18 August 2008

Learning something new

I learned a couple of new things at work today. I was asked to research on how to bring our site to better page ranking in search engines. I really didn't think much of this topic before. Then I started to read up the links our web designer sent me. Boy, who knew this was some type of essential knowledge and there were actual companies whose sole business and main objective was to "optimize" a company's website search results. So I was reading all these pages, and learning about the practices and science behind this SEO thing. Right - Before this morning, I wouldn't know what that meant either. It stands for search engine optimization. And did I mention it's some kind of a legitimate business? It's like when I learned that there were companies in LA that would take applicants who weren't able to obtain driver licenses here to another state to get them there legally, and come back. Yea, that's a business too! Seriously. Who knew?

Another thing I learned today was that the closest Panda Express near my building in downtown was located inside the library. Yea that's right! One of my co-workers said he wanted to have Panda for lunch and I decided to tag along. We kept walking towards the library and I was like, "Um, why are we going to the library?"

"Because Panda is in the library," he said.

WOW! I felt like a tourist everyday! This was the first time where I went into a library to eat, not borrow a book or DVD. It was weird and exciting.

Oh and I also found out one of the girls at work didn't get her parking reimbursement for 2 months, just like me. She has been with the company for a couple of years now, so I figure this isn't an isolated incident. There are probably more than one or two people who are still waiting for their reimbursement checks. I mean I'm still pissed, but knowing someone else is going through the same thing, makes it a little less annoying. Just a little.

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