Links posted on March 22, 2009
Those goddamn Car Warranty robocalls Via natedogg, another investigation by Rob Cockerham. This one is into the telemarketing calls about 'extending your vehicle's warranty'. For a while I was getting one or two of these a week, which is misplaced microtargeting at best.
The real gem, though, is this handy-dandy Telemarketer Counter-script -- an arch and disruptive piece of info design. [more inside]