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Another bad example of user interface

Another bad example of user interface

I decide to sell my soul to the devil and get an Air Canada frequent flyer card. Not that I fly that often with Air Canada but I do once in a while for business.
I go the Aeroplan site and apply for a card. So far so good. Next page is where problems really start [...]

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What to remember from 2008

2008 is almost over. What did you accomplish this year? I hope you had success in what you wished for. However, you need to pause for a moment and ask yourself what you did for others.
It’s quite simple: we live in this world together and if we all act selfishly, things won’t go very far. [...]

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Big bully companies suck

I’m pretty upset and while I usually try to reread my posts before publishing them, today I won’t. The frustration must go.
I received an email (maybe some of you did too) from Scott Annan, great guy at Mercury Grove. They’re working on a new project called Dex. The problem is that they received a “Cease [...]

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How not to sell something

This morning, I received this email. At first, I wanted to hide the company or the product but I told myself that a company this big deserves some critisism. I can’t believe this made it through the marketing department. It was obviously written by someone who knew the product very well and couldn’t explain it [...]

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