Comments on: Making A Call http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/ Things that Eric A. Meyer, CSS expert, writes about on his personal Web site; it's largely Web standards and Web technology, but also various bits of culture, politics, personal observations, and other miscellaneous stuff Fri, 10 May 2013 11:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rue jules verne http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1591 rue jules verne Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:26:39 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1591 Nov 2

I did my civic duty. First time I’ve had to stand in an honest-to-goodness line to vote. But, hey, a line is a good thing. 75-90 minutes on line, and then I drew my lines, submitted my ballot, #250, and collected my sticker.

Now we just have…

]]> By: randypeterman.com/wordpress/ http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1590 randypeterman.com/wordpress/ Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:42:35 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1590 Tele-Propa-Cram Calls
That’s what I call the proliferation of telephone calls from political entities trying to persuade me to vote for one or more candidates. Making A Call, by Eric Meyer, is another person who’s tired of it, what scares me is the number of trackbacks i…

]]> By: StreetComputing http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1586 StreetComputing Tue, 02 Nov 2004 06:39:42 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1586 Telemarketing doesn’t work.
Less so than email spam does, in that you’re reaching a comparatively limited audience and are less likely to hit susceptible people. Oh, yeah, and with email, it’s more likely to be utterly disregarded in the flood of other garbage, but with the ‘…

]]> By: vaderpi's random rants » How did you decide? http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1588 vaderpi's random rants » How did you decide? Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1588 [...] d you decide?
Filed under: Politics — vaderpi @ 8:40 am

I just read a blog post from Eric Meyer that really made me laugh. I hope that you enjoy it! I [...]

]]> By: StreetComputing » Telemarketing doesn’t work. http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1585 StreetComputing » Telemarketing doesn’t work. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2004/11/01/making-a-call/#comment-1585 [...] you’re required to take notice, and, subsequently, offense. I cite Eric Meyer as a key example of why telemarketing sucks, more so than email spam. Good work, rega [...]

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