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Effective but ethical internet vigilantism

June 11, 2007January 5, 2012

I recently resorted to internet vigilantism when I found that a web development agency had blatantly stolen characteristic elements of the Cinnamon website for use on their own website. I asked them to remove these elements immediately. When they did not, I blogged about it. This was very effective. The company was wrong, and I […]

Posted in Babble, Copyright, Web

The importance of the 80/20 Principle

May 30, 2007January 5, 2012

20% of what you do today will be responsible for 80% of the day’s results. 20% of a company’s clients will be yield 80% of the company’s revenue. I can imagine that almost everyone is familiar with the 80/20 Principle, also known as the Pareto Principle. Pareto was an Italian economist who discovered an economic […]

Posted in Babble, Business, Creativity, Productivity

Company X violates Cinnamon copyright

May 20, 2007January 5, 2012

This post has been edited since first publication. See my lengthy explanation. Update: Company X have changed their site as of May 22, 2007. They seem to have removed our material. Note: This is my personal reaction to Company X’s violation of Cinnamon’s copyright, and is not necessarily the reaction of our company. Cinnamon’s post […]

Posted in Babble, Copyright, Creativity, Design, Sightings, Web

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