Given the (hopefully temporary) defeat of net neutrality in the United States and my evolving desire to protect your privacy, there’s been a few behind-the-scenes changes here. First, […]
advertising
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Please bugger off with your advertising disguised as a “guest post”
I think the title really says it all, doesn’t it? Of course, that doesn’t stop the repeated – and I mean repeated – requests all following the same […]
advertising / social media
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Why Advertising on Facebook Has Become A Waste of Time And Money
It’s kind of ironic that this goes up just as my significant other comes off of her social media fast – but it’s true. If you’re using social […]
advertising / business
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The (Mostly) Snark Free Lessons From @Grammarly – or Why I Bothered To Write About It At All
Contains 100% of your daily allotment of snark for this post. I’ve been thinking a bit about why I let Nick Baron get under my skin… especially after […]
advertising / scam / scams
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In Which Grammarly’s PR Continues To Be Clue Free (Once Again, Featuring Nick Baron!)
I previously wrote about Nikolas Baron’s flawed (and then sleazy) attempts to get me to plug Grammarly on my blog. And he keeps trying to get me to […]
advertising / scam / scams
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Dear Grammarly: Your PR Relies on Scammy, Clueless, Spammy Practices. Stop Trying To Get Me To Help.
(See updates at https://ideatrash.net/2013/12/dear-grammarly-your-pr-relies-on-scammy.html and https://ideatrash.net/2013/12/in-which-grammarlys-pr-continues-to-be.html) NOTE: The links for “spam” and “scam” and “sleazy” all point to the same place. This is the same tactic I took […]