by Jim on March 8, 2010
My email this morning was like a scene out of the The Apprentice.
I was fired… by Amazon.
Twitter was abuzz this morning with all sorts of tweets about Ritter, Amazon, getting the rug pulled out. Plenty of links to the email, but here is the highlight:
Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:
We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.
[snip...]
Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date.
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by Jim on March 4, 2010
The latest Boulder Denver New Technology meetup had a panel discussion on how Boulder could get access to free beer a larger network pipe.
The idea being that it could spark more innovation, more jobs, etc. as a result.
From the Boulder Fiber website:
So you’ve heard of Google, right? The single largest search engine in the world. They are offering to build an experimental network in a community with speeds up to 100 times faster than current internet speeds at an affordable price. It will change how communities access information and the interact with the world.
Also, the City of Boulder is known the world over for our forward thinking, progressive and cutting-edge policies, trends and companies. Outside of having a ridiculously fast internet connection – this project will propel the city, community and business efforts to the next level through increased economic growth, improve health care, and advance education. Boulder is already on the map; help us make that pin bigger.
It sounded like some graphics were in order so put in a few ideas for banner ads. I haven’t really created banner ads before so this is my first attempt. I even through in an animated GIF for fun. Hopefully they’ll help.
See The Ad Graphics
