Solving mysteries at 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
June 2, 2010 2 Comments
If you aren’t as nerdy as I am, and don’t read blogs like Mashable and TechCrunch you might not have heard of Diaspora(pronounced “DYE-ASS-PORE-UH” not “dee-uh-spore-uh”). Diaspora is currently the darling of the start-up world. Having raised over $200K from “the crowd” on Kickstarter by promising a new type of social network where all your content lives on your computer and not on someone else’s server, right as the Facebook privacy debate was at a fever pitch. Initially asking for only $10 grand so they could live in NYC and code all summer they got much more than they bargained for – even getting a donation from Mark Zuckerberg himself apparently.
May 10, 2010 1 Comment
Can an ethical person work on an account that he or she is morally opposed to? It’s one thing to think that a client’s products are not worth the money, or just not for you, but what if you honestly believe that they are harmful to society?
I was recently discussing this with a few co-workers when someone who used to work on the McDonald’s account walked by. His response was that it’s not McDonald’s’ responsibility to educate people on the dangers of eating fast food. While I am a HUGE proponent of personal responsibility, it’s hard to absolve a company like that of all responsibility. Read more of this post
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