Jamazoo http://jamazoo.com just another made up word, for another blog with no particular purpose Fri, 23 May 2008 16:10:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1 en A truck site named after a river http://jamazoo.com/2008/05/23/a-truck-site-named-after-a-river/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/05/23/a-truck-site-named-after-a-river/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 16:10:14 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/05/23/a-truck-site-named-after-a-river/ I ran across this site, which is a truck accessories site that sells nerf bars , grille guards and the like, and it is named after a river that I know well. I decry the lack of imagination, the paucity of thought, the (insert big word that is vaguely insulting) that went into this. Worst of all, the address of the site is nowhere near the river.

Maybe it was chosen for the word ‘truck’ being in it…. At least it didn’t have an oh so modern and hip ‘x" or ‘z’ in it. It could have been Truxzeo or something pathetic like that……

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/05/23/a-truck-site-named-after-a-river/feed/ Do you have the right people on the bus? http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-the-right-people-on-the-bus/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-the-right-people-on-the-bus/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:29:24 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-the-right-people-on-the-bus/ In this entertaining little post , the question is asked - "Do you have the right people on the bus?" In my case I think I employ the food service person that was spoken of.  I do happen to think that the idea is correct, however.

In my companies I have some very talented and smart people. They just don’t all seem to work well together. It is something akin to fingernails on the chalkboard, in that one person gets on the other’s nerves no matter what is said. I used to have a relationship like that - my mother would say to the woman I was dating "Hello, how are you?" and the woman would get upset…. very strange since both my mother and the woman got along with everyone else fine.

So how is your bus? Full of happy people that play well together, or does someone have to get off at the next stop?

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-the-right-people-on-the-bus/feed/ Seth wants to know if you care http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/seth-wants-to-know-if-you-care/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/seth-wants-to-know-if-you-care/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:49:09 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/seth-wants-to-know-if-you-care/ Seth would like to know why people don’t care in their jobs. Well, here is my take…

In my observation, most people work for the money. Sure, we go to school and graduate and all claim that we are going to follow our passions and make a difference in the world, but the truth is that someone has to write parking tickets and someone has to be a security guard. There are just not enough marketing evangelist jobs to go around.

Given this reality, is it any surprise that the people doing the jobs that weren’t their passion and don’t make meaning in the world (parking tickets or Mother Theresa?) is it really any surprise that the occupants of these jobs are focused on getting through the day and not on delivering the best customer service experience ever while guarding a sporting goods store.

Besides, Seth you were in New York. What did you expect?

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/seth-wants-to-know-if-you-care/feed/ mmmm, beer http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/mmmm-beer/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/mmmm-beer/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:40:40 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/mmmm-beer/ The fantastic Wall Street Journal has an entry about bars, as in a favorite local pub . I like beer. Mmmmmmm.

As for the question posed in the blog - No, bars do not seem to value their regulars. At least not my favorite pub. Whenever there is a special event, I can’t get a reserved table. Annoying….

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/04/29/mmmm-beer/feed/ With new extra goodness! http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/with-new-extra-goodness/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/with-new-extra-goodness/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:31:34 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/?p=30 a brickwall

Wordpress 2.5 now has a media manager built it - look at me use it now!

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/with-new-extra-goodness/feed/ Google update in 2 minutes ! http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/google-update-in-2-minutes/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/google-update-in-2-minutes/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:02:47 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/google-update-in-2-minutes/ I just wrote a test post about the new Worpress 2.5 that is coming out, because I wanted to test the reaction time of Google. According to this post it can be indexed in less than 5 minutes.

The verdict? 2 minutes! Well, maybe less. I posted the article, then my 4 year old son came in to show me his new ball and then I checked - so it was 2 minutes on my end, it may have been faster at Google’s end.

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/google-update-in-2-minutes/feed/ Wordpress comes out with a new version http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/wordpress-comes-out-with-a-new-version/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/wordpress-comes-out-with-a-new-version/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:57:54 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/wordpress-comes-out-with-a-new-version/ Wordpress 2.5

Version 2.5 is out… should I try it? Or should I wait for the others to try it first, then jump in when the water is fine?

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/25/wordpress-comes-out-with-a-new-version/feed/ Get Ashley Alexandra Dupre for 98 cents http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/14/get-ashley-alexandra-dupre-for-98-cents/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/14/get-ashley-alexandra-dupre-for-98-cents/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:03:34 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/14/get-ashley-alexandra-dupre-for-98-cents/ Unpopular music is free! If it is popular then you have to pay at Amie Street . This is a neat business model. I had a similar idea once (that I never did anything with), so of course I like the idea. From their site:

Music Nirvana— TechCrunch
Our community sets the price of songs from FREE to 98¢.
Get free music when you recommend your favorite songs.
iPod® Compatible, DRM-free MP3s

So go there. Get free stuff that no one else wants. Enjoy life! You can even get the music of Ashley Alexandra Dupre who is now famous for her $4300 per hour services on the former Governor of New York, Elliot “the Idiot” Spitzer. Enjoy her two singles for only 98 cents for each three minute song, which is like saying you could have her for only $19.60 per hour! What a savings!

Listen to a clip of her songs here and here .

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/14/get-ashley-alexandra-dupre-for-98-cents/feed/ The geeks have inherited the earth http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/13/the-geeks-have-inherited-the-earth/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/13/the-geeks-have-inherited-the-earth/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:59:34 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/13/the-geeks-have-inherited-the-earth/ Matt Cutts (who controls your world, you just don’t know it) has a video telling you how it is not nice to fool Google, that he will find you, use Wordpress (like me!) . He says “make good content”, “think about what a user will type”

Ahh, just watch it yourself.

]]> http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/13/the-geeks-have-inherited-the-earth/feed/ 1 in 4 teenage girls have an STD, and Joe Francis is released from jail. Coincidence? http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/12/1-in-4-teenage-girls-have-an-std-and-joe-francis-is-released-from-jail-coincidence/ http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/12/1-in-4-teenage-girls-have-an-std-and-joe-francis-is-released-from-jail-coincidence/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:35:25 +0000 admin http://jamazoo.com/2008/03/12/1-in-4-teenage-girls-have-an-std-and-joe-francis-is-released-from-jail-coincidence/ Coincidence? I think not. TMZ is reporting that Joe “Girls Gone Wild” Francis is free and back in the action. No doubt there will be many people celebrating with him, sans top. In related news, one in four teens have an STD. Is there a relationship between “Going Wild” and getting chlamydia? At least be careful with anyone you meet - use a thingie!

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