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Updated March 20, 2010: Alas, my submission of hundreds of Hayward graffiti reports has far exceeded the city staff time allocated for graffiti cleanup. The original goal of two-day response has stretched to weeks and now to six months. Read more »
Comments Off on Graffiti on Hayward’s 880 Pedestrian Bridge The pedestrian bridge crossing the 880 freeway (from Peterman Ave. to Eldridge Ave.) presents a persistent graffiti problem for the City of Hayward. Read more »
Over the past two months, I’ve noticed (and reported) hundreds of graffiti tags in my community, and I’ve also had some discussions with city staff about how to deter graffiti vandals. Read more »
Comments Off on IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer (any more) Update Juy 13, 2012: My resignation from the State Bar was accepted and approved by the Supreme Court of California. (Yes, that’s a Thing.)
February 26, 2010: This week, I finally took a step that I’ve been considering for a decade: I changed my status from “active” to “inactive” with the State Bar of California. That means that I cannot give legal advice, represent clients in court, or identify myself as an attorney entitled to practice law.
I’ve been searching around for software to convert my LPs and Cassettes to MP3 format, and what I’ve found is a surprisingly complex array of choices, with little clear information to differentiate these products.
Eventually, I found that Acoustica’s “Spin It Again” software is available as Shareware (through Tucows), and I downloaded it to see how it might work for me. I found it “reasonably easy” to use, considering the actual complexity of the task. Read more »
Over the past three months, I’ve been asked to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) more often than ever before, and as usual I’ve said “no” to each request.
I’ve been involved in the computer & technology industry for more than 35 years, starting as a reporter, later as an attorney, and then as a marketing consultant. In all that time, I’ve signed exactly two non-disclosure agreements.
Of course, I’d never use or disclose someone’s confidential information improperly. Read more »
Comments Off on Law & Justice: Two New Developments Two news reports today pertain to “Law and Justice,” and I think both demonstrate fundamentally absurd views of law and justice. Read more »
Comments Off on HootSuite, ow.ly, and GetSatisfaction: unethical, spammy, and fraudulent activities I’ve just added a filter to completely block ALL Twitter posts made via HootSuite. That means that I won’t see any “tweets” that anyone posts using the HootSuite tool. My reasons: Read more »
Comments Off on Evaluating Landing Page Quality EngineReady‘s ConversionCritic web site helps you evaluate your landing page’s quality, measured by “Marketing Effectiveness,” “Offer Clarity,” “Readability of Copy,” and “Engagement with Visitor.”
ConversionCritic poses an excellent series of questions. However, the implication of the questionnaire is that a “yes” answer is better than a “no” answer, which is not always true. If you visit the site at ConversionCritic.com and complete the questionnaire, you’ll be given a detailed report that includes additional explanations for each question. Read more »
Comments Off on Is Kaiser the Future of Health Care? I was intrigued today by Steve Butler’s opinion column titled “Kaiser May Be Future of Health Care.” Perhaps it drew my attention because my next errand was to pick up a prescription at Kaiser Permanente.
As I read the column, I mostly agreed with his main points: Read more »
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