At about 3:43 pm, Paul (my boss’s boss…two levels below Jeff Taylor the CEO/founder), came over. He said someone had apparently hacked the home page and changed the success story this morning. The success stories are served through DoubleClick…which is what I’m responsible for. I tell him I’ll look and see if I can find […]
Read More In a panic to save my job…Read this fake news story about Jeff Taylor’s tug boat sinking. (Yes, he really does own a tug boat…but that’s a story for another day.)
Read More Monster Tug Boat Sinks!This was at the top of an HR e-mail we all got… Date: 24 Mar 2003 04:20 PM To: Monster-Maynard From: Monster Communications IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ: To reduce the number of individual announcements sent out about each Maynard activity, event or issue we try to condense the info into one Monster Communications newsletter. Unfortunately, there are […]
Read More Monster CommunicationsSo I’m working on this career site for some stupid client that’s due today. Then I get asked if I’ve finished one that’s due Tuesday. …so (as I had planned to do anyway) I go and do that after I finish the one due today. As I’m about to finish that, I get asked why […]
Read More Impatience! ARRRGH!This white noise being piped through the office is making me insane. It’s a constant hissing from hundreds of speakers on the ceiling. Imagine that there were hundreds of TVs tuned to static with the volume set low. That’s what this office sounds like. …and someone thought this was a good idea? It’s not so […]
Read More White noiseLots of stuff keeping me REALLY busy, but nothing that’s really worth writing about. Anime Boston panel stuff, flyers, web site, staff meeting, etc… Monster stuff… Katsucon planning… Taking care of the rabbit this past weekend… Trying to pay some bills and do some laundry in between it all… I should cash in one of […]
Read More Busy busy busy!Date: 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 […]
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