http://www.jgower.com me, technology, and making money Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.jgower.com/companies-i-hate/i-hate-comcast/#comment-20 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:36:01 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/companies-i-hate/i-hate-comcast/#comment-20 Have been having problems with my cable, I have to jiggle it and power cycle my modem to get comcast broadband to work. I reported this problem via online chat with comcast. They agreed that a technician should come out, however, they were unable to open a ticket to schedule a technician due to an outage in my area.... funny thing was I was online chatting with them and they are saying there is an outage... could not convince them to open up a ticket for a repair person... comcasts policies are just stupid. Have been having problems with my cable, I have to jiggle it and power cycle my modem to get comcast broadband to work. I reported this problem via online chat with comcast. They agreed that a technician should come out, however, they were unable to open a ticket to schedule a technician due to an outage in my area…. funny thing was I was online chatting with them and they are saying there is an outage… could not convince them to open up a ticket for a repair person…
comcasts policies are just stupid.

]]> http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-12 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:59:06 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-12 [...] The other model, a flat-fee, is working very well for us. It was stressful at first, but the fantastic growth we have been experiencing validates our model. We hired bloggers based on their ability to write interesting and compelling content, not because of their ability to churn out post after post (great for search engines perhaps, but really a shitty solution). We did of course put in certain conditions (you have), but they also meant the stress factor was a lot lower. Our writers knew they would get paid the same, be it with 5 posts in a week or with 50. They also knew that by working harder on each post, by ensuring a higher quality of work, the long-term potential and upside were far better than a post-churning blog. [...] […] The other model, a flat-fee, is working very well for us. It was stressful at first, but the fantastic growth we have been experiencing validates our model. We hired bloggers based on their ability to write interesting and compelling content, not because of their ability to churn out post after post (great for search engines perhaps, but really a shitty solution). We did of course put in certain conditions (you have), but they also meant the stress factor was a lot lower. Our writers knew they would get paid the same, be it with 5 posts in a week or with 50. They also knew that by working harder on each post, by ensuring a higher quality of work, the long-term potential and upside were far better than a post-churning blog. […]

]]> http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-11 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:07:04 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-11 There is a firefox plug-in called PDF Download that lets you view the .pdf files in html mode, I bet that will help you :) There is a firefox plug-in called PDF Download that lets you view the .pdf files in html mode, I bet that will help you :)

]]> http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-10 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-10 Foxit! Foxit!

]]> http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-9 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:34:32 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-9 [...] See the stats on Jacob’s blog. [...] […] See the stats on Jacob’s blog. […]

]]> http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-8 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:41:32 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/bloggy-network-growth/#comment-8 [...] Check out Jacob’s blog for graphs and details on a few more sites in the network, that are all doing great. [...] […] Check out Jacob’s blog for graphs and details on a few more sites in the network, that are all doing great. […]

]]> http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/checking-out-an-office/#comment-7 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:46:01 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/bloggy-network/checking-out-an-office/#comment-7 I know the feeling! This room that serves as my home office is already getting cramped also! We're thinking of turning it into a playroom for the kids (all their toys are already here anyway, so it's practically their playroom). I'm not so sure I can afford it right now, though. I know the feeling! This room that serves as my home office is already getting cramped also! We’re thinking of turning it into a playroom for the kids (all their toys are already here anyway, so it’s practically their playroom). I’m not so sure I can afford it right now, though.

]]> http://www.jgower.com/me/my-first-post/#comment-6 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:48:43 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/me/my-first-post/#comment-6 [...] I first came across Jacob Gower February 26, 2004, when we were selling one of our sites. He was quite happy with his purchase, flipping it for a very handsome profit a couple of months later. [...] […] I first came across Jacob Gower February 26, 2004, when we were selling one of our sites. He was quite happy with his purchase, flipping it for a very handsome profit a couple of months later. […]

]]> http://www.jgower.com/companies-i-hate/i-hate-comcast/#comment-5 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:40:34 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/companies-i-hate/i-hate-comcast/#comment-5 Speakeasy! Speakeasy!

]]> http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-4 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:37:37 +0000 http://www.jgower.com/pet-peeves/pet-peeve/#comment-4 That has to be the worst thing people do... especially when I was using Firefox under Windows, it'd kill my machine... I agree that there should be a standard (maybe an icon or something) for linking to certain file types. That has to be the worst thing people do… especially when I was using Firefox under Windows, it’d kill my machine… I agree that there should be a standard (maybe an icon or something) for linking to certain file types.

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