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Seriously.
It's soooo cold and windy today. It hurts my nose!
A friend of mine in Boston complains about the weather and always asks about the weather here. He was very jealous a month or so ago when, after he mentioned his jacket and 30* weather one morning, I mentioned my tank-top and skirt ensemble.
Today, though, I'm not laughing.
29* isn't funny to me. Not unless it's snowing. Then it's ok.
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On my iGoogle homepage, I saw this article on my TechCrunch feed: Clerk Dogs Takes a Curated Approach To Movie Recommendations
I skimmed the article to see if I was generally interested (I was) so I headed over to the site to see for myself. That's when it happened: the dreaded obligatory registration requirement to even see what it looks like.
Here's my comment:
@Simon @Dias - I agree about not having to register. I closed the window too. Cool concept, but I won't know for sure until it's available to try out first.
@Steve – I think you'd have more "window shoppers" and "walk-in" business without requiring registration first. It's just like in the "real world" – who wants to give a salesman personal information before they know the product works? By registering first, I've just given the internet equivalent of my phone number to a complete stranger (for them to do with whatever they'd like, mind you) whom I have no reason to trust!
Trustworthiness and a relationship can be built by giving without expecting anything in return – i.e. free samples. In the real world, you wouldn't share personal information with a stranger and you shouldn't do it online either. Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk to strangers?!
But, alright, so maybe whatever service is interesting enough for me to give them my information/trust up front. What happens when I give it a go and it turns out I'm actually disinterested? I've just given personal information to a company I'll never do business with – that's not mutually beneficial.
What is mutually beneficial is users/clients/customers who want to be part of the whole operation and are involved and excited. These are the people who will create new business via friends, family and/or blog subscribers, Facebook friends, MySpace friends, LinkedIn connections, etc. –people who trust your customer for one reason or another.
Another retail analogy: it's the difference between window shopping, walk-in business and destination/recommendation shopping. If the door is locked and there are no windows, how far am I willing to go to get inside and see what they're selling?
If I have to be at work on a Friday, at least I can wear fun shoes!
I haven't ever thought about it much, but I like sequins. A lot. They're kinda funny when you do think about it though; I mean, consider this: they're small plastic disks with holes in the center which humans use to glitz up clothing, footwear (apparently), dolls, costumes, baseball hats, awful craft projects, elementary school science fair projects... See?! Funny things.
You know, what would our pets say if they could comment on sequins? They'd just shake their heads and roll their eyes.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
This sticker made me laugh out loud! I love dry humor.
Thing is: Is this person being serious?
It made me think of lawyers and judges and people who work for the city when I read "community organizer" which made me laugh... that might not make sense.
Thank you to my cousin Ginny who graciously took this picture for me due to a little "situation" we had to overcome - there were visitors ringing the doorbell at the house this car was parked outside of!)
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If you didn't see SNL this weekend, Paul Rudd hosted. I like him. I think I'd choose him as my "celebrity vacation" invitee. Either Paul Rudd or Andy Samberg – I like Andy too…
So full and pretty...
I love how crisp the moon feels when it's cold outside.
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Grammy "officially" died today. Everyone's on the way down here.
Ruthie and Charlie (my grandpop) got to see each other today for the first time in 30 years! I love that for them.
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I'm an Alamo-city girl who became a Horned Frog and has recently gone green... well, Mrs. Green that is.
I don’t have any particular purpose for this blog other than to keep a record of what I’ve got on my mind and keeping interested parties updated.
I love tiny things, being outside, rainstorms, driving/riding/rolling, big green trees, large bodies of water, collections of things, design, and colors - lots of colors!
