“They’re criticizing a guy who can’t run again, who can’t get fired. So they spent the last two years criticizing him instead of saying, ‘Some things aren’t right. This is our game plan.’ And now we’re two years away from the election, and we have no solutions and no front-runner.” Former NBA MVP Charles Barkley, […]
“Tim Hortons sells coffee but it truly produces loyalty. It enjoys far better market penetration than Starbucks. When compared against 2006 Census data, Starbucks has an average of one store per 37,000 people in the US, while Tim Hortons has an impressive one store per 12,000 in Canada. This penetration has helped Tim Hortons to […]
“I don’t know. I look at our show sometimes, and I don’t know what the appropriate time for it is. I don’t necessarily think it’s 12:30. Sometimes I think it’s a children’s show. You can run huge portions of my show on Nickelodeon. We have everything but green slime coming down on the guests. So […]
“Packed full of parasite, the crab will forgo its own needs to serve those of its master. It won’t molt, grow reproductive organs, or attempt to reproduce. It won’t even regrow appendages, as healthy crabs can. Rather than waste the nutrients on itself, a host crab will hobble along and continue to look for food […]
“How many cows will be killed to keep Roger Federer, the world’s best tennis player, in fresh racquets this year? Do the math: The Swiss master is said to go through an estimated 900 sets of strings a year. Since strings lose tension as they’re played — and since Federer is acutely attuned to […]
“Eight glasses is way too much. We, as a society, are suffering from water abuse. In fact, there are many cases of people who have developed water intoxication, leading to confusion, coma and even death… The body needs on average two liters of water daily. This was misinterpreted to mean eight glasses a day. […]
“Wi-Fi doesn’t stand for anything. It is not an acronym. There is no meaning. Wi-Fi and the ying yang style logo were invented by Interbrand. We hired Interbrand to come up with the name and logo that we could use for our interoperability seal and marketing efforts. We needed something that was a little catchier […]
“See I always liked the song until I saw the movie White Girls. This must be the white song that all black people like, you know every year there’s a song that black people like and this is that. I love the string arrangements. Ron Fare is really up on the strings.” Kanye West on […]
“Mistake 1: Simple visual appearance doesn’t = simple interface” Bruce Tognazzini
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“When people hear ‘version 2.0’, they think it’s the last call for the only feature train in a good long while. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait for the big three-oh to board. Nobody likes waiting, so they rush and they push to make this one. Now the big version that started out […]