In the news today: Gannett lays off journalists across the country. Here is your yearly reminder that Gannett also lays off employees who don’t work in the newsroom ... they are just rarely included in the sad pieces because they don’t get to write them. IT, customer service, circulation, operations, advertising, production, design, marketing, sales, finance... these are all people who contribute toward getting those papers on your doorstep/news on your digital display of choice. Their ...
Whatever happened to predictability?
(searching through Kohl's sales flyer) Me: Want a pair of Aqua shorts? WM: No. I don't think I will ever wear a pair of aqua shorts Me: Oh, come on. You can get this outfit, I'll get the lady's outfit and we'll pretend we're "Full House" cast members. WM: No. Me: How rude! *** Inside Baseball: Most of the online sales flyers you see are powered by a Gannett-owned company called ShopLocal. It was also supposed be used for local newspaper ads, which was a colossal failure because many newspaper ...
What big drip came up with that idea?!??
This the new official logo for U$A T0D@Y. You guys!! For about three years, I sat under the prototype of this design back when I was at the CeePee!!! Never before has a company made me want to set myself on fire like that one does. ...
no witty title today
Uneventful yesterday. I arrived in Virginia last night at 7:30ish, just as planned. This Hilton has a self-serve checkin kiosk, which rocked because I had my room key in hand before the checkin line had moved 2 people! "Make sure you get to the bar Sunday night!" I was told. Lots of schmoozing to be had. Well, the bar was closed for an "Exxon/Mobil private party"** so there was no socializing at all. Bummer. Because you all know how good I am at just thrusting myself into a group of people. ...
Public appearance!
I'll be making a public appearance tomorrow morning at South Jersey's Biggest Yard Sale at Campbell's field parking lot in Camden tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning from 5am - 8:30am, that is. If you've reserved a table, you'll see my smiling face wearing a yellow "EVENT STAFF" shirt, a safety reflective orange vest, and weilding an orange light when it's dark and an orange flag when it's light. I'll be directing cars toward the parking lot. Please be nice to me. Lots of people who have tables ...
Valkyrie, your life force is running out
From the PhoneCam!Big summer project Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.2 days until the launch of Big Summer Project! This blog post is a shoutout to M who can't wait to read about my take on this project . Here is my take... We've been immersed in this since the end of May, and the saddest part is that to the casual reader of CPO, very little on the site will look different. I also think that we, the members of this rollout wave, have the worst luck EVAR, since we'll have limited time to work ...
Ahh…sweet weekend
Looks like we made it another week, kids! Didn't blog yesterday because 20 minutes more sleeptime was more enticing. Don't take it personally, though...I really feel like I have my blogging mojo back. Thursday was a busy day. Yesterday was more evenly-paced. Meetings, conference calls, stuff I'm doing again that I haven't done in years. But, Big Summer Project trundles on toward its inevitable end when it ceases to become a "thing" and begins to become a "reality." I got another project (due ...
Performance anxiety
Am I the only one that thinks that the super-cool shuttle spacewalk repair mission is a hype job to show how NASA really is cool and knows what they're doing? (Not dissing the astronauts here....dissing the bureaucrats) Consider..... the will we or won't we business about launching in storms the fuel sensor problem that delayed the launch the decision to go for launch even though the sensor was STILL broken and the "Hey...some crap flew off during launch even though we had over two years to ...
old skool
CoWorker S has left work to go have her baby. She usually starts work at 5:30 am to check the site..make sure all the links work. Basically, the stuff I used to do before I curiously grabbed the bottom rung of the corporate ladder and pulled the darn thing down on top of me. But she's off until mid-October now -- for a delightful reason. Which is why I'm up at 6:15 am. Noblesse oblige. Work is a major stress lately. The Big Summer Project is coming along swimmingly -- but it's sucking up ...
blue ball o death
From the PhoneCam!Blue ball of death Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.We took a tour of the building today. the place is totally ginormous. As we were walking through the full service cafeteria -- bigger than those at the WDW hotels -- our guide said forlornly, 'well...there USED to be music in the cafeteria...'how, dear reader, am I supposed to sympathize with that? 'oh...i totally feel your pain. There was once a guy who used to whistle in front of our vending machines...'thee is also gannett ...
take me out to the ballgame
From the PhoneCam!Rfk field Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.All work and no play makes kim a dull girl. Tonight we're at the Wahington Nationals game. :-) i'm here w/ coworker Shawn and some online guys we met at the training today. it's like 100 degrees... ...
Corporate training, day 1
From the PhoneCam!Corporate Originally uploaded by ladygypsy.Wow. Just...wowThis building is huge, mirrored, and gorgeous. And it has a gift shop with all sorts of Gannett swag. The drive was only 3 hours or so, plus an hour for lunch. The hotel has a really crappy wireless connection. I brought my webcam with me (for Yahoo IM) but it goes down a lot. Maybe I'll have better luck tonight. What I've learned so far: My counterpart at one of our other NJ papers also plays World of Warcraft. ...
