May
26
The latest site I've
been working on with a friend of mine, Chris
McAvoy, has recently launched. The site, Victim of Time, is
dedicated to giving it's readers updates on live rock n'
roll shows coming to their city. The site's founders, Todd
Novak and Brett Cross (originally co-creators and editors of
the fanzine 'Horizontal Action'), also write articles about
bands, and upload pictures their readers can enjoy.
There is great write up in the Chicago Sun Times about their new site. Here's
a little snippet about what was said:
Novak envisions www.victimoftime.com as the ultimate
resource on the Web for listings of live music anywhere in
the country.
"It's going to be kind of like the way craigslist works,
where you select what city you're in and all the venues will
pop up with all the links to all the sites and what's going
on that day," Novak says. "Say, for example, next week
you're going to be in San Francisco and you want to see a
show -- it will take care of that and also have a couple of
features to read each week, plus photos. There's really
nothing like that at the moment that covers everything, and
we're not going to box ourselves into a specific rock 'n'
roll-only type of thing."
May
23
This past week, I've had 3 separate instances of
absolutely terrible customer service. Let me repeat that:
I have had three instances of terrible
customer service in one week (7
days)!!!
Instance 1: Picking Up A Package
8:00 AM - Since I mistakenly filled in
the address to be delivered incorrectly, I had to go to the
depot to pick up the package. I walk into the building, and
see signs that say "Have ID ready". I fill out a form that
asks some information: Name, Address, is address same
address as on your ID?
- Customer Service Rep: Do you have any
proof that the address you've filled in is the address where
you live?
- Me: No.
- CSR: We can't give you your package
unless you have proof. Anything articles of mail will
do.
- Me: When I called ahead, there was no
mention of me needing to provide proof of address.
- CSR: I'm sorry sir, that's
policy.
So, I leave. Considering I have entered the wrong
address info in the first place, I figured that I should
change it when I get into work. That way, when I take in
proof that I live where I live, the package will also have
this address on it. So I do so. Then I call the depot and
ask them if I can have them hold the package for me as I
will pick it up after work.
5:15 PM - I'm back. I have a print-out
of my paycheck, which happens to have my new address on it.
I proceed to fill out all the necessary form, again, and
hand it to them to find our package. My wife is with me
this time.
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May
10
***
UPDATE - 5/10
It has come to my attention that my co-worker actually uses
a modified version of TiddlyWiki called GTDTiddlyWiki.
GTD Tiddly Wiki is a GettingThingsDone
adaptation by NathanBowers of JeremyRuston's Open Source
TiddlyWiki. The purpose of GTD Tiddly Wiki is to give users
a single repository for their GTD lists and support
materials so they can create/edit lists, and then print
directly to 3x5 cards for use with the HipsterPDA. -- shared.snapgrid.com
***
I noticed a
co-worker always entering things into some HTML interface
every day. Finally, I had to find out just what this tool
was. It turns out, that this tool was what he uses to
organize his day. He uses it as his personal To Do list. I
know that just knowing this, won't amaze you. The cool
thing about this tool, is that all that is involved is a
single '.html' file. That's right, he manages his personal
life using a single '.html' file.
What? A Single HTML File?
A guy named Jeremy Ruston developed a cool tool called
"TiddlyWiki", and
it's made and functions completely off of JavaScript and
HTML contained in one '.html' file. All you have to do is
go to TiddlyWiki,
and download this '.html' file and you can get started.
Once opened in a browser (preferably Firefox), you can add
to it whatever you please. Take a look at what I
was able to do in about 2 minutes.
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