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- 04/07/10
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Price Anchoring - Mint.com looks at the sales tactic of price anchoring through the iPad. “Showmanship? Sure. But this stuff works. It’s called the anchoring effect, and it’s been well understood by psychologists for decades. Marketers use it against you all the time—but sometimes you can turn the tables, and I’ll tell you how.” And speaking of the iPad, here’s Blendtec doing what they do, matching an iPad with their blender. I’ll ruin the ending by saying that the blender wins.
Seven Basic and Brief Pointers for Writers - From Douglas Wilson. “In no particular order of importance, I would encourage those who want to learn the wordriht life to approximate something like the following…” He goes on to give 7 pretty good tips.
Isaac Newton on the Trinity Hypothesis - An interesting post from Credenda Agenda. “Newton’s study of theology and alchemy comes as a shock to people. But Newton was a great synthesizer; he didn’t merely want to master a few separate disciplines. A command of mathematics and natural philosophy was only a part of his goal. Newton endeavored to a great, comprehensive system of the world—from the solar system to the fundamental nature of matter to God’s work in redemptive history. Newton’s agenda was far more ambitious than it had a right to be, but inordinate ambition is common among geniuses.”
Why Do Evangelicals Dislike Me So Much? - Brian McLaren exhibits a bit of feigned surprise and ignorance here as he asks why Evangelicals are bothered when he takes a wrecking ball to God and the Bible.
Logos March Madness - Logos has a bunch of great deals for you where you can get up to 75% off 5 dozen titles.
1Password - One final deal. If you’re a Mac user, you pretty much have no excuse not to use 1Password, an amazing password management program. Add it to your cart and you’ll see that they’re selling it at 20% off at the moment.
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I read Brian’s latest Huggington Post article when it came out. Because I found it interesting how Brian depicts Evangelical “leaders” and “followers,” I decided to blog on it and ask the question, “Why Does Brian Dislike Evangelicals?” It’s here: http://bit.ly/bnFtuc
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Apple also uses the tactic of Price-As-Positioning where they sell their product for more than its actual worth, because it creates an impression of luxury. Grey Goose Vodka is infamous for using this marketing tactic - selling an average product at premium prices creates the impression of a premium product.
Wow, the McClaren link was an eye opener for me. Not so much the article, as I’ve read some of his writings before. But the comments were shocking. I had no idea how much Bible believing Christians were hated and despised. Time to pull my head out of the sand.
With Logos having sales of 75% off, I wonder if they are involved in price anchoring? Just kidding…
I purposefully NEVER read the Huffing(andpuffing)ton Post, but I made an exception and went there for this article.
The article itself wasn’t even worth the time it took to read it, but the comments were interesting. One can certainly see from the comments the proper and logical response to the gospel of unregenerate people. One said, “Read the bible, it made me an atheist.” Attribution is off a bit, but the result is clear and succinct.
The good news is, even among these, God will call some to himself and they will respond to the call. And because of their position (now), we will never be able to say (then) it was our slick marketing that drew them to the church and to salvation. In fact, we see ourselves outside of Christ in the comments on this story, don’t we?
That whole Huffington Post comment section was a total waste of good electrons. I’m sorry that I even looked at it.
You mentioned the 1Password application for Mac users, I would recommend Keeper for PC, Mac & Linux and for many Mobile Devices - including the iPhone: http://www.callpod.com/products/keeper
Tim, I noticed you linked the article from mint.com. I continue to read great things about mint.com, but I’ve been wary of pulling the trigger. Even though it’s not possible to transfer any funds through the website, giving an organization all of my accounts/passwords, gives me pause. Do you use mint.com? If so, have you found it to be helpful for your family?
It shouldn’t be surprising to me that McLaren wrote something like that. He stated that he is just questioning things that seem unfair (my words- can’t remember his).Well Mr. McLaren, could it be that it is because you measure things based on worldly wisdom, rather than what the Bible says? You even appear to reinterpret the Bible to suit what you think is right.With those things in mind Mr. McLaren, why should it surprise you to see the kind of reaction you are getting from many Evangelicals? Evangelicals unlike you Mr. McLaren though not perfect try to live their lives according to what the Bible says.Unfortunately, you and many of your Emergent movement have deceived a lot of people into your un-biblical Post-Modern way of thinking.This is not to say that some of the issues you bring up don’t have merit. Unfortunately I have seen some Christian’s takes stands on issues that appear that they haven’t really thought a lot about. However, instead of trying to correct this kind of error by pointing to Scripture, you use conventional worldly wisdom. Rather than correcting them, you actually add to their distrust of what you say.
Brian Mclaren would find Evangelicals would like him more if he would just admit he isn’t one
i know it’s already been mentioned, but i can’t get over how funny it was to read the price anchoring essay, and then open up the logos “march madness” sale page to see retail prices listed with lines through them to reveal the highly discounted new prices.
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