LinkedIn can’t do basic math, thinks that 5/50 equals 5/500.
I love LinkedIn, but lately they’ve been driving me crazy.
I got this message recently when I was trying to invite a member of a group that I founded to connect with me:
*Please note:* You are now required to enter an email address to send invitations from… [read full post]
Want to know why the music business is broken? Look at how Rolling Stone Magazine mismanages its most prized asset: five-star reviews.
Over the last two months, Rolling Stone Magazine published five-star reviews for three albums. Rolling Stone rating an album five stars is as rare as a four-leaf clover or a Bush apology. How did Rolling Stone announce this rare event? With a red carpet… [read full post]
Posted November 23, 2008, in Marketing, Social Networking, Spam, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1147.html)
Agree? Please reblog, reshare, and retweet this.
I am not against ads. I am not against ads in feeds. I am against ads as standalone items in feeds. Unless you’re @AdFreak and are blogging/Tweeting/sharing about ads.
This must be stopped:
That is all.… [read full post]
Posted October 20, 2008, in Marketing, Social Networking, Weblogs, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1087.html)
I just tried to go to ping.fm to update my status on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Plaxo and got this instead:
Ouch.… [read full post]
Posted October 18, 2008, in Baseball, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1085.html)
Minutes before ALCS Game 6 (Sox vs. Rays), TBS went blank and started showing “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Losers. TBS should never be allowed to broadcast another MLB game… [read full post]
More reasons to proofread your feed.
I subscribe to Amazon’s New Music Releases feed, but Amazon omits basic information from its feed, such as the name of the artist. The NAME. Of the ARTIST. Is NOT IN THE FEED. This is feed malpractice.
Ray LaMontagne’s new album “Gossip In The Grain” is getting great reviews, but you’d never know it from Amazon’s feed. Here’s… [read full post]
Posted October 10, 2008, in Google, Technology, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1072.html)
Gmail locks me out daily for READING my mail too quickly.
Gmail locks me out of my email every day for reading my email too quickly. And I am using the paid Google Apps version of email!
Here’s how it happens. I use a service that send me lots of email every day. Sort of like Google Alerts. I quickly read… [read full post]
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I lived the life of Dilbert when I was in the Air Force. Once while… [read full post]
Sometimes older is better, sometimes newer is better.
I am selling my 37-year-old Schwinn Typhoon bicycle on eBay (auction ends tomorrow). The old Schwinn has been great, but selling it on the (older) eBay has been frustrating.
Last week, I gave away a 6-month old Schwinn Elliptical 418 on craigslist. The Schwinn Elliptical 418 should be recalled, but giving it away on the (newer)… [read full post]
Posted February 15, 2008, in Music, Technology, Weblogs, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1001.html)
Plus how to find RollingStone 5-star reviews.
On 10/16/07, two very interesting reviews (review one, review two) appeared in RollingStone’s album reviews feed. Here’s one of them:
Gisselle – Contra La Marea
Artist: Gisselle
Review: for somebody who doesn’t speak a word of spanish, i like it. =)
Rating: 5 Stars
Hmm, a 5-star… [read full post]
