jim in the big apple est. 2004 · brooklyn/nyc
jim in the BIG apple

dispatches from a transplanted Okie in New York · 2004–2009

fun with google

friends tech

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As a joke today, Amy and I bought a friend from work’s name on google. Using adwords and a little bit of creativity, everytime you googled “craig schinn” - you got a personel ad. If you can’t see above, the ad read:

Looking for a real man?
Are turtle necks all you wear?
Then contact me, the mountain man
The ad, clearly full of inside jokes, pokes fun at the fact that he consistently wears turtle neck sweaters and walks to work because he’s too much of a man for the subway.

I mentioned the ad to a few friends at work, and before I knew it - it had spread like fire. Shortly into the afternon, Craig came up to me and said “Jim I know you are behind this!” I played dumb for a while and convinced him it was someone else… before long he clued in and did a whois on the visible domain. For those who are curious, the ad clicked through to this picture (clearly needing a tutle neck).

note: the ad has been removed… I couldn’t afford all the clicks!