Comments on: Good Advice From Tim Hartford http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:40:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Nathan Myers http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273636 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:03:12 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273636 "Is your kitchen floor clean enough to eat off of? Try it and see!" -- Linda Barry “Is your kitchen floor clean enough to eat off of? Try it and see!”

– Linda Barry

]]> by: Bill Goodwin http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273431 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:05:51 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273431 P.S. I hate to say it, but the Google Ads here were sorely disappointing... P.S. I hate to say it, but the Google Ads here were sorely disappointing…

]]> by: Bill Goodwin http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273430 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:04:57 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/02/23/good-advice-from-tim-hartford/#comment-273430 I shudder just thinking about this. Roughly once a month, I succumb to temptation and buy a pair of lottery tickets. $20 a year is a bargain for the chance to speculate what I'll do with my winnings. Playing the lottery without the ticket? Sheer terror. Re purchasing a product first: not sure how it's related. After all, aren't you just as likely to purchase product A, discover it's a piece of crap, and then get pissed off every time you see a commercial for it? Conversely, I get enormous satisfaction from targeted advertising that actually offers me services and products I find valuable. For instance, a number of top tech blogs so consistently feature useful advertisers, I'll browse the ads intentionally. Similarly, but to a lesser degree, the advertisers on HARO have become the main reason I open Shankman's daily emails. I shudder just thinking about this. Roughly once a month, I succumb to temptation and buy a pair of lottery tickets. $20 a year is a bargain for the chance to speculate what I’ll do with my winnings. Playing the lottery without the ticket? Sheer terror.

Re purchasing a product first: not sure how it’s related. After all, aren’t you just as likely to purchase product A, discover it’s a piece of crap, and then get pissed off every time you see a commercial for it?

Conversely, I get enormous satisfaction from targeted advertising that actually offers me services and products I find valuable. For instance, a number of top tech blogs so consistently feature useful advertisers, I’ll browse the ads intentionally. Similarly, but to a lesser degree, the advertisers on HARO have become the main reason I open Shankman’s daily emails.

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