Or, why I haven't emailed you back or blogged in weeks.... [More]

[The Shifted Librarian]

Personally, I'd have gotten out the sledgehammer and played croquette by the third day of horror that Jenny just went through. She is far more patient than I. Glad to see that she is back, if only on a temporary basis.

11:11:50 PM    

Imagine an opt in system for advertisers, where you show them a little leg (Hi, I'm Ryan, and I'm looking for a mortgage, here's some info I don't share with just anybody) and in exchange, you get offers from only those businesses that are interested in your terms. Lending tree does this with mortgages, but imagine of telcos, car insurance, everyone got in on this, and they weren't allowed to contact you otherwise. Your information is just that, yours, private, and only something that you share with parties that you are interested in doing business with. Alternately, make it an optional means of doing business, and advertise that as a part of your "charm". I know that there are some businesses that are doing this already (Capitol One's No Hassle card,) but again, what if everyone played along?

11:07:34 PM