Tag Archives: advertising

Suspending promises

Posted on February 6, 2016 by

A reader contacted me recently to ask why they are seeing ads on the blog now.  It wasn’t that many posts ago I proudly proclaimed the site to be ad-free, after all.  I have, so I have been told, broken … Continue reading →

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Facebook to boost engagement with new recursive Like feature

Posted on October 24, 2015 by

24 October 2015 – San Jose, CA Mark Zuckerburg announced today that Facebook will soon allow its users  to “Like” another user’s “Like” on their own or another timeline. “We have been battling a lengthy and steady decline in compelling … Continue reading →

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Live Nude Girls!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by

There were many topless bars in the town where I grew up but only one fully nude dance club, and it was regionally famous. Bachelor party central.  The tales told by pizza drivers of deliveries there were the stuff of … Continue reading →

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No ads!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by

Over at my IoPT blog I’ve written occasionally about how online ad networks are co-opted by cyber criminals and used to deliver malware.  It is one reason why I’ve never carried ads on T-Rob.net, IoPTConsulting.com, or Ask-An-Aspie.net. But this blog … Continue reading →

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Latest revelations concerning the NSA

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

BREAKING NEWS! It was revealed today in secret documents leaked to this reporter that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is actually a division of Claus Industries, LLC, a company synonymous with its eponymous founder and CEO, Santa Claus. We … Continue reading →

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How to make the Internet fun!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

Sure the Internet is fun already, but do you want it to be funner?  No problem!  Just follow these steps: Log into all the social networks in which you participate, each in its own browser tab.  This especially includes Facebook … Continue reading →

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Spam origin experiment

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

One of the first things I did when I registered t-rob.net was to set up my new email address.  The second thing I did was to delete the spam email that arrived a moment later. Spam is the scourge of … Continue reading →

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Soverign by design

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Over at moxytongue.com, Devon writes: I am challenged by questions concerning the structure of #VRM tools that are built for “Me” in a personal data context, versus the structure of #VRM tools that are built for “Us” in a market … Continue reading →

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Applying software’s customer interaction models to hardware

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

If you haven’t heard about Vendor Relationship Management, you should take a look.  As a consumer, VRM gives you more power in the relationships with your vendors, even if they don’t participate.  But for vendors who participate, VRM transforms the … Continue reading →

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Advertising humor never gets old

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

I’m always amused by what gets through the review, edit and approval filters and becomes advertisement.  Take the following from Capital One, for example: Obviously, credit card companies want you to run as much money as possible through the card.  … Continue reading →

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