Sirius Stuff

I’ve never really understood the differences between “pingback” and “trackback”.  Google likes to display older articles, which has interesting effects  The first thing that I found that tried to explain the differences was published more than 3 years ago and has way more detail than I want.  But this whitepaper led me to more resources […]

I downloaded something written in Word for my wife, who’s a Mac user, and printed it for her.  Now, every time I open Microsoft Word, I get an unintelligble message about “The function you are attempting to run contains macros or content that
requires macro language support. When this software was installed you
(or your administrator) chose […]

Laura Ries has a great article about Wal-Mart testing a high-end store in Texas. $500 bottles of wine at a Wal-Mart? What’s the message here?
This is especially interesting coming on the heels of her article about how to properly segment: Scion, Toyota, Lexus or Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic. Wal-Mart, […]

WHY FEATURES DON’T MATTER ANYMORE: THE NEW LAWS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY is a great article on why the iPod caught on and what to consider when designing anything. Tools (hardware or software) are overloaded with features that people don’t have time to learn.
Craig’s List drives me a bit crazy. It doesn’t let me […]

OK, I’ve wanted this for years and it’s still not available.
I don’t want paper statements. From anybody. I don’t want to file them away. I don’t want to scan them myself. And I certainly don’t want to pay someone to do it.
I want electronic statements that are secure. I want […]