You May Already Be a Winner
Everyone likes free food, right? Let's have a contest then!
Courtesy of my backpacking trip, this Monday morning 6/4 I'm going to check my work email for the first time since May 25. Guess how many NEW emails are in my work account inbox on Monday morning when I log in and you can win! Here are the rules:
- The total includes all emails sent by automated systems such as build servers, continuous integration servers and the like. It includes all meeting requests and any spam that makes it past the filters into my inbox.
- My coworkers are not eligible because I'm sure Rob or Andrew would figure out some way to con the system because they're developers and that's what developers do.
- Your response must be left as a comment on this thread [or the related Facebook thread] by 9amish EST on Monday. If your guess is closest to the actual total you win! One guess per person please.
- I'll post the winner Monday night.
- The decision of the judge (aka, me) is final.
The winner gets a free dinner; if you live in Cleveland I'll cook or take you out, and if you don't live in Cleveland we'll figure something out (like me visiting you or buying you a gift card or overnighting you a huge block of cheese or something).
For what it's worth, in a typical month I get 2500+ emails, but Memorial Day was a holiday and I did make a concerted effort to tell people I wasn't going to be at work last week, so really your guess is as good as mine.
One extra twist - the more guesses I get, the nicer the dinner prize will be. For example, if I get one guess the winner might get Chipotle, but if I get 25 guesses we might go to Deagans, and if I get 50+ guesses? Well, I've never actually been to Lola...
Courtesy of my backpacking trip, this Monday morning 6/4 I'm going to check my work email for the first time since May 25. Guess how many NEW emails are in my work account inbox on Monday morning when I log in and you can win! Here are the rules:
- The total includes all emails sent by automated systems such as build servers, continuous integration servers and the like. It includes all meeting requests and any spam that makes it past the filters into my inbox.
- My coworkers are not eligible because I'm sure Rob or Andrew would figure out some way to con the system because they're developers and that's what developers do.
- Your response must be left as a comment on this thread [or the related Facebook thread] by 9amish EST on Monday. If your guess is closest to the actual total you win! One guess per person please.
- I'll post the winner Monday night.
- The decision of the judge (aka, me) is final.
The winner gets a free dinner; if you live in Cleveland I'll cook or take you out, and if you don't live in Cleveland we'll figure something out (like me visiting you or buying you a gift card or overnighting you a huge block of cheese or something).
For what it's worth, in a typical month I get 2500+ emails, but Memorial Day was a holiday and I did make a concerted effort to tell people I wasn't going to be at work last week, so really your guess is as good as mine.
One extra twist - the more guesses I get, the nicer the dinner prize will be. For example, if I get one guess the winner might get Chipotle, but if I get 25 guesses we might go to Deagans, and if I get 50+ guesses? Well, I've never actually been to Lola...