PDD - Door Dealer Diaries

Take Advantage of Google Vs. Microsoft

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:20:05 PDT

In the past couple of months, Microsoft has launched a new search engine (Bing), Google has launched an operating system (Chrome OS), and now Microsoft is offering a free Web-based version of Office to try to counteract Google Docs.I'm quite excited about this because I think Office, though essential, is overpriced. I've been using OpenOffice for some time because it's ...

How the ‘Best Job in the World’ Contest Was the ‘Best Marketing Campaign’ in the World

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:32:11 PDT

Odds are you heard about – or even applied for – the Best Job in the World. In case you were in a cave from January to July of this year, the tourism board for the islands off of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef ran a contest to find a caretaker for Hamilton Island. It indeed sounded like a great job ...

Why the Swatch Watch is, Like, Totally Important

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:17:56 PDT

It's Friday and time for a little storytelling.The other night, I met up with a good friend for dinner. Before she could even say “hello,” or “how’s it going?” I honed in on her wrist and exclaimed, “Is that a SWATCH?”It was. And I nearly died, suddenly flooded with memories of my own Swatch watches, and how utterly cool and ...