The Week in Fails: Two Days Later

Saturday, I posted this blog about a few unfortunate stories from the past week. With recent developments, I thought I should do a follow-up showcasing the huge clout of RJ5K. Never has so much been done with so few clicks. Look at these results:

Fail #1: Netflix

Netflix announced on its blog today that Qwikster is no more. The short national nightmare is over. Let the business school case studies begin. Can you ever justify a business decision, other than a price increase, that costs you customers?

The Qwikster fiasco shows us again how democratic business has become in the internet-age. How long would New Coke have lasted up against Twitter?

Fail #2: Major League Baseball

After Saturday night's double rain delay of the Tigers-Rangers ALCS game that went until almost 1:30am, amid continuing rainstorms on Sunday MLB moved that night's game to Monday afternoon. And it's on network station, FOX transmitted in beautiful (and free) HD. Daytime playoff baseball is glorious.

Fail #3: Steve Jobs' Pancreas

Two out of three ain't bad.

Still too soon.