So not much happened at Arisia on Friday. I met up with Adam and Derek briefly, checked out what was going on, went home, and that was about it. I burned the 3rd season Digimon theme to a CD in preparation for Arisia’s masquerade the next day. On Saturday, I rolled in to the Boston […]
Read More Arisia ’03 – The ReportDate: 21 Jan 2003 09:27 AM To: All Monster Employees From: Jeff Taylor A week ago it was brought to my attention, through the Harvard Business School Communications Office, that a concerned Harvard alumni had called out my “misuse” of the term (title) Executive MBA/OPM on my bio. I have always been upfront about my […]
Read More Rebuttal from JeffMonster.com exec claims undeserved MBA – magazine from Reuters. He was in TV ads for UMass after he went back to finish his degree there. …and it took the press this long to realize that he earned his undergrad degree after this fake MBA? By the way, did I mention I had a doctorate from […]
Read More Oh, man… Somehow this doesn’t surprise me…A new design for Monster launches tomorrow. Coding for it has occupied most of my time this week. …and as a representative of the company, I’d like to apologize for it sucking. I can’t imagine they’ll keep this design for more than 6 months before they get sick of it and realize it’s just not […]
Read More Monster v10.0 (or so…)I went to another cousins’ dinner tonight at Elly’s. Tonight’s adventure was split pea soup. Ugh. I hate peas. Oh well, it actually wasn’t too bad. Better than fish. Pretty busy at work this week with the new version of the site in progress. I’m being quite productive. Wheee! Of course, the more I look […]
Read More Imagine Whirled PeasSo I’ve mentioned how the new Monster home page has a big “success story” photo and a silly quote. Well, Pete and I decided to have a little fun. He edited a screenshot of the page to say, “I got laid!” instead of “I got laid off…”. I decided to one-up him by sticking a […]
Read More Right to the topI have to work Saturday. Poop. So much for sleeping until noon. (…and when asked, it’s not like I could say “No” with the threat of layoffs looming about.) Speaking of Saturday, I have quite a few friends planning to attend the Fetish Flea at the Boston Park Plaza (yes, that Boston Park Plaza) this […]
Read More So much for my plans to sleep late…Date: 10 Jan 2003 11:03 AM From: Corporate Communications To: All TMP Divisions-North America On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, TMP Worldwide was on the road, showcasing the company’s 2003 business and financial outlooks to key players in the investor community. Together, Andrew McKelvey and Michael Sileck addressed audiences at two popular Wall Street […]
Read More TMP Presents: 2003 Financial Outlook<carpboy> so i had printed out the pre-reg for AB <carpboy> and left it in the kitchen <carpboy> and my dad just saw it and was like “oh, when’s this?” <carpboy> “mid-april” <carpboy> “yeah? it’s in boston?” <carpboy> “not just a clever name, dad.”
Read More Tribute to carpboy“… The remaining company will be renamed Monster when the spin-off is complete at the end of the first quarter. TMP plans cut its work force by about 800 employees and take about $100 million in charges in the fourth and first quarters related to the transaction, which will be structured as a tax-free distribution […]
Read More From a press release…