In the UK their telecoms regulator has a consumer panel. One that oftentimes smacks down the regulator. They are not hacks that the regulator handpicks to sit on their holes watching the regulator present them with lies and nod like a dog for half a day, get a free lunch, collect €1500 and come back again in 4 months and repeat. Unlike Ireland. This is their annual report.
Master Massey & Shyhhy Welly – If Yer Gettin’ Cows
BBQ Sauce Nazi alert. Woman not allowed to buy Jack Daniel’s BBQ sauce because of lack of ID, then refuse to let her brother buy it as he might give it to her. WTF!
Clare Herbert is interning in Washington DC at the moment. Her blog is well worth a read. There are also Irish interns working with Clinton, Obama and McCain this summer. Very exciting times to be in D.C.
So my Blacklisting post got a lot of attention, here’s an example of getting it right when approaching bloggers or anyone really:
Hi Damien,
We viewed a link from mulley.net for Cava Restaurant to FindaRestaurant.ie – and just want to say ‘thanks’ for the link – your site is very informative.
Again – many thanks.
Warmest regards,
Debra.
Imagine if every company thanked someone for a link, just like bloggers do when someone links to them. It says a company is listening, they’re thankful for the link and they don’t try and sell you anything in addition either.
Fantastic in-depth interview with Kevin Fox from FriendFeed who previously worked in Google on GMail’s user interface in the area of user experience design.