Another loser gets his own blog-I mean, personal brand is king
Doug Haslam I thought I was running behind the curve by re-establishing a personal blog after 2 years of contributing to Tech PR Gems (which I still do). Turns out one of…
Twitter adoption to burnout: Approximately 23 minutes
Reprinted from the Tech PR Gems blog: Was fooling around with Twitter today, after a discussion at one of my regular haunts, the Thursday morning virtual “Coffee with crayon” in…
Tut-tut, Sunglass Hut– bad customer service heads its ugly rear
I needed new sunglasses, because I’m an idiot and can’t find the nice pair I have worn for the last two years. So, I go to Sunglass Hut because I…
Why the Hanson Brothers weren’t at the Oscars this year
This year’s Oscars featured many luminaries, most of whom just sat in the audience looking good. But surely there were three empty seats, meant for the Hanson Brothers, supporting players…
If you can’t join ‘em, scrotum
Every so often you hear about a children’s book that gets some parents’ knickers in a twist because they are afraid of their child getting exposed to things they don’t…
Comcast customer service: more cursive, less cursing
I was going to say, “Comcast couches customer service in personal notes,” but I had to make a choice. For all the customer service horror stories we hear about Comcast…
On WordPress at last…
Ed Lee can stop his bitching now, I have moved this blog over to WordPress! I’m still calling it Gischeleman’s Blog, but now it’ll have that nifty-looking Volkswagen logo in…
What does Gischeleman mean?
Don’t you hate randomly-named blogs? Well, let me tell you what Gischeleman means. It is a word — from the language of the Delaware tribe, or in their language, the…
Should I restart this blog?
I have long abandoned the idea of a personal blog, as I thought I had nothing interesting to say (witness my early posts below). I had satisfied myself with group…
RIP–Jimmy Smith
I’ve been hearing that Jimmy Smith died last night– this is the loss of a great jazz legend. I have often wondered why there have not been more organ players…