Exploring Technology Design and Politics
Nov 25
2008
2008
Marketing to High Income Customers
by Paul WhiteSomething I have noticed in recent years is advertisers are getting more keen to marketing to those with the High Income mindset. Read more about my thoughts on this and a few rules for how to reach out to these consumers.
Nov 25
2008
2008
New Core I7 workstation ordered
by Paul WhiteI finally picked out what components I wanted in my new workstation. Read more to see the complete list of components. Should get here by Dec 1st if not earlier. Once its here I will do a few bench marks, and report my findings.
Nov 12
2008
2008
Time to build a new workstation using intel's new I7
by Paul White
Finally the time has come. My workstation has served me well for the past 5 years, but with the increasing workload I put it through its time to upgrade. Learn the full details of I feel now is great time to make the move to the intel i7.
Nov 7
2008
2008
2008 Election in Review
by Paul WhiteI am a bit of a political junky. Its not so much what the politicians do ( as they all often do nothing ) but the phycology of what people think they will do and how it influences people's opinions. Here are some of my own opinions of the 2008 Election, and how things could have been very different.
Nov 3
2008
2008
Taking NightClub photos with a Sony a100 DSLR
by Paul WhiteBefore any of you get too excited, I don't have any photos posted yet. Tonight I got thinking about how unhappy I have been with the photos taken recently at a few nightclubs in Houston. All I am going to say is its all in the Flash ( SONY HVL-F56AM ) and how you don't use it. Read more for details
Nov 3
2008
2008
New Website coming soon
by Paul WhiteTonight I started work on a much needed face lift for whitesites.com.
Oct 22
2008
2008
Simple ways to grow your website's traffic
by Paul WhiteIf there is one common trend with new websites is they all want to hit critical mass tomorrow. They seem to think that they can buy traffic, or use Link Farms to go from rags to richs. Allow me to defunk these myths, and show you the right way its done.
Oct 21
2008
2008
How Advertising can hurt your image.
by Paul WhiteMost people believe that all advertising is good advertising. But this is not true. The only advertising that truely matters is word of mouth. Read more on my thoughts.
Oct 2
2008
2008
Chevy Volt Charging Math doesn't add up
by Paul WhiteWhen something sounds too good to be true it usually is. The Chevy Volt has been getting lots of hype. GM's press department has been careful about what figures to release. Knowing that any numerical figures would be scrutinized by engineers and techies. Well I worked some numbers and have come to the conclusion that the Chevy Volt is not what it seems.
Sep 16
2008
2008
What I learned from Hurricane IKE
by Paul WhiteIts one thing to hear about a hurricane from CNN or FOX news. Its an entirely different thing to experience it first hand. Here are my reflections of the experience, what I would do different, and what I did right.