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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: August 07, 2002 WebWord Comment -- WebWord is 4 years old today. BOOM! It would be interesting to see how many wacky facts people can dig up about the site. Be creative but try not to get too personal. Ha!
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Slogans: 1988: The voice of Internet usability and human factors. 1999: The Internet usability site of John S. Rhodes. 2000: technology. humans. experience. 2001: Industrial Strength Usability. 2002: We sell fish heads. Posted by: Jack on August 7, 2002 08:55 AM
September 8, 1998. Article: Harness the Power of Your .SIG "A rough and informal analysis has lead me to recommend that all .sigs must contain these two important elements: 1. Full name, 2. Email address However, a .sig might include these items as well: July 27, 2002: The .sig from an e-mail from John S. Rhodes -John Perhaps we need a follow-up article discussing when and why people drop their sig. I do it often when writing to people I know. Posted by: Jack on August 7, 2002 09:06 AM
Jack, as you suggest, I drop the .sig when I know someone well. It is not that I am lazy, I just feel that it is information overload. Then again, if you think about being professional at all times, or promoting something (e.g., I usually provide a link to my subscriptions page), then maybe it does make sense to always include the .sig. Interesting topic... Posted by: John S. Rhodes on August 7, 2002 09:18 AM
1824: First proof John is immortal. He died in 1824. 1880: Lived in Topeka, KS, curator of a junk shop at least through 1916. Operates a funeral home. Donates to the FarmHouse Fraternity - "Builder of Men." Is quoted by Macromedia on Flash usability. Oh John, you're going to hell for this one. OK, I'm going to be late for work now. Posted by: Jack on August 7, 2002 09:27 AM
Oh no, he died in 1824? John, you're not secretly The Highlander, are you? Tell me that you're not an immortal who's lived for hundreds of years. It would be a shame if I had to find you and cut off your head. But remember, there can be only one! Posted by: MadMan on August 7, 2002 11:11 AM
Longest words used since April 2002 19 straightforwardness Darin
John likes comic books! Googling the newsgroups I found John at Binghamton University. First I thought there was a professor by the same name, then I read John's bio and realized he earned two MAs there. Given John's old university address, I figure John is a fan of The Punisher, Spawn, Dark Knight comic books. I'm pretty sure John didn't just mug a kid and try selling his goods because comic books now cater to a more mature audience. John is also in good standing at Ebay. John is a seller's dream - extremely fast, a great communicator, a quick payer, and is highly recommended. He's a real asset to the Ebay Community. John has a Canon printer and listens to KORN. If a wiseass can pull this up, imagine what $50 to a private investigator web site could do.
Oops. Reading the subject again, I guess those aren't "wacky facts people can dig up about the site" and are, just a tad, personal. Posted by: Jack on August 7, 2002 02:49 PM
It's hard to be anonymous with my name right in my email address... It's just that I have a (personal) comment that nobody else knows (well, until you read this comment) Today is John's bday.
Pargh! - (anonymous) if you want to be anonymous you have to clear out all the boxes. But thanks for the insider info and... clap, clap, clap, clap, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
So how young are you Johny boy? Or you old enough for that to be a rude questions? ;) On another topic, Jack seems to be trying to increase his comments tally by posting a lot of fluff. :p I'll beat you yet, Whacko Jacko. Posted by: MadMan on August 7, 2002 03:58 PM
Now that we know John's birthday, we're halfway to guessing all his passwords. MadMan, I tell people what they want to know. You may not like it, even I may not like it, but I can't pretend fluff doesn't exist because that is a lie and when art lies, it becomes worthless. There has always been fluff. There will always be fluff. Fluff and evil and men with big guns. And if I happen to write fluff better than anyone, then I've got a bigger responsibility than anyone to serve it up.
I reckon that MadMan and Jack are the same person. And I know Erasmus agrees with me as well. Posted by: Mac on August 8, 2002 03:13 AM
Ah, but the difference is, Mac, I *have* an identity. Jack is just a name with funny Yahoo addresses. Besides, he knows stuff about USA that I wouldn't. Posted by: MadMan on August 8, 2002 06:20 AM
Happy Birthday, Bro. You're going to be old and fat soon. Posted by: Matt Rhodes on August 9, 2002 02:48 AM
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