The Southwest “Productivity” ads actually mean something.
I found the Southwest Air productivity line of ads they’ve been playing during the NFL playoffs funny, but I wasn’t sure how they really were tied back to Southwest Air. I have a jaded memory of Southwest, based on a cross country flight probably 10 years ago where I think we made 3 stops to get to Baltimore from Portland. Not a fun trip, and definitely not a trip that would help with a business travelers productivity.
Well Southwest has now announced that they will be rolling out full on wifi in their planes, which will be the fastest wifi in the US. Jet Blue has been praised for their wifi, but from all reports I have heard, it’s a very handcuffed wifi that is more frustrating than it is worth. If Southwest rolls out fully functioning wifi there might be a reason for me to start traveling Southwest again, and there is definitely a reason for the productivity ads they have recently been running.
Bowling is a sport
Since my blog has moved in the direction of debating what is and is not a sport, I give you this image. If bowling requires defense, how is it not a sport?
Hat tip: Deadspin
“Macbook Air, Why the hell not?”
Well, the Macbook Air did get announced on Tuesday at the Macworld Expo. It’s incredibly thin and has a few cool features (1 cool feature is all I have seen. A multitouch trachpad for iphoto and itunes. Is that all?), but luckily I’m not debating if I need it or not. It’s ridiculously expensive, for not that good of an actual computer for the price you’re paying. It is VERY thin though.
An editor from the PI must read my blog
I saw that there was a story written today in the Seattle PI called, “What defines a sport? Like a ping-pong match, the debate goes back and forth.” Thought it was funny that my most commented on post as of late was about computer gaming being carried on ESPN. Well the comments have turned into a debate as to what a sport is, or is not. Seeing that my readers couldn’t answer this question, David Andriesen decided to do some research and write a feature piece on the subject.*
It’s a fairly long article, but I guess any item written on this subject will be. He basically created a checklist, as Aaron Vis did in an earlier comment, about what should be included in a sport. His checklist includes; objective scoring, mostly human power, direct head-to-head, requires physical strength, and employs a ball. He doesn’t say that all sports need to meet all five criteria, but that it’s a good point to start the debate.
The only six sports to match all five criteria are baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, and tennis. What do you think, are those the six most sport like competitions because they meet the most items on this list? Where is the cutoff? Would meeting three of these criteria be enough to constitute a sport? Four? One?
After the jump the checklist, but I’d recommend reading the entire article and weighing with your opinion some more.
*probably not true
I got more than double billed…and I’m not even mad.
So this morning my hosting company Dreamhost sent me an email saying that they had billed me for the next year of web hosting, plus updating some domain names, and that my credit card had been billed. Well, I was at work so didn’t look into it much, but I thought I had been billed a few months ago and that I wasn’t due to pay for the service again for another nine month. Well a few hours later I found out I was right.
Dreamhost sent out an email, posted a blog entry, and many other blogs started writing about the mixup. The billing team at Dreamhost has taken a very non-chalant tone in all of their customer contact pieces, and they continued this tone, even in a HUGE mixup that they made. They actually billed $7.5M to customers today, which isn’t bad for a single day of billing I guess.
The honesty and humor was a perfect mix of being up front as well as keeping their same tone to keep me feeling good about hosting my domains with Dreamhost. A great company who I highly recommend… unless they triple bill you.
For a good reach check out their blog entry addressing the issue: Dreamhost Blog- “Um, Whoops”
About Otis
I live in Seattle, Washington. I am passionate about working with and interacting with others. My work experience includes marketing, account management, and sales.
I am a huge sports fan who on top of cheering for my favorite teams (Go Beavs!) also appreciates coaching strategy, as well as the marketing behind teams, players, and events.
Personally, I enjoys exploring new cities and areas (particularly small towns) and getting outside and playing.