Looks kinda like Montana, doesn’t it? As a matter of fact, many “Spaghetti Westerns” were filmed here. The scenery comes complete with cattle, horses, and sheep, brought here to graze during the warm months. The latest movie to be filmed in Campo Imperatore is White Hell (Inferno Bianco), a low-budget horror Western, available on YouTube.… Continue reading Campo Imperatore – Home of the Spaghetti Western
How to Write a Product Newsletter That Will Get Raves
Distilling what people have written over the years about why they liked our newsletters, here’s my advice on how to write a successful company newsletter: You first need to decide: is your newsletter only about selling things, or is it about building relationships with customers and a sense of community among them? Obviously, I favor… Continue reading How to Write a Product Newsletter That Will Get Raves
English Not Spoken Here
At least not very well. English is taught in Italian schools from third grade on, but most people who want to learn it properly take courses outside of school and try to do a study tour in the UK or US as well. Still, things are changing… When I first arrived in Italy 10 years… Continue reading English Not Spoken Here
Subscriber Comments About the Adaptec Discussion List
In response to complaints of censorship on the discussion list, Stan (a long time Adaptec/Roxio List recipient) wrote: Adaptec/Roxio has always ‘paid the freight’ for their own, honestly identified “moderated” <news group> & openly controlled forum. “Their” newsgroup exists as a wise, long term business decision to: 1) Cultivate real world user feed back –… Continue reading Subscriber Comments About the Adaptec Discussion List
The End of an Era
Yesterday I said goodbye to the subscribers of the Roxio newsletters. And the email came pouring in. Sure, I’ve heard from people about the newsletters before. I always knew I was doing something right there. But (in spite of my considerable ego) I didn’t expect the warmth and kindness of some of the messages I… Continue reading The End of an Era