October 29, 2012
Like any good sales process, our friends at Amazon have done a great job of pitching products that we've never known we couldn't live without. This weekend, they did their best to entice me with a DVD set for Series 7, which I think is about reality shows. But what caught my eye was the "Marathon Edition" banner. For a series that aired in 2000, it's a surprisingly innovative approach to packaging. If you don't know, "marathoning" is the process of sitting and blowing through an entire season, or at least a significant chunk, all at once rather than an hour at a time. I know plenty of people who have marathoned entire seasons of shows to get caught up before a final season (Lost, Breaking Bad, and 24 come to mind). It's a great way to waste…
DVD Marathons and HR Service Delivery
October 29, 2012
Like any good sales process, our friends at Amazon have done a great job of pitching products that we've never known we couldn't live without. This weekend, they did their best to entice me with a DVD set for Series 7, which I think is about reality shows. But what caught my eye was the "Marathon Edition" banner. For a series that aired in 2000, it's a surprisingly innovative approach to packaging. If you don't know, "marathoning" is the process of sitting and blowing through an entire season, or at least a significant chunk, all at once rather than an hour at a time. I know plenty of people who have marathoned entire seasons of shows to get caught up before a final season (Lost, Breaking Bad, and 24 come to mind). It's a great way to waste…