Archive for the 'Business' Category

Breaking 1,000 Hits Per Day

June 22nd, 2008

Okay, so this isn’t earth shattering news. But I did login this morning to one of my sites’ statistics and noticed that it went from receiving about 75 hits per day to 2,500. Doing some tracking, it seems this was solely due to linkage from another popular site in its genre.
I have to admit — [...]


Tiger Direct Still Sucks

February 19th, 2008

It seems like its been at-least 10 years since I’ve ordered anything from Tiger Direct. I had such a tremendously painful experience with them before that I cringe every time I hear about them. So, just the other day I had to place an order for a pretty odd part for one of my business [...]


Endless.com

February 16th, 2008

I love Zappos.com. They’re so customer service centric it’s ridiculous. Like USAA, _every_ encounter I’ve have with Zappos has been way too smooth. Hell, they’re sort-of like the Newegg.com of shoes. Over the past couple years I’ve returned 2 pairs of shoes to them, no hassle. I’ve also called them before on a whim at [...]


Why I’ll never order from FTD.com again

February 12th, 2008

Let me just state that I love 1-800 Flowers.com. I’ve been a loyal customer of theirs for about 7 years now, ordering flowers on average of about twice per year. In all my time they’ve always delivered the flowers I’ve purchased on time and to the correct person. If you’ve never ordered flowers online it’s [...]


Depositing Checks via Scanner

February 11th, 2008

I see the idea of scanning in checks to deposit them into your bank account is finally getting some attention at New York Times. (Click here for the NYT Article)
Nice to see USAA getting some love here. There’s a very small number of companies out there that impress me with all aspects of their business; [...]


Are Business Plans Necessary?

February 11th, 2008

Formal business plans don’t seem to make a difference. (Atleast according to this Wall Street Journal Article) Could the same be said about business degrees? Can the same be said about college in general?
From: Guy Kawasaki: Is a Business Plan Necessary?