by deCadmus | Jul 2, 2014 | Featured, Web/Tech
So it turns out that, yes, we are impacted emotionally by the streams of social information we consume. Happy stories make us happy. Sad stories? Spoiler alert: they make us sad. But it’s Facebook’s manipulation of our news feeds that makes us very angry, indeed.
by deCadmus | May 12, 2007 | Coffee
Some updating to ye ol’ Blogroll is somewhat overdue, at least so far as the college of coffee blogs goes. There’s lots of interesting new voices out there — folks who are pushing the envelope on roasting, brewing, pulling shots and delivering an...
by deCadmus | Apr 16, 2007 | Life in Vermont, Usability
But not so embarrassing that I won’t post it… The Vermont/New Hampshire Direct Marketing Group has made me a poster boy of sorts for their (19th Annual!) conference at the lovely Wentworth by the Sea Hotel and Spa in New Castle, New Hampshire. I understand...
by deCadmus | Feb 27, 2002 | Coffee
This evening at the local Borders I ordered a double espresso. This is *not* something I would ordinarily do… in-store coffee shops have a dismal track record in my book, serving coffee that is all over the map in terms of quality. But the two young ladies...
by deCadmus | Oct 25, 2000 | Arts & Letters, Forty-two, Meta, Web/Tech
For a long time I dismissed personal web sites as hollow “vanity” pages. I was wrong. Sure, there are sites that don’t really have much to say… but what’s to dismiss about personal expression? There are personal sites that express real...
by deCadmus | Sep 30, 2000 | Usability, Web/Tech
Appeared in Inc. Magazine, September, 2000 Increasingly aware of the costs of acquiring new customers on the Internet, companies are scrambling to implement relationship management initiatives and to adopt practices that deliver a superior customer experience. A...