Wicked fast before I go to bed

I have now been working at what I'll just call AT&Love for three days. It's surprisingly relaxed for a salescritter phone jock job. I'd go on, but it's not that interesting. Everyone in my training class is a native Bostonian. Thick, pungent accents are the rule. We only take calls from Mass and New Hampshire; bummer.

I feel confident that I can kick ass at this. I feel the likelihood that, even if no other job prospects on my A list pan out for a while, I won't get frustrated. I like that they not only expect you to get bored with the job and wish to rise but they will track you, laterally or upward.

We sell cable. This means net wonks are needed. I'd be keen to move that way.

My friend Mark and his girlfriend, Charlotte, have been visiting. It's been fabulous, although their sudden departure tonight instead of tomorrow does give me the perk of sleeping in my own bed.

-solid performer, ps/d

PS: The spell check just came up with "Sanskrit" for a match to "salescritter".

How do they make money? Volume!

This is a continuation of a line of thought hakamadare had a week or so ago about banner ads in the free version of the Opera web browser.

The ads I've seen all week are terrible in a new way. They aren't obnoxious, flashy, or even offensive. They're just dull.

Imagine a one-panel comic about something happening at an office. It's not particularly funny. You might assume, as I had, that this wouldn't really entice many people to click on it and it would go away.

It was replaced by another humorless comic by the same author. In fact, there are about five they're recycling. Almost no other products are being advertised this week -- just a link to a comic site run by the browser company.

How can this lead to any profits? Who would want to see more cartoons written by committee? Do people click because they hope to find at least one funny thing at the real site?

This stuff is so dull that it reminds me of Ted Rall. Oh wait, maybe that's because this guy copied Rall's type of human and has a similar name.

I'm afraid I don't even have any answers. Anyone?

-back to reading about hard drive setup, ps/d

P.S.: After I finished this, I finally got new ads for a DVD store and an actual web comic, User Friendly. Hey, at least they're not pr0n or scams.