Wednesday, August 23

Anti-Telemarketing Script

This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance.

read more | digg story

Monday, August 14

12 on 12 August

/

My 12 on 12 for August

Landscaping, washing the dog, Hi Infidelity Concert at Walter Payton’s Roundhouse

Saturday, August 12

Video Game Law Backfires for Illinois

A federal judge has said the State of Illinois must pay over a half-million dollars in legal fees to the video-game industry for fighting the "Safe Games Illinois Act" intended to keep minors away from violent or explicit video games.

read more | digg story

Friday, August 11

What's Wrong With Showing Your ID?

If a 19 year-old college student can get a fake ID to drink, why couldn't a bad person get one, too? And no matter how sophisticated the security embedded into the ID, wouldn't a well-financed terrorist be able to falsify that, too? The answer to both questions is obviously 'yes'.

read more | digg story