Comments on: Phonebooks. So many questions unanswered… http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/ Random shenanigans from the mind of Mike Leotta... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Mike Thu, 22 May 2008 15:15:21 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-167 woah! that's what I need to do with the phonebook on my front steps! woah! that’s what I need to do with the phonebook on my front steps!

]]> By: Reid http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Reid Thu, 22 May 2008 14:25:43 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-166 cool. since you're a strong guy, you might like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pGvEGFkvNs cool. since you’re a strong guy, you might like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pGvEGFkvNs

]]> By: Mike http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Mike Thu, 22 May 2008 14:08:00 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-165 Just to clarify...I understand that phonebooks are still useful to many people (older, people without internet access, etc). I just don't want to deal with them...and I like to overgeneralize things and make simplified sarcastic statements so I don't have to type as much. Just to clarify…I understand that phonebooks are still useful to many people (older, people without internet access, etc). I just don’t want to deal with them…and I like to overgeneralize things and make simplified sarcastic statements so I don’t have to type as much.

]]> By: Reid http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Reid Thu, 22 May 2008 07:43:39 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-164 wow, time stamps are really revealing about how much of a loser i am wow, time stamps are really revealing about how much of a loser i am

]]> By: Reid http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Reid Thu, 22 May 2008 07:43:13 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-163 PS - broken link - whenever I'm not on /blog I click "random" and go to /blog. But when I'm at /blog and click "random" it takes me to that page, which is a 404 PS – broken link – whenever I’m not on /blog I click “random” and go to /blog. But when I’m at /blog and click “random” it takes me to that page, which is a 404

]]> By: Reid http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Reid Thu, 22 May 2008 07:00:36 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-162 Totally agree that phonebooks, paper bills, etc are on their way out. But, since we all work at Google I think it's easy to get caught up in the mentality that all business can and should take place with the Internet involved. It's certainly where lots of places are moving towards, but consider small businesses who have a limited advertising budget and only want to cater to local businesses - it's hard to get them on the Internet if their customers aren't using it as well. Think small town America or non-Silicon Valley. So while there's no good reason to place a phonebook on the doorstep of someone like you or me, I think it finds value for non-Internet users who do exist and an older generation who, sadly to say, engages in interactions at a pace we find mind-numbingly slow. Opting out is the most ideal solution, but phonebooks I imagine promise advertisers a certain amount of "reach" and "publicity" which translates into placing one on everyone's doorstep. Our only hope, I imagine, is for Dunder Mufflin to go out of business and thereby cause the price of paper to skyrocket. I had another longer comment about cursive/education that I started to write about, but I'll save that for another day. Totally agree that phonebooks, paper bills, etc are on their way out. But, since we all work at Google I think it’s easy to get caught up in the mentality that all business can and should take place with the Internet involved. It’s certainly where lots of places are moving towards, but consider small businesses who have a limited advertising budget and only want to cater to local businesses – it’s hard to get them on the Internet if their customers aren’t using it as well. Think small town America or non-Silicon Valley. So while there’s no good reason to place a phonebook on the doorstep of someone like you or me, I think it finds value for non-Internet users who do exist and an older generation who, sadly to say, engages in interactions at a pace we find mind-numbingly slow. Opting out is the most ideal solution, but phonebooks I imagine promise advertisers a certain amount of “reach” and “publicity” which translates into placing one on everyone’s doorstep. Our only hope, I imagine, is for Dunder Mufflin to go out of business and thereby cause the price of paper to skyrocket.

I had another longer comment about cursive/education that I started to write about, but I’ll save that for another day.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Sandy Thu, 22 May 2008 06:17:32 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-161 whoa...i just noticed that sophia and I posted comments at the EXACT same time! and...yes, I did come back for a second read...it was still completely hilarious the second time. whoa…i just noticed that sophia and I posted comments at the EXACT same time! and…yes, I did come back for a second read…it was still completely hilarious the second time.

]]> By: Rowyn http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Rowyn Thu, 22 May 2008 06:01:30 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-160 "spend more time on math and science so our children don’t fall further behind other countries" -- hear hear! “spend more time on math and science so our children don’t fall further behind other countries” — hear hear!

]]> By: Sandy http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Sandy Thu, 22 May 2008 05:16:51 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-159 Mike for president! I agree...cursive handwriting is pointless and hard to read. I pretty much faked it throughout elementary school. I still don't know how 'z' goes...I always just printed 'z' and attached a squiggly line to the next letter. Mike for president!

I agree…cursive handwriting is pointless and hard to read. I pretty much faked it throughout elementary school. I still don’t know how ‘z’ goes…I always just printed ‘z’ and attached a squiggly line to the next letter.

]]> By: Sophia http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/2008/05/21/phonebooks-so-many-questions-unanswered/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Sophia Thu, 22 May 2008 05:16:28 +0000 http://www.mikeleotta.com/blog/?p=53#comment-158 When I read "Haven't they heard of the internet?" I got confused and thought I was reading Wysz's blog, waha! When I read “Haven’t they heard of the internet?” I got confused and thought I was reading Wysz’s blog, waha!

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