Highlights of our First Month Online
11/2/99 - After literally hours of work by several tech people, many of whom could speak conversational Klingon, we had a successful Server Crash Recovery
11/3/99 - After literally hours of work by several outside consultants (who we figure must be really smart because they cost us so much) we had our second Server Crash Recovery
11/10/99 - After literally hours of work by several people who use buzzwords in place of conventional language, we sold our First Ad Banner (well, acutally, it was a banner swap deal with a site that we think has something to do with French Culture)
11/27/99
11:47 a.m. - After literally weeks of waiting by all of us, we had our First Visitor (someone named reallybigone@ stalker.com who immediately clicked our banner to learn more about French Culture)
11/27/99
11:52 a.m. - We sent out a Press Release announcing our 100% click-through rate.
11/28/99 - We project huge increases in traffic real soon now.
12/23/99 - We project huge increases in traffic real soon now.
1/7/00 - Someone in purchasing asked why we have a web site anyway.
1/8/00 - Someone in HR said, "Yeah, what's the point?"
1/9/00 - One of the nose ring guys said, "You know, off the record, we may have been overly optimistic in our projections."
2/17/00 - After literally hours of work by several people, we developed our Content Plan
2/19/00 - We project huge increases in traffic real soon now.