I’ve been a Netflix customer since 1997, during the rise of DVD, becoming the de facto media replacement of VHS. I thought the idea of mailing the DVD direct to my door was brilliant. Those red envelopes are iconic! As an early adopter, I was even awarded with free T-Shirts. Netflix was one reason why [...]
Seth Godin nails it: Nobody wears a watch any more. Nobody wears a tie either. Nobody shops at a bookstore. It’s about Marketing to Nobody. Essentially, he’s saying there’s a growing number of people changing their habits and preferences, yet companies out there still trying to cater the same old crowd, hoping they would do [...]
After all of the taxes are paid and refunds are received, it’s now time to think about spending. I fall into one of those traps of wanting to spend on things that I don’t really need. But, like most people, I find myself trying to justify that spending. For example, ever since Apple released the [...]
Last year, I blogged about the possibility of Google installing super-fast broadband internet to my city Anaheim. A year has passed and Google has just decided to give it to Kansas City, Kansas. Lucky them! Hundreds, if not thousands of people, are getting 1000 Mbps broadband connections. It’s a step towards the future for everyone [...]
As part of my efforts to curb excessive shopping, I have this rule to give myself 1 week to think about buying non-necessity stuff. Especially in electronics. I also do most of my shopping from Amazon, so I tend to browse and put things in cart – but not check them out. I come back [...]
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