Form letters

Have you ever gotten one as an email or through the mail? What a waste of time. Today I was bombarded by two form letters. This afternoon I anxiously ran down to check my mail, and all I found was two credit card applications. One just threw me off the edge, it was from Citi, wanting me to apply for the Citicards Platinum Select credit card. Well Citi, I already have your Platinum Select card, why would I really want another one? If you had bumped up your existing cardholder database with the lists you purchase from school’s like Marquette, you would have seen that I’ve been a loyal customer since 2004. By loyal I don’t mean that I have revolving debt that carries over month to month, I’m a respectable customer that pays their bill on time and never carries a balance.

Secondly, I emailed a teaching assistant (yeah after being promised no TA’s at Marquette, I’ve had to deal with about 10 during my whole experience here) that I was not able to attend class this afternoon due to a IT Networking event at the Wisconsin club. Well I get a response later this evening stating:

Stephanie,

On Sept. 25, 2007, you missed your Lead 104 class. As we meet only seven times, attendance is imperative, and as per the syllabus, one additional absence, regardless of reason, will result in your immediate withdrawal from the class.

Any questions, please contact me.

Mxxxxxx Bxxxxxxx

Well I contacted you ahead of time, and I appreciate you reminding of the attendance policy, but to me the whole email feels cold. I think going to a IT networking night is going to be a lot more beneficial than attending a 2 hour class that discusses how to dress appropriately on the job. I’ve been working in the business world since I’ve been in 8th grade, I think by now I have mastered the appropriate wardrobe accepted in businesses.

Jeff Sippel, Dir. of Technology @ Orbitz

I attended another technology speaker tonight, part of my MANA 124- Emerging Technology class at Marquette. The Director of Technology at Orbitz, Jeff Sippel, had some key points I’d like to share with you all in regards to dealing with global customers…

* Only 15% of Europe use online services to book airfare, hotels, etc. Which really makes me question how Europe will react to a service like Orbitz over there. Will they change their buy habits, customs?
* In Germany, most people don’t have credit cards, must use EFT
* eBookers is the European equivalent of Orbitz. It is pretty much the same as Orbitz, except that the site is composed of more Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX because they feel the EU market is better prepared to use/handle these technologies.

The beauty of my 15″ MBP

On Friday, my MacBook Pro arrived safe and sound. I have to commend Apple and their ease of transferring information from my old MacBook to my MacBook Pro. By simply plugging in a firewire cable in my old MacBook, and another firewire cable into my new MacBook Pro, I was able to transfer 77GB worth of music, photos, applications, and docs. in about 2 hours. I decided to upgrade to the MacBook Pro after dismal performance on the MacBook. I was unable to run Dreamweaver and Photoshop simultaneously on the old MacBook, so in order to get my work done on various client websites, it was time for an upgrade. It was a good decision, because I’m a student, I got a free iPod Nano, Printer, and a discount on the new Adobe CS3 Web Premium. Life is good.

Check out my website

http://www.stephaniealee.com

Welcome

After a very enlightening speaker last night, Penelope Trunk, I’ve become inspired to begin blogging about my life, ambitions, rants and raves. Stay tuned for new postings by subscribing to my blog.