Thirty-Eight Interviews

I am suffering from resume poisoning. I was recently put me in charge of hiring 20 new Interaction Designers and Web Producers. With a few co-workers along for the ride, we pored over 100+ resumes and conducted 38 in-person interviews! And we did it all inside of one month. Sure, there were several dozen phone interviews but they were not nearly as exhausting as coordinating them past security, meeting the candidates in the lobby of the monstrous home office, and sitting down... Read More

Trip to Kwik-E-Mart

In the biggest fanboy stunt of all time (for me anyway), several co-workers and I boarded a plane to Dallas to visit a 7-Eleven store that had rebranded as a Kwik-E-Mart. That’s right, we took a flight to visit a 7-Eleven where we purchased Buzz Cola ($18.00 a case), Pink Doughnuts with sprinkles ($5.20 for less than a dozen) and Squishees (same old Slurpee, just the cup is different).  Read More

It’s a What?

I bought a new bass called a MusicMan Bongo. Whenever I talk to fellow musicians about it at work they all ask, “It’s a what?” It’s a pretty forward leaning design (designed by BMW’s Design USA) that most bass players either love or hate. From Wikipedia: The Bongo bass guitar was introduced on March 21, 2003 at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA by Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball. Ernie Ball president Sterling Ball designed the guitar in conjunction... Read More