Category Archives: oops
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How Not to Tweet or Network
Posted on December 27, 2010 by gigigriffis in oops, writingI drew a comic. Which I totally suck at. But, you know.
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How to Annoy the Crap Out of Me
Posted on December 24, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsI will not like you if: 1. You call, email or message me more than 4 times within 24 hours of our first date. 2. You use u instead of you. Ever. In any context. Lazy-face. 3. You make fun of Harry Potter when you have not read even one book. Not everything that’s popular [...]
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Suidice Defined
Posted on December 3, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsWhile watching our riveting code of conduct video… 3:38 PM, DK: Yeah – but don’t don’t miss the part about harassment. You know how prone we are to lewd and sexist jokes. >_< 3:39 PM, Gigi: True story. Particularly us writers. The part about how they’re watching us at all times gives me the creeps. [...]
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People Who Shouldn’t Write Your Website, Part IV
Posted on November 15, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsSpammers who “work for checking as many as websites that on the internet”: Kindly check your design and your security, sir/madam. Sorry for commenting your web page, but it will be wiser to check it first. I was checked your web site, there is any error in reading your web site, and there is navigation [...]
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People Who Shouldn’t Write Your Website, Part III
Posted on November 14, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsThe Account Executives: In a creative brief: “A lot of growth is occurring but it appears spermatic.” The CEO: In a product one-sheet: “the most features capability community’s capability, drive results, save…training time, and save money”
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Things that Make Your Company Way Inefficient
Posted on November 13, 2010 by gigigriffis in oops1. Making everyone in the company go through IT for any tiny change on their computer. Upgrading to the latest version of flash for example. Or downloading a web developer toolbar. Or making Firefox their default browser due to Internet Explorer sucking exquisitely. 2. Having meetings where everyone goes around the room and says what [...]
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Evil Genius & Dr. Pepper Have a Fight
Posted on October 19, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsAntics of Evil Genius in the Past Week or So: New Roommate: “have you seen my bag of potato chips lately?” Evil Genius: *wags tail happily* EG jumped into the recycling bin yesterday and came out with a Dr. Pepper box stuck to her head. Hilarious. EG went for a walk with the grown-up dogs. [...]
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Evil Genius & the Mystery of the Poopscapade
Posted on October 14, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsPresent Roommate: today, she somehow knocked over one baby gate, jumped over another at the top of the stairs and ate one of my shoes. Gigi: she’s like a superhero…except using her powers for evil. She had us fooled with her sweet face–all white and brown and soft and vulnerable. She would sit lopsidedly, looking [...]
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Excuse Me, I Need the Phone Number of Your Employer in England…But Don’t Use More than 10 Characters
Posted on October 8, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsHaving spent a good deal of time in September filling out applications, forms and questionnaires galore (and wishing people would just accept resumes without asking me to duplicate all of the info on them), I’ve decided that no one asks their user experience or content person to look over their job application process. Directions are [...]
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Complaint: Roommates, Landlords and Impolite D-Bags
Posted on September 4, 2010 by gigigriffis in oopsFinding a bed-bug-free place to live has been even more of a nightmare than last time. Obviously, as you have deduced from my previous post, people think they can charge out the wazoo for places without kitchens, with rat holes or without any real space. I’ll preface this by saying I’ve met a couple darling [...]
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