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isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=370</guid> <description><![CDATA[The licensing dispute between Fox and Cablevision which kept the Giants game from coursing across the Cablevision network at kickoff today shows us yet again why closed licensing models based upon licensing aggregation simply are not in the best interest of consumers. &#160;As I highlighted in a previous post, I&#8217;m not a fan of having [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/10/17/how-open-will-change-television/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is that cashier high?</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/08/13/is-that-cashier-high/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/08/13/is-that-cashier-high/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:39:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=321</guid> <description><![CDATA[In January of &#8217;07, I visited the Bed Bath and Beyond store on 6th Avenue in Chelsea, and when I got home fuming from the experience, I blogged about it. &#160;It got a few comments, and before I knew it I was atop Google for &#34;Bed Bath and Beyond Sucks&#34;. &#160;It&#8217;s been that way for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/08/13/is-that-cashier-high/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter&#8217;s Pitiful &#8211; Failwhales, and Only 3283 TPS?</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/27/twitters-pitiful-failwhales-and-only-3283-tps/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/27/twitters-pitiful-failwhales-and-only-3283-tps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:12:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Geek Factor]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=237</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160;I came across this post on twitter&#8217;s blog. &#160;Really? &#160;Your all-time record tweets per second is 3283, and your systems are consistently over capacity? I got the failwhale page several times in the past week. &#160;Seems to me to be pretty #fail that you can&#8217;t handle that relatively small of a load. &#160;This is the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/27/twitters-pitiful-failwhales-and-only-3283-tps/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>No iPads in Manhattan</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/06/no-ipads-in-manhattan/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/06/no-ipads-in-manhattan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:03:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Geek Factor]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=232</guid> <description><![CDATA[I finally, despite hating AT&#038;T and resenting the crap out of Apple, had decided to pick up a 64GB 3g iPad yesterday to get in on the remaining opportunity to the unlimited 3g plan. I went to the Apple store on 59th St, and upon spotting an employee blue shirt in the tumultuous sea of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/06/06/no-ipads-in-manhattan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Could transparency be enough to fix mobile carrier exclusivity?</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/05/29/could-transparency-be-enough-to-fix-mobile-carrier-exclusivity/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/05/29/could-transparency-be-enough-to-fix-mobile-carrier-exclusivity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 20:52:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Geek Factor]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=223</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was just thinking about what back room wrangling may have gone on to have the iPad contract-free 3G service through AT&#038;T happen. Obviously, as a book reader, Apple could offer the Kindle up for comparison, and Steve could certainly make the case that ubiquitous connectivity would have to be better than that offered by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/05/29/could-transparency-be-enough-to-fix-mobile-carrier-exclusivity/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cablevision&#8217;s Business Model is the Problem</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/03/07/cablevisions-business-model-is-the-problem/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/03/07/cablevisions-business-model-is-the-problem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:37:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Geek Factor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Time Warner Cable]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=205</guid> <description><![CDATA[In watching the fight unfold between Cablevision and Disney/ABC, it&#8217;s plain to see that the largest problem the cable companies have is their adherence to their business model and not picking the right core competency. Time Warner Cable is asking its customers to support their fight against content providers: I&#8217;ve recently upgraded my home internet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2010/03/07/cablevisions-business-model-is-the-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sustaining the Unsustainable &#8211; Student Loan Debt</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2009/05/03/sustaining-the-unsustainable-student-loan-debt/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2009/05/03/sustaining-the-unsustainable-student-loan-debt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 22:10:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Government Sucks]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=158</guid> <description><![CDATA[When you take some time to think about the mortgage crisis that&#8217;s helped turn our markets to mud, it seems to come down to overpaying for things without a well-reasoned calculation of risk. Until about a month ago, I lived in Greenwich Village in New York, and walked by New York University&#8217;s buildings each day. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2009/05/03/sustaining-the-unsustainable-student-loan-debt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spelling does count.</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/12/15/spelling-does-count/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/12/15/spelling-does-count/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:55:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Geek Factor]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=166</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spelling does count. If the sender, subject line, or your message is misspelled, I&#8217;m far more likely to think that it&#8217;s spam and bin it. I&#8217;m fine with the false positives which may make it into the bit bucket if you didn&#8217;t take the time to figure out how to spell what you wanted to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/12/15/spelling-does-count/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shallow Gene Pool at the Music Genome Project?</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/08/05/shallow-gene-pool-at-the-music-genome-project/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/08/05/shallow-gene-pool-at-the-music-genome-project/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:12:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ani Difranco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glycerine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pandora]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.nevdull.com/?p=150</guid> <description><![CDATA[While I did create a &#8220;Glycerine&#8221; channel, I&#8217;ve heard an acoustic rendition of Bush&#8217;s Glycerine at least 5 times now on my Ani Difranco channel, and I haven&#8217;t listened that much to Pandora. I don&#8217;t know if I ran into a flaw in the algorithm, have had strange luck, or if Pandora isn&#8217;t really all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/08/05/shallow-gene-pool-at-the-music-genome-project/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Horrible RoadRunner Performance &#8211; Shame on Time Warner Cable of New York City</title><link>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/01/25/horrible-roadrunner-performance-shame-on-time-warner-cable-of-new-york-city/</link> <comments>http://www.nevdull.com/2008/01/25/horrible-roadrunner-performance-shame-on-time-warner-cable-of-new-york-city/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:16:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NevDull</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Businesses that Suck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Time Warner Cable]]></category> <category><![CDATA[No-Speed Online]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RoadRunner]]></category><guid
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