Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
"Courting Google, City Fathers Turn to Silliness" - NYTimes.com
Chapelboroham has a lot of competition!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Three shopping notes
It's interesting, at least, that Walmart has eliminated all of their self-checkout lines. One employee told me that it was because of maintenance issues - they kept breaking down. I bet there are other reasons and it may be a local option question.
Separately, I was curious in checking out of Weaver Street Market to know how many people walked out of the store with a printed receipt in their hands. The Market person who checked me out said that she thinks it is more of less 50/50. I will ask again. There is a lot to be learned from that choice, I think.
I have purchased several items recently at Home Depot that I was not able to use once I got them home. The no questions asked return policy there is very impressive; no one ever challenged me on my good faith returns. I wonder if most stores in Chapelboroham have a similar approach. For me, it adds to customer satisfaction but whether it makes me shop at Home Depot more often is not clear to me.
Separately, I was curious in checking out of Weaver Street Market to know how many people walked out of the store with a printed receipt in their hands. The Market person who checked me out said that she thinks it is more of less 50/50. I will ask again. There is a lot to be learned from that choice, I think.
I have purchased several items recently at Home Depot that I was not able to use once I got them home. The no questions asked return policy there is very impressive; no one ever challenged me on my good faith returns. I wonder if most stores in Chapelboroham have a similar approach. For me, it adds to customer satisfaction but whether it makes me shop at Home Depot more often is not clear to me.
Monday, March 15, 2010
"Town of Chapel Hill : Event Calendar : Google Fiber for Communities Public Forum"
I wonder what it says about all that there may be 900 people on a Facebook page related to this application but only 3 or 4 people showed up to speak at the "forum"?
"The Herald-Sun - The democracy of sidewalks"
Great editorial, but we need more sophistication in approaching the challenge of a pedestrian network for Chapelboroham. Imagine if we were starting only with that and cars came second!
If so, I bet we would have avoided most of what this map shows.
It would be great to see this map cover the rest of Chapelboroham as well.
If so, I bet we would have avoided most of what this map shows.
It would be great to see this map cover the rest of Chapelboroham as well.
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