I love this. Reminds me of something I would do when I was a kid.

Posted by James at 08:16 PM | Permalink

...is too low.

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Posted by James at 08:25 PM | Permalink

Nuff said...

Posted by James at 10:05 PM | Permalink

Looks like the Denver International Airport's Mustang of the Apocalypse controversy made the New York Times. Fun read on the whole thing. Check it out.

[via The Egotist]

Posted by James at 09:13 PM | Permalink

Toss this one in the "it would have been better to apologize" file...

Since I'm a super-duper US Airways patron (the cheapest way to get to Barcelona), I was fortunate enough to get the following email today:

Subject: We're bringing back free drinks

We're bringing back free drinks

On March 1, we're bringing back free drinks in our Coach cabin. This includes sodas, juices, tea, coffee and water on all US Airways and US Airways Express flights.

We believe in our pay-for-what-you-choose-to-use – or "a la carte" – business model, but it's a work-in-progress. We are committed to remaining competitive and that's the main reason we have decided to bring back free drinks.

You still have the choice to only pay for the things you want – like checked bags, Choice Seats or First Class upgrades. And, those services will continue to be free for our Preferred members.

Always get the latest news and our best offers at usairways.com.

Sincerely,

Fernand Fernandez
Director, Marketing Programs

Now I know that the airline business has been hurting, and the future likely looks bleak, but seriously, would it have killed them to admit it was a bad call?

I mean, it's kinda obvious it was, and anyone who flies on a regular basis or ANY of your flight attendants could have told you that before you started the program. But you tried it and it didn't work.

So admit it. Apologize for it. Act like you care.

And an FYI - checked baggage had NEVER been something I want to pay for. Seriously Fern-Daddy.

Posted by James at 09:02 PM | Permalink

The F1 season gets started in 33 days, and I'm flipping out I'm so excited. The Egotist posted the video below, which does a fantastic job demonstrating and showing the new 2009 rule changes. Check it out, get excited, and try not to laugh at Sebastian's accent. M'kay?

Posted by James at 10:41 AM | Permalink

Kick butt social media maven and Copy Diva Robin Seidner pointed me to some interesting stats today posted by Matt McGee that show that the average length of search queries is increasing year over year.

Check out the stats here.

While this obviously shows that there is growth in long tail search terms, I think the more interesting angle on this story is that it seems that people may be learning to speak "searchese" - learning how to write effective search queries that get them where they want to go on the web.

This could have big implications for the companies trying to figure out natural language search since it could be easier to teach humans how to speak search engine rather than teach search engines how to speak human.

Time will tell.

Posted by James at 06:50 PM | Permalink