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Blogs and marketing

This post is kind of a continuation on yesterdays's post, a meditation on the intersection between philosophy and business.

Blogs and marketing

Another Gaping Void blog entry that seems perfectly suited for me and the other PC students. A little late for our 'corporate blog' assignment, but god, does it make me want to get out there in the real world. Basically, I want to figure out what job I have to get so that I can hang out with people like Hugh MacLeod but not have to make pitch calls. Making pitch calls is the third circle of hell. The fifth through seventh circles? Again, I refer to Hugh:

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