from Debbie Kiley:
He who doeth the works of righteousness shall receive his reward, even peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.
D&C 59:23
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Are you a geek?
SciFi channel aims to shed geeky image with new name.
The comments are pretty negative about this change. People who either a) fit the "geek" image SciFi is trying to bust or b) fit the alleged demographic are both offended. As a 48-year-old female who has been reading scifi for at least 36 of those years, I agree. (I also like video games, BTW, and my teen daughters do, as well).
I recommend reading the comments, though. Some of them are pretty funny and point out things about the name that were apparently missed in the market research. (One person claims that "syfy" in Polish means "things that are stinky.") I liked the suggest of changing the channel name to OOPS, as in "Our Original Programming Sucks."
Some people pointed out that the programming changes (wrestling, anyone?) are what drive people away. Start out by providing interesting, quality programming and gradually get rid of the interesting, quality stuff, replacing it with, well, crap, and yes, you will lose viewers.
But who are the customers to argue with the marketing people? We may be the target audience, but obviously they know better than we do about what we want. Right.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Perhaps they needed something, but they are fixing the wrong thing.
The comments are pretty negative about this change. People who either a) fit the "geek" image SciFi is trying to bust or b) fit the alleged demographic are both offended. As a 48-year-old female who has been reading scifi for at least 36 of those years, I agree. (I also like video games, BTW, and my teen daughters do, as well).
I recommend reading the comments, though. Some of them are pretty funny and point out things about the name that were apparently missed in the market research. (One person claims that "syfy" in Polish means "things that are stinky.") I liked the suggest of changing the channel name to OOPS, as in "Our Original Programming Sucks."
Some people pointed out that the programming changes (wrestling, anyone?) are what drive people away. Start out by providing interesting, quality programming and gradually get rid of the interesting, quality stuff, replacing it with, well, crap, and yes, you will lose viewers.
But who are the customers to argue with the marketing people? We may be the target audience, but obviously they know better than we do about what we want. Right.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Perhaps they needed something, but they are fixing the wrong thing.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Here we go again
It's 12:45 a.m. Sunday morning. I haven't fully prepared my lesson - not the way I wanted to. I came home and went on Twitter, turned to the History Channel (a show about Einstein) and basically wasted the last two hours.
So I need to either a) go to bed and get up in the morning and get done as much as I can or b) stay up and get done as much as I can, then go to bed and try to get up in the morning.
Either way, I'll be short of sleep - yep, it's Daylight Saving Time. I missed teaching last month - called in sick.
I had a great idea, but it requires preparation and I didn't do what I needed to do. Time passes too quickly. I get caught up in the day-to-day and forget to do the things on my list that don't have specific timelines.
And I make a habit of staying up too late messing around, making myself more tired, needing more sleep, leaving less time to get things done.
So I need to either a) go to bed and get up in the morning and get done as much as I can or b) stay up and get done as much as I can, then go to bed and try to get up in the morning.
Either way, I'll be short of sleep - yep, it's Daylight Saving Time. I missed teaching last month - called in sick.
I had a great idea, but it requires preparation and I didn't do what I needed to do. Time passes too quickly. I get caught up in the day-to-day and forget to do the things on my list that don't have specific timelines.
And I make a habit of staying up too late messing around, making myself more tired, needing more sleep, leaving less time to get things done.
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