Frustration

[kwatt]

I was going to publish some of this tonight. I often write stuff off the top of my head, then re-visit it sometime later and bin it or publish it. In this case I’ve decided not to openly publish it, which is probably for the best. But for your amusment before I delete the document I thought I’d give you a peek at it.

If nothing else it may provide some entertainment.

K.

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It’s a funny thing the internet, it’s fickle. Well at least the users of the internet are fickle. Most internet users, especially the older ones that go back aways to the days of a 14400 modem being the dog’s doo dahs would likely agree.

It staggers me in this environment how things change, yet don’t. it is truly amazing how many corporation in particular are seemingly incapable of grasping what the internet is all about, it’s unpredictable and often volatile nature, instead viewing it as yet another marketing medium. However, unlike printed, TV or any of the other traditional medium it remains, thankfully, beyond corruption due to its very nature, the freedom of expression preclude that from happening.

Of course corruption runs deep and tends to be exceptionally well funded and so any website, or webmaster, can become a victim of their own success should they actually reaching that mythical point of no return, currently known as “the tipping point”. It’s only known as the tipping point because that happens to be the current darling book of the business community. It always amazes me how a trendy book can change the general vernacular, from Tony Blair down we’re all at tipping points now just because it was No.1 on the WH Smith business book listing.

Very easy to change people’s opinion really. All you need is enough marketing spend and a good hook line.

You have to admire these people though, I mean it’s a marketing nirvana really, sell something that isn’t really new, just regurgitated. Really it is the ultimate recycling in some ways barring of course the paper that it wastes. But then I’d bet that the invoices aren’t seen as a waste by the suits that rake in the vast bulk of the money.

Funny old world.

Blogless

So, here’s the thing, I’d love to have a blog and spew out nonsensical rubbish like the above all the time. My simplistic observations laid bare for all to see, the only trouble is that everybody seems to think (including myself truth be told) that I’m either slightly insane, which is of course entirely possible or that the results could be catastrophic for some reason. Quite how my ramblings would cause the world to come unstuck I’ve yet to fathom, although to be fair, I am working on several theories to explain that phenomena.

So, knowing me (if you do) you pretty much know that I don’t’ give and sticking two fingers up at the establishment seems, to me at least, pretty much a good idea. In fact, upsetting the establishment is a career choice that I rather enjoy, especially within the appliance industry and, it really isn’t difficult to accomplish that goal. It often strikes e that applying simple common sense to most situations in this industry usually manages to upset someone.

So this blog thing, well I’d have one but I just couldn’t resist bubbling on about appliances or some of the sad bastards that are in this industry. Mostly this would involve a character assignation of some poor sod that works for a manufacturer or whatever and, let’s face it, that seriously isn’t difficult. There’s so many of them that breath in arse hair and sweat it’s not hard to find targets. In fact there’s a queue of them just waiting to be picked on.

Then there’s the architects of the industry’s demise. They’re the holes that the targets are breathing in the fumes from.

So I have to steer away from a blog because I’d have to be all politically correct and it’s hard enough to be PC on UKW let alone anywhere else, which when I write for other sites I’m not. At all.

It is, at times, incredibly frustrating, not to be able to just let loose.

I’d write under a pseudonym but that’s obvious and I’d likely be rumbled pretty quickly too. So that’s pretty much out.

Temperance

So I have to temper my remarks most often. I have to settle for taking a swipe when I can, how I can and usually that involves a high degree of subtlety that beggers belief really.

I’m just contemplating how best to next upset the suits.

And I really must stop having a chat with Jim Beam & Friends, it’s not good for my temper or state of mind. Not at all.

K.

[Penguin45]

Re: Frustration

C’mon – use a bit of subtlety here. We could create a bLog no probs – call it dUKWorth or some such clever thing – we could all feed into it, or get Rudi to run it for you. Placement is the thing – you’ve got to get it noticed.

Putting the post on the site? Justify that… We all know in the trade that we have huge issues to deal with, the Public, whilst not exactly dumb, aren’t going to get it. If the blog were running, those involved could drop a link on the end of any relevant post, but the article itself? Not sure.

Isn’t the “tipping point” 13 months after you bought your Indesit Group appliance?

Chris

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