My Blogger Hoodie
Since more people are reading this blog these days I thought I would tell the story about my Blogger Hoodie. I wear when kicking around and at a lot of geek meets people accuse me of buying it. Then I tell them this story
I've been blooging on Blogger pretty much since the beginning, 99. Long time. Back when it was just some guy and a few of his friends and a couple of employees, the guy who owned rolled in some cool at the time new features like emailing your posts, spell check etc. He then decided that personal blogs would remain free but asked if ones used for commercial purposes who want to use these new features to sign up for Blogger Pro. I was using it pretty much like I am now, to talk about anything really, including work. Besides I wanted the cool new features so I signed up. It was supposed to be a yearly fee, but I only ever paid once, something like $50.
Eventually the Pro vs everyone else model didn't sustain itself blogging caught on and then PRESTO Google wanted Blogger. The guy who owned it sold out for big $$, but on the way to the bank he thanked everyone who ever supported Blogger Pro by sending them a Blogger Hoodie for FREE. Nice touch, he didn't have to do that, musta cost him a few bucks.
All the geeks I tell that story to are impressed, not with my hoodie, I mean it's just a hoodie, but with the gesture.
I've been blooging on Blogger pretty much since the beginning, 99. Long time. Back when it was just some guy and a few of his friends and a couple of employees, the guy who owned rolled in some cool at the time new features like emailing your posts, spell check etc. He then decided that personal blogs would remain free but asked if ones used for commercial purposes who want to use these new features to sign up for Blogger Pro. I was using it pretty much like I am now, to talk about anything really, including work. Besides I wanted the cool new features so I signed up. It was supposed to be a yearly fee, but I only ever paid once, something like $50.
Eventually the Pro vs everyone else model didn't sustain itself blogging caught on and then PRESTO Google wanted Blogger. The guy who owned it sold out for big $$, but on the way to the bank he thanked everyone who ever supported Blogger Pro by sending them a Blogger Hoodie for FREE. Nice touch, he didn't have to do that, musta cost him a few bucks.
All the geeks I tell that story to are impressed, not with my hoodie, I mean it's just a hoodie, but with the gesture.
posted by Ian at
Saturday, December 10, 2005
1 Comments:
I can vouch for the hoodie getting a lot of attention. Ian and I were at Knee Lake Resort waaaaay up north when the young lad behind the counter at the tackle shop exclaimed "Cool hoodie!"His eyes lit up like he had tied into a 50-inch northern pike. Ian told the story of the free hoodie to which the young man responded "Way cool."
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