Comments for Thoughts From The Cake Scraps http://thecakescraps.com My ideas on web analytics, marketing, and other scraps. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 1) by When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 2) | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps http://thecakescraps.com/2011/when-good-deals-go-bad-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-587 When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 2) | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:19:05 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=817#comment-587 [...] I laid out in my last post, the hottest business trend of showing deep discounts just leverages the current sale-oriented [...] [...] I laid out in my last post, the hottest business trend of showing deep discounts just leverages the current sale-oriented [...]

]]> Comment on When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 1) by Cry, Beloved Country http://thecakescraps.com/2011/when-good-deals-go-bad-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Cry, Beloved Country Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:01:31 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=817#comment-517 Nope. I'll be home Thursday, giving thanks (it is called Thanksgiving, after all!), enjoying my family and perhaps taking in a board game or a good book. The creep is worse than you describe, btw. A number of major chains, including Sears, Kmart, Wal-Mart and Old Navy, will be open during the day on Thanksgiving. Enough is enough! In this economy, the people who work there can't decline to work, but the rest of us can vote with our feet, and decline to turn Thanksgiving into just another day of acquisitiveness. Nope. I’ll be home Thursday, giving thanks (it is called Thanksgiving, after all!), enjoying my family and perhaps taking in a board game or a good book.

The creep is worse than you describe, btw. A number of major chains, including Sears, Kmart, Wal-Mart and Old Navy, will be open during the day on Thanksgiving.

Enough is enough! In this economy, the people who work there can’t decline to work, but the rest of us can vote with our feet, and decline to turn Thanksgiving into just another day of acquisitiveness.

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Black Friday 2008 by When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 1) | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps http://thecakescraps.com/2008/thoughts-on-black-friday-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-516 When Good Deals Go Bad (Part 1) | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:06:33 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=275#comment-516 [...] when Black Friday used to mean something?  Remember when it was a day of unheard of deals, available only that one day?  It was great, [...] [...] when Black Friday used to mean something?  Remember when it was a day of unheard of deals, available only that one day?  It was great, [...]

]]> Comment on How Walls Divide Us by Al Schuette http://thecakescraps.com/2011/how-walls-divide-us/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Al Schuette Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:59:25 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=782#comment-491 Sounds a little like the "decisions you make have consequences" theme of mine. I also saw the undertow of responsibility, that you need to act in certain ways unless you want to isolate yourself. Makes me thik back to some of our converstaions during your mid-teen years. Sounds a little like the “decisions you make have consequences” theme of mine. I also saw the undertow of responsibility, that you need to act in certain ways unless you want to isolate yourself. Makes me thik back to some of our converstaions during your mid-teen years.

]]> Comment on How Himpmunk Can Solve the Google + and Facebook Problem by Al Schuette http://thecakescraps.com/2011/how-himpmunk-can-solve-the-google-and-facebook-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Al Schuette Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:52:13 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=792#comment-490 I'm of course not very big on this whole "tell us more about your friends so we can make their life miserable with more advertising" initiative, but I like your analysis. I’m of course not very big on this whole “tell us more about your friends so we can make their life miserable with more advertising” initiative, but I like your analysis.

]]> Comment on Gaps In The Stalls by How Walls Divide Us | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps http://thecakescraps.com/2009/gaps-in-the-stalls/comment-page-1/#comment-468 How Walls Divide Us | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:02:09 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=424#comment-468 [...] Walls are amazing things when you think about it.  They are what divides one space from another.  They define boundaries of rooms and space.  And yet, if one takes a moment to think about it, there is not much to a wall.  Just a stretch of material, however thin, spread out across a space.  Walls don’t even have to be solid; some of the most important walls have gaps in them! [...] [...] Walls are amazing things when you think about it.  They are what divides one space from another.  They define boundaries of rooms and space.  And yet, if one takes a moment to think about it, there is not much to a wall.  Just a stretch of material, however thin, spread out across a space.  Walls don’t even have to be solid; some of the most important walls have gaps in them! [...]

]]> Comment on Time For Twitter by Did Twitter Kill Traditional News? | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps http://thecakescraps.com/2008/time-for-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Did Twitter Kill Traditional News? | Thoughts From The Cake Scraps Wed, 04 May 2011 14:25:04 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=230#comment-457 [...] Twitter will never kill real journalism.  It will aid in the sharing of articles, but that just helps traditional news outlets.  Sure, the face of news will change.  The tools of [...] [...] Twitter will never kill real journalism.  It will aid in the sharing of articles, but that just helps traditional news outlets.  Sure, the face of news will change.  The tools of [...]

]]> Comment on The 8 of 10 Paradox by Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People http://thecakescraps.com/2011/the-8-of-10-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:04:48 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=738#comment-451 [...] who approaches a problem and understands what it takes to solve it and then goes and finds a way to automate it so they can move onto the next task in the list.  They don’t want to spend their time doing [...] [...] who approaches a problem and understands what it takes to solve it and then goes and finds a way to automate it so they can move onto the next task in the list.  They don’t want to spend their time doing [...]

]]> Comment on Excel Dynamic Data Validation Range: Indirect by Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People http://thecakescraps.com/2009/excel-dynamic-data-validation-range/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:03:40 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=384#comment-450 [...] of coffee or (better yet) go and dig in the data because it is just fun.  But, while focused on automation of reports or dashboards, they fail to understand what is really being asked and only deliver to [...] [...] of coffee or (better yet) go and dig in the data because it is just fun.  But, while focused on automation of reports or dashboards, they fail to understand what is really being asked and only deliver to [...]

]]> Comment on Small Things Yield Big Rewards by Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People http://thecakescraps.com/2011/small-things-yield-big-rewards/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Thoughts From The Cake Scraps » Blog Archive » You Need Smart Lazy People Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:02:33 +0000 http://thecakescraps.com/?p=714#comment-449 [...] individual who is ‘smart’ will really contribute in the trenches by understanding what the end goal truly is and distilling all of the input into a [...] [...] individual who is ‘smart’ will really contribute in the trenches by understanding what the end goal truly is and distilling all of the input into a [...]

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