Comcast-Plaxo
Briefly, doesn’t the marriage of Comcast, the worst cable company and possibly the worst company on Earth, and Plaxo, a company that doesn’t give a damn about privacy, represent a marriage of two of the corporate world’s most dastardly forces? And if these two corporate entities spawn a child, won’t it accelerate the coming of the End-Times? Aren’t we obligated to drive a stake through the heart of ComPlaxo? Or perhaps the coming of the End-Times is in fact a good thing, as it will cleanse the earth of Reihans. I suppose I hadn’t thought of it that way.
I love reading Reihan Salam’s posts. I thought of just writing “I love Reihan Salam” but I’ve never met him. Should that have stopped me?
— dgj · May 20, 05:17 PM · #
I wouldn’t think so, dgj, I have at least one clever female friend who’s gone farther than that in her assessment of Reihan based on the posts….
So, on corporations:
(1) What gives with the Comcast-hate? I had ‘em briefly and they were as bad as any other utility company but no worse. Now I live in a Time-Warner area and the bastards have just unrolled a much-heralded, much advertised “upgrade” to our digital cable which slows the whole thing down incredibly, so I’m on the verge of just getting rid of the motherf*cker again. Gimme Comcast, man. And…
(2) I just joined “Sam’s Club” to mitigate baby expenses. Does that mean I get something for free from Reihan and Ross Douthat? I’d think so. So far I’m finding it disappointing relative to Costco.
— Sanjay · May 20, 06:49 PM · #
Clever post. I disagree with your analysis, but it did paint a vivid picture for me. :)
You and your readers might find this post on Plaxo and privacy of interest:
http://blog.plaxo.com/archives/2008/05/data_ownership.html
(And, yes, I am biased, as I head up marketing at Plaxo.)
— John McCrea · May 20, 08:39 PM · #
Sanjay…I’ve long wondered how appalled I should be with Comcast’s service. When I was in D.C., around 2001, I leapt at the chance to change from Cablevision (Comcast precursor there) to StarPower (which may no longer exist), just for the chance to exercise consumer choice upon a service that frequently pissed me off. It was a good decision. But here in the East Bay, I did the same thing when ATT U-Verse came knocking, and I was sorely disappointed. ATT totally bit, on all fronts. Internet, cable, service. I’m back to Comcast, chastened in my Wilsonian ambitions for liberalizing the whole region of quasi-utility media providers. Also, their dvr box is a lot better now.
— Matt Feeney · May 21, 01:50 AM · #