Hard
12/19/2002 11:43 PMonce again my UI engineers will be taking perfectly good HTML
written in Dreamweaver and tearing it apart, throwing out some of it
and rewriting other parts of it, just to make it work with the JSP
they're writing. Once they're done, the HTML author will have
absolutely no clue what the page does any more, and will have no
desire or ability to edit it. When we insist that no really we need
this redesigned, we'll spend twice as long doing it (doubling our
costs, negative ROI, bad technology choice, yadda yadda yadda) since
the HTML author will need that long to write in sample data and then
have the JSP author tear it out again. -- Marc Hedlund
Is Adam Bosworth saying the same thing?
The Easy Way, the Hard Way
The Easy Way, the Hard Way
06/05/2005 10:55 PMShark Tank: Engineer gets an e-mail from sales that contains a copy of
a fax inquiry from a customer. Is there a way of telling from this
message what this customer's fax number is? he asks IT pilot fish. ...
Hard to swallow
Hard to swallow
07/19/2004 04:32 PMUSA Today Jul 19 2004 8:10PM GMT
Partition Your Hard Drive
Partition Your Hard Drive
09/06/2004 07:55 PMG4 Tech TV Sep 6 2004 11:19PM GMT
Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery
Feb. 10: Hard Drive Recovery
02/10/2004 02:41 PMPopular Mechanics Feb 10 2004 6:40PM GMT
It's a hard knock life
It's a hard knock life
11/14/2003 11:28 AM New
Scientist reports that a virus has been built up from mail order
components. Other reports on this are in
USA Today and
Nature. This
isn't time life has been created in the lab,
as previously linked.
What's interesting is that this study was funded by the
Department of Energy to produce a
completely man made lifeform that can create hydrogen or consume
greenhouse gasses.
The present virus is an artificially created copy of a naturally
occurring virus.
Top Tip: Can't format hard disk!
Top Tip: Can't format hard disk!
01/26/2004 03:03 PMI have this hard drive that cannot be reformatted. Whenever
reformatting is taking place the hard disk reader head stops reading
after certain sectors. When the "dir" command is used to view the
disk, the files are shown but not the total about of bytes used up or
free. The cursor seems to stop before this infomation is shown. Could
it be that the FAT table has been damaged.
Scripts: iScrub Hard 1.0
Scripts: iScrub Hard 1.0
02/10/2004 10:42 AMComprised of a "scrubbing" droplet named iScrub Hard that should
render almost all of the Mozilla holiday calendar files readable by
iCal 1.5.2 for Panther. (May work with earlier version of iCal as
well.) A second droplet named iScrub Harder is included in case the
first "scrubbing" doesn't quite render the calendar file readable by
iCal.
Totem burns so hard...
Totem burns so hard...
12/29/2004 01:39 AM
The graffiti art of
Totem2 is astonishing in its depth, realism and style. I strongly
recommend the
3D Science
Section where he creates astonishing art akin to something like
sculpture.
Wi-Fi Still Hard to Use for Mass Market
Wi-Fi Still Hard to Use for Mass Market
09/07/2004 04:17 PMConnecting to multiple hotspots can be cumbersome for users: Part of
the problem is that practically everyone along the value chain wants
to deliver an easy user interface because that's one place they can
differentiate their products from the competitors. But right now chip
makers, product vendors, software developers like Microsoft, and
hotspot service providers have all developed user interfaces aimed at
making it easy for users to get on. Either they all need to get
together on developing a single, easy way for users to get connected
or one of them needs to make the perfect solution that everyone will
naturally gravitate toward. Until then, users will be faced with so
many "easy" tools for getting connected that they'll continue to be
confused....
Ever wonder why at times it is hard to
buy some music?
Ever wonder why at times it is hard to
buy some music?
07/13/2004 07:08 PMI don't follow what is being sold and wasn't isn't online. What
prompted the question, was why some music was available for sale
online one day and not the next great read. [Corante<
/a>]
Being your friend is hard work
Being your friend is hard work
01/27/2004 01:21 AMOverwhelmed by the amount of work necessary to keep up with all my
friendships on Friendster, Orkut, and all the other social networking
sites, I've posted a job opening over on craigslist for a personal
social coordinator: Permanent full-time position for a personal social
coordinator for a New York-based web designer.Your primary
responsibility will be managing my accounts with various online social
networking sites including, but not limited to, Friendster,...
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