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Need someone for a focus group?

andy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:49:04 +0000

I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to get Jenny the bloggess to join in your focus group or write a review of your product? Seriously. She’s done a few of these and they generally start with her telling the companies they are nutz asking her, but Jenny gets the word out. She’s reviewed some online card company where you can create your own messages, the Wii Fit and now the Google Andoid phone.

Her irreverent observations point out flaws in marketing and usability while entertaining her readers. Sure, you can go to places like CNET for actual, factual writeups that describe features, pricing and stuff like that, but I bet they never tried to take their Google phone apart looking for the positronic brain inside. The geek in me wishes she found one.

The Bloggess… she’ll change your life

andy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:55 +0000

I’m not really a regular blog reader. There are a few people I like to stalk read from time to time either because they are authors whose books I enjoy or… well, that’s probably about it (aside from a couple of friends who don’t really update their blogs). There are other people I follow on twitter who don’t blog that often and I’m not sure I’d even read their blogs if they did, but I enjoy the odd thoughts that come out of their heads.

Then there’s The Bloggess. I follow her religiously on twitter, her blog and Good Mom/Bad Mom on the Houston Chronicle. I can’t really describe her to you and still get you to read her. She’s something you have to experience first hand. All I can really say is that she makes me feel like the thoughts in my head are ok… Here are a few you should start out with:

I bet 700 years in the future they don’t even know what a “fail whale” is
“Thanks for the zombies, Jesus!“
I’m fine. (Updated – No, I’m not.)
Puerto Rico, part one: Things I learned in first class
On Meeting Guy Kawasaki (he’s kind of a big thing for innerweb geeks):

If you’re offended by any of these… well, hi, I don’t think you know me…

Upbeat Friday

andy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:08:39 +0000

In past lives, I’ve been accused of falling into “dark moods”. It wasn’t about the glass being half full, but more screaming out “who gave me such a big fucking glass?!?” What did people think I need such a big glass for? What the hell am I ‘sposed to put in there? Someone will just come along and piss in it because that’s what people do… they get shit-faced and then need a place to piss and here will be my big fucking glass and they’ll say “hey, here’s a big glass that’s only half full… there’s plenty of room for me to piss in it… woohoo, my lucky night… I’ll take a piss and then get back to this party and score with that hot chick I’ve been hitting on!” and then what will I have? A big fucking glass full of piss and then I’ll have to smile about it… It’s not like I can complain cuz my glass is NO LONGER FUCKING HALF FULL! People will tell me, sure, it’s got piss in it, but it’s only HALF FULL OF PISS… look on the bright side! So, I’ll smile and not let on that someone pissed in my big fucking glass! Then I’ll just be this ass walking around with a big fucking glass full of piss slopping all over my hands with a stupid ass grin on my face while some other guy gets lucky with the sloppy drunk co-ed. SCREW ‘EM! TAKE YOUR GLASS AND YOUR PISS AND GO TO HELL!

um… heh… well… like I was saying… that was in past lives… I’ve moved on. Let the anger go, if you will. Fill my glass up, brother… it just keeps getting bigger! But, the point is, The Bloggess, my favorite blog authoress, passed on a tweet to everyone with the following song. It reminded me of the good ole days of anger, depression, self-loathing, denial, frustration, hate, despair… um… yeah, the good ole days. So, I wanted to share it with both all of you. I leave you with this on a Friday, to top off your week. Life could be worse, your attitude affects everyone around you, so grin that big dopey grin and try not to spill any piss on your hands!