09/27/07: Roll with it Baby
Greetings from Greenland!
I just returned from a great week of Dog Sledding in Upernavik Greenland. Susanne and Jan Klatten, the BMW heirs and all around great friends, invited me up for the week. We try to do something in the fall each year. Jan had this great idea of Greenland and plans were set. They really love their privacy, so we usually meet up in these out of the way places.
We met up in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, and spent a few days there sightseeing before heading up above the Arctic Circle to see the pups. While in Nuuk, we met this film crew working through the specifics of filming two huge dice rolling down a mountain. That peaked my interest and I went over to introduce myself.
It turns out this is all part of a publicity stunt for the website, GNUF.com. They plan to show a film of the dice rolling down the mountain and let people guess how long it will take and what numbers the dice will land on.
They took me by to see the massive dice in the warehouse. All I could say was wow! The crew invited us up to the mountain to see the drop, but we had to head up to see the dogs. As we were mushing around, I would try to see the mountain in the distance to see if there were two blue dice bouncing around!
I just returned from a great week of Dog Sledding in Upernavik Greenland. Susanne and Jan Klatten, the BMW heirs and all around great friends, invited me up for the week. We try to do something in the fall each year. Jan had this great idea of Greenland and plans were set. They really love their privacy, so we usually meet up in these out of the way places.
It turns out this is all part of a publicity stunt for the website, GNUF.com. They plan to show a film of the dice rolling down the mountain and let people guess how long it will take and what numbers the dice will land on.
They took me by to see the massive dice in the warehouse. All I could say was wow! The crew invited us up to the mountain to see the drop, but we had to head up to see the dogs. As we were mushing around, I would try to see the mountain in the distance to see if there were two blue dice bouncing around!
09/18/07: The Web Can Sell Cornflakes?
Greetings from Norway!
If you have never been to Norway, I highly recommend that you visit. I was here for a great in water boat show, which is always fun. I prefer the in-water shows because you get a better feel for the true size of the craft. They always look bigger when in dry dock.
I was staying in this beautiful B&B just outside of Sandvika where the show was. Having gone there year after year, I have built a nice relationship with Audun and Beate Beglund who run the establishment. After losing a World Cup bet, I made good by agreeing to cook dinner for everyone one night. They were gracious hosts and turned the kitchen over to me for the evening.
I wanted to make a real american meal, so I pulled together a grocery list and headed over to the local grocery store, an ICA. It was a great store (their corporate mission statement is “to make every day a little easier”), and I was able find everything on my list.
While touring the store, I kept seeing imagry of this green clad super hero with a website address listed. Once I returned to the B&B, I fired up my laptop to see what this super hero was all about.
Despite needing heavy translation from Beate, I was very amused by the site. The company took a bland subject of lower fat consumer packaged goods and created a great video website. Even if you can’t understand what he is saying, definitely take a moment to explore.
If you have never been to Norway, I highly recommend that you visit. I was here for a great in water boat show, which is always fun. I prefer the in-water shows because you get a better feel for the true size of the craft. They always look bigger when in dry dock.
I was staying in this beautiful B&B just outside of Sandvika where the show was. Having gone there year after year, I have built a nice relationship with Audun and Beate Beglund who run the establishment. After losing a World Cup bet, I made good by agreeing to cook dinner for everyone one night. They were gracious hosts and turned the kitchen over to me for the evening.
I wanted to make a real american meal, so I pulled together a grocery list and headed over to the local grocery store, an ICA. It was a great store (their corporate mission statement is “to make every day a little easier”), and I was able find everything on my list.
While touring the store, I kept seeing imagry of this green clad super hero with a website address listed. Once I returned to the B&B, I fired up my laptop to see what this super hero was all about.
Despite needing heavy translation from Beate, I was very amused by the site. The company took a bland subject of lower fat consumer packaged goods and created a great video website. Even if you can’t understand what he is saying, definitely take a moment to explore.
09/05/07: Social Networking that is just right
When I visited the site, I immediately noticed a strong contrast between this site and the more popular sites, including Facebook and MySpace. MySpace, Facebook and others offer limitless customization options, from adding music, games and even an extremely unusual werewolf application. These sites have opened up the ability for developers to create additional applications to further add to these social networking sites.
CaringBridge offers none of this, and it was quite refreshing. On this site, you can quickly set up a sharing page for her daughter, adding pictures and posting comments. We could add our comments for support, but no links, photos or werewolves. Rather than having to send out email blasts to everyone along the way, my friend would simply post an update to the journal and everyone who wished would be notified.
Often times when building a solution, too many options can be more of a problem than too few. Bravo to CaringBridge for getting it just right.
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