Brian Barrett's discussions

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Yellow Submarine Tea Infuser

Canon Powershot S110

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Kindle Fire HD

Seriously, people, this is my time of need! Read more

Another strong applicant! It's a good aspirational purchase, though. Read more

Oh I think that might be a winner so far! The rare not-even-on-sale Black Friday splurge. I like it. Read more

So wait, how hot are you REALLY? Read more

Oh, I think there's enough blame to go around for everybody. The fault doesn't lie entirely with Apotheker at all, but he surely deserves more than he's allotting himself here. Read more

If a GM hires all the right personnel and the team goes 0-16, that GM gets fired or resigns, wether it was explicitly his fault or not. I'm talking about ultimate responsibility, which should lie at Apotheker's feet. Read more

True, although an important distinction here between overvaluing a company yourself and being told a company is worth $9 billion more than it really is. Read more

Totally agree. They're pathetic. Even when they do the right thing they do it at a dumb time. Apotheker was a terrible fit, but firing him a month after the Autonomy acquisition made zero sense. Completely transform your company to match a CEO's expertise, then boot the CEO? Insane. Negligent. Dumb. Read more

Yeah I'd imagine that EVERYBODY is going to be sued in some capacity. Just a matter of who's going to be able to bring the best case. Read more

With a fuck-up this bad, it's almost shocking that they even had one in the first place. Read more

Sorry folks, had a few hiccups there. We're up and running again, enjoy! Read more

The SIII still holds its own, but the DNA is probably just slightly more future-proof. The Note II is way too big for my taste. Read more

Weird answer but I really dig it when Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a bad guy. Although that's probably because I dig it when he does pretty much anything more than his being an extra-good villain. Read more