The Modern Business Relationship
Modern customer relations can be pretty strange. My wife bought a Dell laptop a few years ago, and that model turns out to have some problems with the batteries. Some unforeseen interaction with the...
View ArticleGod Bless HIPAA
Glenn Reynolds’ wife is home from the hospital six hours later than expected because of all the paperwork. Over at Three Men And A Blog The Doctor is using this as a reason to complain about all the...
View ArticleQuestions For the Interviewer
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy they’re talking about tongue-in-cheek questions to ask when the interviewer asks you if you have any questions. The Conspirators are all lawyers or law students, but some...
View ArticleAction Item
I think this guy used to be a manager at one of my former employers. Actually, we had few people like that. (Hat tip: Zonker)
View ArticleThis Can’t Be Good, Part 2
I’m holding in my hand one of those “Sorry We Missed You!” cards from the Post Office. It says they’re holding a certified letter for me. From the IRS. Update: It turns out they just want money, and...
View ArticleiPhones, Foxxconn, and Hypocrisy
I’ve been meaning to write something about the recent criticism of Apple’s use of the Foxxconn factory in China, but now I don’t have to, because my co-blogger Rogier has just posted a great piece...
View ArticleIn Which Someone Mistakes Me For a Successful Business
This seems to have been the week for bashing marketers who send silly email messages in the legal blogosphere (although Brian and Scott don’t really need a special week for that), and I need to...
View ArticleFreebies, Part 1 – Just Business
A while back, a lot of people were linking to author Tim Kreider‘s op-ed in the New York Times called “Slaves of the Internet, Unite.” Despite its apparent reasonableness, it bothered me for some...
View ArticleFreebies, Part 2 – Pricing Creative Labor
I’m writing a series of posts in response to several issues that author Tim Kreider raised in his op-ed in the New York Times called “Slaves of the Internet, Unite.” In Part 1, I discussed how trading...
View ArticleFreebies, Part 3 — It’s Not All About You
Because Tim Kreider‘s writing is the gift that keeps on giving, I’m writing a series of posts in response to several issues that he raised in his op-ed in the New York Times called “Slaves of the...
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