Comments on: Farewell to that doggie in the window http://cultureby.com/2006/02/farewell_to_tha.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://cultureby.com/2006/02/farewell_to_tha.html/comment-page-1#comment-5165 Peter Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:38:30 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=777#comment-5165 Your idea of being greeted by a high-powered executive's exuberant Aibo reminded me of a cartoon by Charles Barsotti in The New Yorker a few years ago: A human employee is being admonished by his boss, who happens to be a dog in a suit and tie. The dog is saying to the man: "Remember, you weren’t hired to think — You were hired because you have opposable thumbs." Your idea of being greeted by a high-powered executive’s exuberant Aibo reminded me of a cartoon by Charles Barsotti in The New Yorker a few years ago: A human employee is being admonished by his boss, who happens to be a dog in a suit and tie. The dog is saying to the man: “Remember, you weren’t hired to think — You were hired because you have opposable thumbs.”

]]> By: Chuck http://cultureby.com/2006/02/farewell_to_tha.html/comment-page-1#comment-5164 Chuck Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:20:19 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=777#comment-5164 Grant - I used to be a buyer for a regional discount chain. After 10 years I was a broken disillusioned man. The job was inordinately challenging, but the stress of always trying to judge correctly what the customer base would purchase YEAR AFTER YEAR became overwhelming. Particularly, because I knew that a pattern of purchasing behavior existed that I knew was within my grasp, but I just didn't have enough time. Perhaps, that is true also for Aibo. Grant – I used to be a buyer for a regional discount chain. After 10 years I was a broken disillusioned man.

The job was inordinately challenging, but the stress of always trying to judge correctly what the customer base would purchase YEAR AFTER YEAR became overwhelming. Particularly, because I knew that a pattern of purchasing behavior existed that I knew was within my grasp, but I just didn’t have enough time.

Perhaps, that is true also for Aibo.

]]> By: Tom Guarriello http://cultureby.com/2006/02/farewell_to_tha.html/comment-page-1#comment-5163 Tom Guarriello Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:28:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=777#comment-5163 Does Sony ever, specifically, pitch women? Does Sony ever, specifically, pitch women?

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