FOX9 on MPCA’s Phone Book Spam Policies
FOX9 took a look at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s stance on how to deal with over delivery of print directories. The Deets even got a plug*: In a bit of news that should be music to the ears of Minneapolis blogger and phone book fighter Ed Kohler , the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is pointing Minnesotans to a website to opt out of phone book delivery. Link: http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com The MPCA recommends opt outs because they stop waste from being created in the first

The National, South Beach, Miami, FL TP
Katie captured this shot from The National in South Beach in the spring. I wonder if hotels have problems with people stealing standing TP dispensers like this? Nice touch with the B&W shot, Katie.

Bombing Apartments with Yellow Pages
One of the most concentrated forms of print yellow pages spam is apartment building over-delivery. The above shot comes from Kelly Ford, who points out on his blog that his Manhattan apartment building has 7 units, but received 12 copies of the Verizon Supe

Joel Kramer Crunches MinnPost’s Visitor Data
Joel Kramer has been doing some excellent analysis of MinnPost’s traffic data. I get the impression that few publishers have this depth of understanding of their website’s traffic. Or, if they do, aren’t building businesses based around transparency for advertisers. But on most websites, ours included, the vast majority of unique visitors are passersby. They come through a search or a link from a blog, and they visit the site precisely once, usually for a quick glance at one page. In many cases, if you ask them 30 seconds later which site

Hey, Merlin Mann: Is Bashing Charlatans Useful?
I’m a fan of Merlin Mann’s work on 43 Folders and how he approaches problems. Figuring out good ways to do things and, more importantly, what’s worth doing at all, is good stuff. One of Merlin’s favorite subjects is pointing out the ridiculousness of “productivity” websites that post new tips dozens of times per day. As he’s mentioned, you’re not doing anyone any favors by chewing up their time with recycled productivity tips. The best tips, in most cases, being, “get back to work.” He gets into this starting around 3:15 into