Last week gap intelligence took its annual summer outing indoors, with a trip to the neighborhood bowling alley. Although we already made it down to a Padres game earlier in the year, we’ve added a few new team members since then (Welcome Gurpreet, Emily, and Laurel !!) so we wanted to show them a good time and make sure they knew exactly how well we bowled.
I must say we had a great time, and although the bowling performances were mixed, there were certainly some standouts among us. It turns out that we employ several very gifted bowlers and I would remiss I did not recognize them in true gap fashion.
With that, I give you the inaugural (possibly only) gap intelligence Kingpin Awards:
The Roy Munson Award goes to BRIC analyst Nicole Manko. Not only does Nicole provide as many memorable quotes as Woody Harrelson’s character in Kingpin, it turns out her bowling skills are quite Munson-esque as well. Nicole led off the first five frames of her second string with four strikes and a nine, ending with a gap-leading 169 final score. The girl can roll!
Systems Analyst Katie Hess continued to prove that she is great at just about everything, bowling a combined 305 in two strings, and winning herself an Ishmael Award
in the process. Katie bowled with power that would make Randy Quaid’s character proud and consistently pushed 20mph on the alley’s radar gun. Yes the alley actually has a radar gun for bowling speeds. They make a pretty good cheesesteak too.
Last but not least, the Ernie McCracken Award goes to Projector Analyst Deron Kershaw, who may not dress like the legendary Bill Murray character, but proved that he can bowl with similar style. The kid can do those open-hand spinning rolls!!!! He tallied some very respectable scores too, with a total two-game score of just above 250.
There are really only three bowlers in Kingpin, so these awards should be viewed as quite an accomplishment. Congratulations to the Kingpin Award winners of 2009!Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny download
Nicholas Nickleby movie Today while scrolling through an extremely back-logged Digg Technology feed in my Google Reader, I saw an article about a seller on Etsy.com who makes bars of soap in the shape of the Palm Pre.
I had trouble keeping my laughter at a respectable level.
For those of you who don’t know, Etsy is kind of like Ebay, except that the items sold on the online auction site are handmade by the sellers. The article that pointed out the phone-shaped bar of soap noted that the seller also made iPhone and Blackberry shaped soaps.
So, naturally, this got me thinking about my cell phone and everyone else’s cell phone and all the ways that they have worked themselves into daily life. As I continued through my Reader, I eventually, I came to the conclusion that despite the inevitable servitude that comes with having a cell phone, I can’t help but thank my lucky stars for being granted such a kind and generous master (a Samsung SGH-A737).
To fully express my appreciation for cell phones, I have written a series of poems:
-I don’t know what format these are-
Samsung call my mother quick
The rain is coming, my car is sick
I cannot walk the way so long
Please answer, hear your Sony’s song
Mine is green and yours is orange
We are sisters! We love porridge!
Text me if you’re feeling blue
I’ll send a puppy pic to you
-Haiku-
Cell phone you I love
Carry me through daily life
Keep you safe and dry
-Sonnet-
What time is it should peaceful silence break?
A light is shone in darkness so serene
The morning calls, alarmed now in my wake
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, in its screen
And for the day my pocket you shall ride
To sound a tone when by my mother called
Text messages in class received I hide
Dropped in the toilet to the stars I bawled
To live without you, pain I could not bear
Lost are photos, ringtones, contact info
Return my treasure else a frown to wear
Quickly fix, don’t forget texting argot
Back to the store, I swap you out for free
I am no fool, I bought the warranty
All too often new I am exposed to new ideas and technologies that have one of two immediate affects on my limited intellect.1) The technology of said invention is so complicated and so daunting in its scale and scope that I can’t appreciate its potential application.
2) In the rare instance I understand the technology, I have no idea how the application is sellable.
Personally, I have attempted to take the “Me” out of scenario #2.As I have gotten older, I have slowly come to grips that I am no longer the fancy of new entertainment and technology.The Alibi downloadKiss the Girls divx I am not suppose to get Transformers 2.
I am not suppose to understand how any particular application will better my day – movies and new ideas are for people about 20 years younger than me.Election trailer
Yellowbird developed a 360 degree video camera, the software to stitch those images together, and the player that allows users to interact with the rolling video.
Imagine advertisers using this technology to promote new products.How about strapping a 360 degree camera on top of a race car for live streaming 360 degree video?Heck, in 5 years maybe Google will replace its entire street view mapping service with a national network of Yellowbird videos – not only can I get directions to the park, but I watch turn by turn video to get me there! Yellowbird’s technology can be liscensed for endless applications, changing how we view online videos.
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