January 2011

FAIL: Chase Feedback ‘Compromised’ by Customers

January 29, 2011

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. sent this FAIL-o-gram to remind me to proof-read my bank statements. How the financial behemoth let the word “compromised” instead of “comprised” slip by the copy-editors is beyond me. The result is an obtuse  description of its “Chase Panel” survey program as having been somehow jeopardized by its clients. I’m sure [...]

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New Tune from Static People: The Late Projectionist

January 28, 2011

Static People takes you to a mournful matinee with its latest track, “The Late Projectionist.” Give it a spin here or download it, compliments of the band. You may also enjoy the novel of the same name by Static People’s bassist, now available digitally… Get the Kindle version of The Late Projectionist. Here’s the complimentary [...]

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Sonoma Online Media Smackdown

January 27, 2011

I’m not too proud to admit it took me 15 minutes to realize that “#SOTU” was the Twitter hash-tag for Tuesday’s “State of the Union.” I was too busy trying to decipher J.M. Berry’s tweets to follow the President’s speech through the proxy of 140 characters. Of course, Berry’s own commentary reads like a typography [...]

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5 Tips for New Apple CEO

January 26, 2011

Apple’s Steve Jobs is taking medical leave just as tech writers were running out of puns on his name. The “Patience of Jobs” and the “Getta Jobs” gags, not mention the “How do you like them apples?” will soon be retired at least for a while. In the meantime, the gaping hole left behind will [...]

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