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Google Pay Per Click ads

By Shabbir | May 23, 2006 | Comments Off on Google Pay Per Click ads

People are slagging on the Google Pay Per Click video ads, and they’re not really even out already.  I’ll say this though, everyone that works in interactive has Google to thank for moving a $1billion a year in advertising off television and onto the web.  You ought to be a little more supportive of new…

Sen. John Edwards talking about student loan programs

By Shabbir | May 22, 2006 |

Sarah and I were riding home the other day and heard Sen. John Edwards speaking at a commencement ceremony.  The date wasn’t clear, and so it could have been in the middle of the last campaign, or it could have been yesterday.  I believe he was in North Carolina though. The contrast in rhetoric in…

Darth Vader telling the Emperor the Death Star is destroyed

By Shabbir | May 19, 2006 | Comments Off on Darth Vader telling the Emperor the Death Star is destroyed

My return to the Big Game

By Shabbir | May 19, 2006 | Comments Off on My return to the Big Game

Had a 4.5 hour session at the Big Game again that was profitable.  Many of the same characters were there, including Scruffy the poker machine.  The man will push $100 at a pot and you often don’t really know if he’s got something or not.  More often than not, people fold, and that’s how Scruffy…

Things to do in a vendor presentation to me that make a good impression.

By Shabbir | May 18, 2006 | Comments Off on Things to do in a vendor presentation to me that make a good impression.

1.  Plese show me a slide with 7 bullet points that contain a long sentence each…..and then read them.   Slowly. 2.  Please show me a list of goals that you tell me are "my goals", even though it’s obvious you use them in every presentation with every potential customer.   When I don’t recognize one of…

The article you MUST read

By Shabbir | May 17, 2006 |

This last Sunday the New York times ran an article by Kevin Kelly about the future of books and the business model of print.  I’m telling you that it’s a must-read: Brewster Kahle, an archivist overseeing another scanning project, says that the universal library is now within reach. "This is our chance to one-up the…

So, my birthday rocked.

By Shabbir | May 16, 2006 |

In perspective, I think I did pretty well, my wayward parents notwithstanding.  My sister and brother in law got me an espresso maker, which I’ve been using to make Sarah and I lattes in morning.  Several sweet people got me cards, and one pair of friends re-arranged their DC visit to someone else’s wedding festivities…

Gore as President

By Shabbir | May 16, 2006 |

This is by far the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time.  With Bush having done such an awful job, this was a breath of fresh air.  While I don’t think you should watch this as a "wouldn’t it be better under the Democrats", I think it does a good job of pointing out…

Another sign of getting older

By Shabbir | May 15, 2006 | Comments Off on Another sign of getting older

Your parents forget your birthday.  (Well, two of the three did.) An excellent excuse to update my birthday list, since I in fact forgot my own sister’s birthday 2 weeks ago.

The reverse of casino life

By Shabbir | May 13, 2006 | Comments Off on The reverse of casino life

This didn’t occur to me until Sarah observed it, but my guess that Friday night would be a good day at the Big Game was dead wrong.  They could barely field two tables, and at midnight were down to just five players at one table of $1/$2 NL Hold’em.  I was ahead over $400 so…