Tag: failure

  • Why Online Content (Publishing) is A Shitty Business Model

    Earlier, I read an article that talked about how Medium will do a pretty big layoff and close a few offices around the country. Medium describes itself as a publishing platform and allows people to “have their voices heard.” Yet from a superficial viewpoint, I can’t see what their platform does that a simple WordPress…

  • Why Jem the Movie Failed

    Jem the Movie wasn’t an anticipated movie. In fact, there were a lot of hesitation about how it would be cast, knowing how Hollywood tends to bungle reboots and live action versions of much beloved cartoon series. Yet despite all the warnings against the movie, the producers still went ahead and produced a film that…

  • Game of Thrones: Was Stannis Baratheon A True King?

    While re-watching Season 5 again, a question hit me in how Shireen Baratheon’s sacrifice seems to have been made in vain. Some people charge that Melisandre’s visions of the fire are false or that she’s incapable of reading the prophecies. Yet with regards to the use of leeches and the supposed success that they had…

  • Computer Tech: Why I Refuse to Buy Dell and Alienware Anymore

    At one time both Dell and Alienware were held in high esteem both as solid computer makers and (in the case of Alienware) the top-of-the-line gaming system manufacturer. Once I started speaking with people about Alienware, I came to realize that I made a huge mistake in picking up this turd of a system. A…