Conversation O' the Day
Boss: [Pulls out phone and reads] Campus police have nabbed laptop thieves on the mall. For more information, see www.umdps/alerts/news underscore alerts underscore 319 dot cfm.
Me: [Pulls up browser on iPod] Do you have a bit.ly version of that?
Me: [Types in umdps.net ]
Boss: U-M-D-P-S dot net...
Me: I wonder if they have a mobile browser version of this site. [Sticks m. in front of the domain name.]
Boss: ...slash alerts...
Me: No, they don't. [Clicks on "back", looks around for a "latest alerts" link or something.]
Boss: ...slash news underscore... Are you following this?
Me: I was, but then you got past twelve characters and I lost interest.
Boss: You're the perfect candidate for Twitter.
Me: [Pulls up browser on iPod] Do you have a bit.ly version of that?
Me: [Types in umdps.net ]
Boss: U-M-D-P-S dot net...
Me: I wonder if they have a mobile browser version of this site. [Sticks m. in front of the domain name.]
Boss: ...slash alerts...
Me: No, they don't. [Clicks on "back", looks around for a "latest alerts" link or something.]
Boss: ...slash news underscore... Are you following this?
Me: I was, but then you got past twelve characters and I lost interest.
Boss: You're the perfect candidate for Twitter.