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My XM Radio Experience

December 21, 2010 Josh

Back in September I bought a nicely-loaded Nissan Rogue. It came with XM Radio built in with a 3-month trial subscription to their programming and their traffic reporting system. I

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Freeware Spam

September 18, 2010 Josh

I was looking for a better “popular posts” plug-in for WordPress yesterday, so I tried one in particular (no, I won’t name it). Shortly after installing it, I was auto-spammed

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Zendesk Saga

May 19, 2010October 7, 2021 Josh

Mikkel Svane ( @mikkelsvane ), CEO of Zendesk, made what must have been quite a difficult apology (2021 Update: Zendesk has since removed these posts) for the price increase fiasco

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Zendesk Third Impressions

May 17, 2010November 2, 2021 Josh

Awhile back, I wrote about the SaaS help desk company Zendesk and their “crazy girlfriend sales tactics.” Not only was the article a hit, but it prompted a very good

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Comedy Censored

April 21, 2010 Josh

Regarding the censored South Park episode aired last night … What Comedy Central did was cowardly, shameful, senseless, and wrong.

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Zendesk Second Impressions

April 18, 2010 Josh

Last week, I posted my e-mail response to the Zendesk representative I dubbed “Heidi” (obviously not her real name), wherein I compared her to a crazy ex-girlfriend, bent on constant

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Zendesk First Impressions

April 14, 2010October 7, 2021 Josh

At the very end of last week, I started a one-month free trial with Zendesk, a web-based help desk a la FogBugz. I chose it for its simplicity and am

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Mozy Online Backup

February 13, 2010 Josh

I gave Mozy’s online backup service a try. This is partially due to my effort to unburden myself as mentioned in my “Real Work” post. Two days after signing up,

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Canceling Privacy Assist and Asshole Tactics

November 10, 2009 Josh

Today I decided to cancel my “Privacy Assist” credit monitoring account through Bank of America. Fun times, fun times.

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iStockphoto – DO NOT WANT

October 17, 2009 Josh

Ah, iStockphoto. They bother me. They really do. Their “credits” system – a throwback to carnival days – is just plain hostile toward consumers and only benefits them. Why do

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Josh lives in Danville, Virginia, USA with his husband and too many cats. You may also admire him on Twitter, LinkedIn, StackOverflow, and GitHub.

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