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I’m on Twitter

23 Apr 2008

Sigh. I gave in. Communicating at this conference seems to require it.

How much of the internet is a waste of time?

20 Mar 2008

So the other day, one of my coworkers starts laughing about how there’s this video out there, two somewhat-scantily clad women with tinfoil-wrapped boxes on their heads, doing a choreographed “dance” to Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

Then it hit me.

Someone — namely these two people — had to spend a considerable amount of time creating this. Thinking up the idea, practising it, filming it (with however many takes to get through the mistakes and undoubted laughter), and editing it.

Then it really hit me.

How much of the stuff out there is a complete waste of time?

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BMO locked me out AGAIN

31 Dec 2007

GAH!

[[Bank of Montreal, I hate your security|I already hate BMO's online security.]] Now I hate it more, if it is in fact possible to hate something more than “totally”.

I just wanted to into my account. Nothing serious. But the password they made me assign apparently has changed, or is something completely different than I can remember. It’s not like I already have 8,349,204 passwords that I need to remember (thank you, Sarbanes-Oxley) and I must’ve made something up on the spot, wrote it down and then immediately burned the paper without looking at what I wrote.

That must’ve been it. No way it could be BMO. Not a chance.

Augh.

Bank of Montreal, I hate your security

14 Nov 2007

Oh. My. Lord.

I haven’t been this pissed off in a very, very long time. I actually yelled at the poor person on the phone trying to help me. It’s not her fault. It’s the Bank of Montreal. Who obviously has NO FUCKING CLUE what it’s like to live in the digital age.

Allow me to elaborate…

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Examples of Online Shopping Experience

30 Oct 2007

We”ve been talking a lot about ideas. But ideas don”t always translate well without examples. Thankfully, the internet is replete with experiences great and poor.

The single most often-used benefit of the internet is information. Wikipedia, online newspapers, blogs, and all their associated links and RSS feeds. People tend to be more tolerant with information experiences (hey, you read my entries, don”t you?), but when money gets involved — people listen. And more importantly, they”ll turn away if they don”t like what they experience.

Two specific (and very different) examples to consider: Victoria”s Secret, and the International Standards Organization. Comparing apples to oranges? Only in product. When it comes to online shopping, it doesn”t matter if it”s underwear or a whitepaper — if you don”t get what you need, you”re not likely to happy about it.

The internyet

13 May 2005

Okay, just a general bitch about Russia.

Where the hell are all the internet cafes?? Our guides are out of date — we accept that. But do we have to traipse around every city for an hour looking for the damn things?! I mean, really, people — Russia is not that backwards, is it? Even the post offices aren”t consistent. Some have internet, some have internyet.

I can”t wait to see how hard it is in China… (we”re only in Ulaan Baatar in Mongolia, and god help us there)

Any idea how hard it is to find the internet in Moscow?

8 May 2005

Hard. Really hard.

Amy and I got here yesterday morning, but you”d be surprised how hard it is to find an internet cafe. Our hotel, Rossiya, despite being the largest hotel in Europe (which, incidentally, isn”t remotely as cool as it sounds), doesn”t have jack sqwat.

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