Allison ChowdhuryEven though it might be a little surprising to realize (considering that our entire business exists on the web), our employees work out of an office and need run-of-the-mill office supplies just like everyone else. But what we deem as necessary supplies can occasionally be disconnected from reality.
We switched to Slack and it’s going about as well as you’d expect
We’ve been slowly making the transition from Google Hangouts to Slack over the past few weeks, and it has been quite the learning curve for many of us in the office who haven’t used the platform before.
Forget Rick-rolling … Rebecca-rolling is our favorite Friday prank
You all have heard about Rick-rolling, right? That prank where you send a disguised hyperlink to a friend or coworker under the guise that it’s something important only to treat them, instead, to the dulcet tones of Rick Astley? Well that’s so last year. Rebecca-rolling—a phenomenon that’s sweeping the Name.com office— is the best new way to prank your coworkers and bring on the weekend.
Beer drama on a Friday afternoon
Every Friday, Name.com employees like to finish off the day with a beer, courtesy of our office kegerator. But with so many beer enthusiasts in the office (all with different preferences), choosing which kegs to get can be quite the debate.
Office kitchen justice is best served cold
If you haven’t already figured it out, we take our dish washing etiquette very seriously at the Name.com office. Because if you don’t, you invoke the wrath of our office manager, Kristen. When one of our employees was caught red handed committing a heinous dish washing offense, shenanigans ensued.
Is the man behind Bottoms Rupp NOT actually the worst?
If you keep up with our Bottoms Rupp emails, you may have noticed one very peculiar detail: Every week there seems to be a new scathing comment about John Rupp tucked away in the header.
Office email chain: Too many haikus
^^This is Ashley. She’s the Director of Marketing at Name.com and overall, a pretty decent human being. But there’s a problem: Ashley has recently become acquainted with the art of haikus, and is now a little addicted.
Fwd: Deployment – Geo Search Revival V1
ShannonOn Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:57 PM, VP of Awesome <> wrote:
Hi. I know some customers were sad when we removed Geo Search from the website. So, in an attempt to satisfy their Geo Domain thirst, we have added a little drop down / slider thing on the search page titled “geo domain search”. Dropping that down will reveal some basic Geo Domain search options. I’ll be tweaking and improving it in the near future but it should suffice for now hopefully. If we can reach out to the customers that were sad to see the disappearance of Geo Search and find out if it works for them, what they would like to see, etc, that would be awesome.
If anyone sees any issues please let me know.
VP of Awesome
Senior Software Engineer
R&D
VP of Awesome™
Name.com LLCOn Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:43 PM, jDog <> wrote:
I know at least two customers who may drive here and kiss you.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:48 AM, VP of Awesome <> wrote:
I believe that is the total number of people who actually used the service.
VP of Awesome
Senior Software Engineer
R&D
VP of Awesome™
Name.com LLCOn Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:52 AM, The Swede wrote:
Smoooooth Jazz
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:53 AM, VP of Awesome <> wrote:
That is one sexy man. Also, how was the holiday party in the Seattle branch?
VP of Awesome
Senior Software Engineer
R&D
VP of Awesome™
Name.com LLCOn Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:55 AM, The Swede <> wrote:
It was great success. 100% attendance as we’re all pretty dedicated here at the branch. The conversation was sort of lacking but all in all I would say it was probably the second best office holiday party this year – and here at the Seattlebranch we value being No.2!!!
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Boss
Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Deployment – Geo Search Revival V1
To: The Swede
From: Boss
Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: Deployment – Geo Search Revival V1
To: The Swede
we need to be able to “like” these emails
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Stan the Man wrote:
Too creepy? To memey? Ok… I guess you can have the more pedestrian:
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From: Boss
Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Deployment – Geo Search Revival V1
To: Stan the Man
From: Boss
Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Deployment – Geo Search Revival V1
To: Stan the Man
Sync Domain Expiration Dates: Harmonize Your Domain Name Renewal
EthanSo Nick in dev made the exciting announcement about how you can now sync your domain name expiration dates. But before I pushed it live to the blog, I wanted to make sure he’d included everything…
That about sums up the name.com experience: Ultimate User Enjoyment. Nick explains:
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, and Legend (you know who you are),
We’re rolling out a new tool that will allow users to sync the expiration dates for their various domains. As of right now, this option is only available for .com and .net domains (sorry Henrik, you can’t sync your .se domains just yet).
On the page, the user will be able to select the new expire date, then select the domains that they want to have that new expiration date. Then, they must hit “Apply” for those sync products to be added to the cart. It will not allow the sync date to be before the current expiration date, or further out than 10 years (70 dog years) from the date of the sync, not the date of the current expiration date. The pricing is $1.15 per sync month, and if the sync is longer than a year, the users domain will be sync’d to the correct date of the year current, and then renewed until the desired expiration date is achieve. I really hope this makes sense and doesn’t come across a Jared-esque rant.
Please, let me know if you have any questions.
Please do let us know if you have any questions. You can hit us on Twitter or Facebook, or engage with our legendary customer support.
And there IS one more thing:
Fwd: Sweden is the best at using the Internet: INTERNAL MEMORANDA REVEALED
In a hushed golf announcer voice: Caroline, our domain concierge, sent out a news article about Sweden beating the world in their ability to use the Internet. This struck Owen, our VP of Awesome, in such a way that he was unable to come up with anything awesome. Taking the opportunity to tout his home country, Swede Henrik posted a Swedish meme of the incredible care offered to their disabled. By then the VP of Awesome was able to conjure a little piece of Americana. (read bottom up)
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From: VP of Awesome
Date: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Sweden is the best at using the Internet
To: The Sweden
Cc: The Concierge, jDog, Not a Vampire
From: VP of Awesome
Date: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Sweden is the best at using the Internet
To: The Sweden
Cc: The Concierge, jDog, Not a Vampire
It’s better than the “meanwhile in America” image I found. Although; that chicken does look delicious.
VP of Awesome
Senior Software Engineer
R&D
VP of Awesome™
Name.com LLC
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:15 AM, The Swede wrote:
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM, VP of Awesome wrote:
I have no meme for this.
VP of AwesomeSenior Software EngineerR&DVP of Awesome™Name.com LLCOn Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:06 AM, The Concierge <> wrote:
This has potential for a fun tweet! Not quite sure how to use it though……………..
Henrik is representing! 🙂Study shows Sweden as the best at using the Wild Wild Webs
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The Concierge
Name.com
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