Posts Tagged ‘chaunce’
product review: foursquare
think: "twitter turned into a game"
so i’ve been trying this relatively new social networking trend called “foursquare”
according to their wiki page, it was created back in march 2009 and has a whopping 7 employees. i’m not bashing on that… it actually motivates me that a small company can start something as big as this is (or will be).
at its core, it’s fairly simple — wherever you go, you “check in” and get points and possibly some other perks
i’m foursquare friends with chaunce, geoff, and possibly rob (who has yet to make a check in) and it’s turning into a fierce competition.
we already made a rule between us: no checking into work (cuz it’s like checking into home — you GOTTA be there)
businesses are slowly starting to jump on board, offering discounts or even free things if you check in or are a mayor (respectively)
the badges are one of the perks you can get, some of them are pretty slick — the douchebag badge is my favorite… i need to obtain this one… i think places tagged as douchebag are like higher class hotels, restaurants, or stores (ed hardy beyotch!)
if you wanna try it out, you gotta at least have an iphone, blackberry, or android-type phone… the apps NEED to be greatly improved if they really want this social network to expand like its brethren… tho right now it’s doing fine for the basic things like checking in and seeing where your friends are… but other stuff like updating photos, to do’s, top 12′s, etc. aren’t built in
yes, it’s still relatively a baby… but who knows — try it out and see what happens… then you could be like, “i was on foursquare before ashton kutcher got on it”
shun the nonbeliever!
up until a couple weeks ago, i had no idea who or what charlie the unicorn was… apparently it’s some random-ass cartoon on youtube that’s pretty hilarious…
the funny thing is that my boss actually recommended it to me and chaunce…
check it out!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPw4tWg01c
two new urban dictionary posts
the word train keeps rollin’!
originally thought up by chaunce
chougar – n -the fat (chubby) equivalent of a cougar
“I was at the grocery store when this chougar was hittin’ on me with a bucket of Ben and Jerry’s under her arm.”
casey’s:
lawn pornament – n – Any seasonal lawn decoration that has been or can be used as a sex doll or sex toy. Can be inflatable or rigid and may or may not be modified to support deviant acts.
“My grandma called the police when she saw a drunk college student from down the street defiling her prized inflatable Santa Claus. When the Police arrived, they found him passed out holding a Christmas elf. He had apparently sealed the deal with Donner, Prancer, Rudolph’s mouth, and Frosty the Snow Man. When questioned, he claimed that he became addicted to Lawn Pornaments after dropping acid while watching a Family Guy marathon.”
you rock, websense!
so we have this system in place at work called ‘websense’ that basically blocks certain sites… mostly obvious sites like amazon (shopping), espn (sports), etc.
and some not so obvious… like my site… my site was blocked for “entertainment” — i mean, c’mon! my site is definitely NOT entertaining… i think it was categorized when i had a bunch of youtube videos on the home page…
so this basically stopped me from being able to view my own site at work (unless i used quota, which we have 60 minutes of each day — yea… bull)
so i had enough… i remembered that chaunce actually contacted websense a while back and had his site recategorized
and at work, because of my title here, i am able to view sites categorized as “social networking and personal sites” — allowing me to see facebook, twitter, and other blogs
so here’s the email i sent websense:
Hello -
I would like to request that my blog get recategorized to the “Social Networking and Personal Sites” category — currently it is set up under the “Entertainment” category.
At my workplace, I have been granted access to view sites categorized under “Social Networking and Personal Sites” because of my position as Web Developer.
My web site address is http://www.gorirrajoe.com.
Regards,
Joey
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Joey Hernandez
Gorirra Consulting
Web Developer
www.gorirra.com
that email was sent on 11/15 @11:30p
well the very next day, 11/16 @12:45p i get this email:
Thank you for writing to Websense.
The site you submitted has been reviewed. We have made an update to the following URL in our master database to address this issue:
http://www.gorirrajoe.com/ – Social Networking and Personal Sites
Categorization updates should be available in the next scheduled publication of the database. A new database is published every business day, five days a week, Pacific Standard Time. You should notice any updates referred to in this message within 72 hours.
Thank you for your assistance,
The Websense Database Services Staff
M.P.
w00t!
so here i am now… writing a post from work on 11/18! i had no idea i’d get a response THAT fast
so to websense… your response time to review claims and subsequently update your database rocks! work’s usage of websense still stinks… ha