Tag: USA Today

  • The Incredible Observations of Bearman – Sun Chips

    USA Today is reporting that Frito-Lay is dumping that noisy Sun Chips bag on all flavors except the original.  Finally accepting defeat in what I predicted (and cartooned) would turn out to hurt sales.

    Sales are down 11%. And some environmentalists “hate” us for not putting up with a little noise.  But companies should NOT expect people who are interested in helping the environment to have to put up with a shoddy design.  They should do better – As it seems Boulder Canyon has done with their chip bag.

    When will the world come to me first for advice on these things before spending so much money?

    Hat Tip to Crunch Gear for the original heads up.

  • Twitter screws up your relationships

    See if my previous post wasn’t enough…USA Today has an article in todays paper talking about how people rely too much on social networks like Twitter and Facebook while ignoring the people sitting right in front of them. 

    I love the line:

    As it turns out, some celebrity Twitterers — Britney Spears, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Barack Obama — have hired ghostwriters to supply their tweets because they’re just too busy

    Come on!  Really!  Are you that impressed with yourself that you need someone else to make your life sound more interesting than it is.  Read the article here.