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forays into not being professional.

note: that title is a joke. i'm professional.

but, today, i had a meeting with a company called wikia, who wanted to pitch me on their services and see if i wanted to work with them. i forgot they were coming. if i had remembered, i would not have brought pancake in.

at 11, the receptionist tells me they are here. i think, whatever, my dog's cute, and walk her down with me to the lobby. i start shaking hands, getting names, and then one of the guys goes "and jimmy wales decided to come today to give the presentation!"

yeah. i definitely asked dawn to hold on to pan for the next hour so i could let the founder of wikipedia give me a presentation.

DOH.

(as an aside that is definitely me being proud and also laughing at myself, he is rarely in the country apparently but they told me that we're a big name they really want to work with, so he wanted to come out and meet us. and then the guy who said that made a little impressed noise when he asked what i did and i said i founded and run the company's community and community-based events. i mean, thanks for being impressed, but dude, have you seen that guy sitting to my right?)

3 Comments on "forays into not being professional."

Dad:
Jan 09, 2009 at 2:06pm
What does wikia do?
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Askedrelic:
Jan 10, 2009 at 12:03am
Dude, you met Jimmy Wales? I'm pretty sure he's rich. I'm impressed!
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e:
Jan 11, 2009 at 8:39pm
rich does not mean everything. the impressive part is how insanely smart he is, and how he created something so innovative and successful!
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