Usability Recruitment

Hey Everyone,
Google is looking to build their usability participant database and they need volunteers who might be willing to participate in a study. They also pay their participants usually about $75 a hour to help us. What I need you to do is follow the URL:
https://survey.google.com/wix/p0822776.aspx?referral_code=MV4 and At the bottom of the first page there is a "Where did you hear about us?" box. Please enter jlweber so that they can track who the referral is.

You can forward this message to anyone you want. Where you live doesn't matter they do remote studies all the time.

Thanks for your help!
Janna

[Why am I doing this? What's in it for me? Officially, If I have the most referrals I win a t-shirt that I already have. But really I just want to help build the database for my team]

Bullets from the West Coast

• Camping was a lot of fun.
  
• I haven't had a chance to get the pictures up yet but it was exciting to have some time to take some pictures.
• The park was pretty small and probably only used for day trips by locals.
  
• The campsite wasn't really what was expected but we made it work
• The lake was cold and filled with gold flakes... which was pretty cool.
  
• Smores are awesome!
• My internship seems to be flying by pretty quickly. I only have a few weeks left and two big studies left.
  
• I'm pretty thankful right now that I don't have to do a work term report for school... cause I would be pretty lost trying to do that.
  
• Most of the interns I know are starting to pack up and leave... I had one of the longest internships of anyone I think...
• Canadian dollar hits a high of 96 US cents - International Herald Tribune -- SUCKS
• I'm currently doing laundry at work and making a blog post... something just isn't right about that
• In the past few weeks I've had three blow my mind kind of meals...
  
• 1. Steak and scallops with mashed potatoes
• 2. Prime Rib with ranch horseradish sauce
• 3. Seafood Jambalya
  
• Other meals have been very good as well but those top my list
• Planning on going to the Beach this weekend... Patrick is going to surf and Sean and I are going to hangout on the beach. Get more tanned.
  
• Going to see the Simpsons movie tonight
• We've been playing a lot of scrabble lately and I've been getting better. Last night in a 4 person game I broke 200 for the win.
  
• Back to work.
  

Roughing it...

Just posting a PSA, Sean and I are going camping this weekend...
I will be without internet connection for a few days...
Its shocking I know... I'm not sure if I will survive...
or if I will be able to dig out of my inbox on Tuesday.

More about the camping trip later.

Big Sur Road Trip

One Saturday we decided to take a road trip to Big Sur, just to enjoy the ride along the coast. We stopped along the way to take a few pictures and enjoy the view. I have more pictures to come but I have to finish my film first. After making it to one of the Big Sur parks we made our way back and had dinner in Carmel-by-the-sea, not sure why they hyphenate their name like that but it was really nice... the food, even for pub food was amazing. Would definitively like to go back sometime.

From Big Sur

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations on your engagement Julie and Andrew!!!

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So its been a really long time since I updated.
It may be the beginning of the end folks... I've lost time and actually I've kinda lost interest in blogging... its become this thing that is always sitting over my head whenever I am at home. Thankfully, I guess, I'm not actually home that often. I had to actually make a point of staying home tonight (even tho it is a friday) cause I've been so tired lately. I finished a big study this week and presented the results today. It went pretty well... but is also going to lead into an even bigger set of studies. Which is cool I guess.

Sean and the kittens are doing well. Carmicheal is growing so big and well.... Sammy hasn't grown much at all... But they are so super cute. Sean got his wisdom teeth taken out last week and is pretty well recovered now... has to get his stitches out tomorrow.

Michelle was here and visited... I think she should come back again... it was a really fun time with her... I think she had fun as well... there are pictures from her trip on my picasa web album.
Missing everyone at home.