Thoughts of LoWriter

Got GMail?

I've just become a part of what will be known to future generations as one of the most brilliant marketing schemes of the century: GMail. It's only available on a test basis, which means you have to get "invited" by someone who has it. (The hype accelerates by the hour this way.) Granted, it's taking a page from the Beanie Babies' book, but it's timing is more brilliant than Beanie Babies' could have ever been. Google just recently went public with its stock after posting, I believe, above their earnings projections last quarter: A rare thing in the post 9-11 .com world. To keep the hype alive into the next quarter (possibly the next two or three quarters), they're releasing limited "GMail" accounts now as a "test." The classic way to create a demand is to provide limited supply. My guess is that they go public with their email accounts shortly after their stock earnings' hype fades.

I want to work for Google.

I mean it, people. I have been plotting ways to get into Google for about a year now. They currently have technical writing positions available (which I could so do), except for the fact that you have to have C++ knowledge. Never fear, good people! This is why it's good to work for a college. They offer night sessions of this class. Also, they want HTML. As you can see from the seldom changing form of my blog, HTML is a bit of a mystery to me as yet. Maybe I'll take that class, too. So, any of you computer people out there: Is the math required for C++ hard? And by hard, I mean how much math do you have to know?

At any rate, I could probably win them over with my stunning good looks, grace, and charm (right), but I want to give everybody else a fair shot. For now, I will be content with my new GMail account, which is so much better than the six other email accounts I possess. That's right, six. Just call me the email whore (that's for you, Danika) from here on out, but do it nicely. I just might bestow an invite on you.