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Christchurch Gearfest - Late November pre-Xmas extravaganza!
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I was thinking of popping over to the Gearfest with a few guitars loaded with MrGlyn’s Pickups for folks to try. Is that gate crashing and unashamed advertising all rolled into one? Is that sort of thing welcome? I don’t want to be a dick.
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I think you want the Auckland Slowyfest threat Glyn!! And I'm sure that would be really appreciated!! You're welcome to come down to Christchurch too though
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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I was thinking of both. I sell more pickups to Christchurch players than anywhere else - thought I’d show my face.
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Due to upcoming redundancy, I'm going to pull out again - oh-er, vicar! Need to find a job at xmas again, sigh. I hate interviews.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Oooh that would be awesome! Your bellbirds in my Strat is just perfection!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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I'd also mention first weekend of November is a no go for me, 2 day aikido seminar...
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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You'd be a star turn if you came along to our gathering, just don't expect to see that HSS pickup set in a guitar yet as I haven't finished sanding the body yet...
just FYI it's a short trip outside Christchurch but if need be I'm sure someone will sort you out with a lift.
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I started planning then found out they are outsourcing web. Efficiency apparently, haha. Marketing are in for a surprise. No more vague remits, no more 20 plus changes, no more "I want it tomorrow!" No more salesforce integration, no more extremely consistent and to the click Google Analysis.
Not bitter just shaking my head at the thought of a wordpress site trying to take the place of the react site we created. Zero downtime in 2 years. Wordpress hosting, devops by an agency? Oh dear. Efficiency = 100 x cost
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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so yeah, sorry fullas, not this year, again
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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That's really shit!Bg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:32 pmI started planning then found out they are outsourcing web. Efficiency apparently, haha. Marketing are in for a surprise. No more vague remits, no more 20 plus changes, no more "I want it tomorrow!" No more salesforce integration, no more extremely consistent and to the click Google Analysis.
Not bitter just shaking my head at the thought of a wordpress site trying to take the place of the react site we created. Zero downtime in 2 years. Wordpress hosting, devops by an agency? Oh dear. Efficiency = 100 x cost
I am convinced that there's a whole host of people in senior and middle management who are so scared of people with the ability to program and properly understand technology that they feel the compulsive urge to get rid of it and hold it at arms length against all evidence of the stupidity of doing so.
If you've got a working team delivering a working solution and you want to change things up a bit the absolute best thing you can do is maybe tweak with the management a little. But throwing it all out and starting again will never achieve what you want and will always cost you a fortune and leave you with a pile of poo.
The best I can work out is that the bullshit and stunts you can pull when managing all other corporate divisions just get you exposed when you apply the same tricks to IT. It's like watching real life Dilbert usually. Accounting and Law are the two other departments that you usually don't want to fuck about with, and it seems most senior managers have learnt that lesson by now.
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Yeah exactly... Marketing Director is fucking clueless. I think it was within the last 12 - 18 months that she asked if we can put some flash on the site.
Web increased leads 100% through the website last year, not marketing, they're still buying leads. The last bullshit competition they created had ZERO entries.
Fucking crazy.
We've been part of digital for the last couple of years, and now marketing wants the website back. Because we say NO to their crazy ideas as much as possible. Not staying, happy to go.
Web increased leads 100% through the website last year, not marketing, they're still buying leads. The last bullshit competition they created had ZERO entries.
Fucking crazy.
We've been part of digital for the last couple of years, and now marketing wants the website back. Because we say NO to their crazy ideas as much as possible. Not staying, happy to go.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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How’s the Gearfest plan going? I’m still keen to come along with as many guitars as I can bring on a plane.
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Haven’t heard of anything official yet. As much as I’d love to try your pickups I’d hold off buying those plane tickets just yet.
JB any update?
JB any update?
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I'll talk to John today about a date
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.