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A disruptive giftwrap offering and my letter to Santa

Messy gift-wrapping service ‘Crapwrap’ launched by gadget retailer Firebox

I reckon this is quite brilliant, and I think a nice example of a disruptive offering whereby the existing market is actually overservering the needs of a group of clients. So these guys take “good enough” to a whole other level, and it doesn’t even have to be cheaper. Very cool.

And on that note…

Dear Santa,
Can I please please have USB pencil sharpener for xmas?
Many of my training students and conference attendees have one of the illustrious Open Query transactional writing implements (with rollback), made from recycled newspaper (tightly rolled up, you can read it while sharpening!) but I actually haven’t got a proper USB sharpener for it yet. I would take it with me while travelling, but the main problem has been availability – apparently they’re really popular. Perhaps some Santa magic will help?
Thanks!

P.S. I’ve been really good this year, I’ve only made fun of MySQL Enterprise a few times.

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