I love it when businesses find ways to be more efficient by going digital.

Yesterday, when we got to 24 hour fitness, they asked if we wanted to register for “Cardless Check-In“. I couldn’t be happier. You see, I ALWAYS forget my card. ALWAYS. To the point now, that I prepare and just take my Driver’s License in with me so that I can give them my phone number to check me in instead. It’s pretty pitiful.

But now, I don’t have to do that anymore. SCORE!

Yes, we still need it at clubs that don’t offer Cardless Check-In yet, but the ones that I go to… DO. And all clubs are slated to have the Cardless Check-In by the end of 2010.

All you have to do is scan your index finger and punch in your favorite 10-digit ID (pick your own), and we’re checked in!

• No more waiting for someone who’s talking on the phone to figure out how to multi-task!
• No more super long line of folks who just got off work!
• No more having to search through the car / truck for ID cards!
• And if you’re a “Greenie”…no more wasting paper!
• Read More about 24 Hour Fitness Cardless Check-In here

Phrase of the week: Scope Creep

Scope creep (also called focus creep, requirement creep, feature creep, function creep) in project management refers to uncontrolled changes in a project’s scope. This phenomenon can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented, or controlled. It is generally considered a negative occurrence, and thus, should be avoided.

Typically, the scope increase consists of either new products or new features of already approved product designs, without corresponding increases in resources, schedule, or budget. As a result, the project team risks drifting away from its original purpose and scope into unplanned additions. As the scope of a project grows, more tasks must be completed within the budget and schedule originally designed for a smaller set of tasks. Thus, scope creep can result in a project team overrunning its original budget and schedule.

If the budget and schedule are increased along with the scope, the change is usually considered an acceptable addition to the project, and the term “scope creep” is not used.

Scope creep can be a result of:

• disingenuous customer with a determined value for free policy
• poor change control
• lack of proper initial identification of what is required to bring about the project objectives
• weak project manager or executive sponsor
• poor communication between parties

I marked today in my calendar…
For personal reasons…
I want to remember today…
Because, I refuse to feel this way again.

Remember me.

Mother’s Day is today…

And all of the Mother’s Day advertising / coupon deals are in full effect. A lot of companies are using social networking to market their Mother’s Day deals. A lot were really great and on point. Sprinkles Cupcakes is having a wonderful deal on “Mom” cupcakes…

I’m not a mom…but I want a gatdamn cupcake. I can scrape off the letters after I get my discount.

Anyways, this one made me “a tee hee” a little bit…

And it had me coming up with catchy slogans, like:

1. Come get your mom lit up at the Paintball Park!
2. Show your mom how much you care by pummeling her with some hard ass paintballs!
3. Hate your mom’s new wig? (can be substituted for “breast implants” – results may vary)

*Dear Paintball Parks – Please request permission before using my slogans. They’re copy written. I WILL find you. (wink) *

Happy Mothers Day to my mom and all the mommies out there. <3

Resetting my iPod Touch…
All the way down to the Factory Settings…
For the 50-11th time today…

Urgh.

Just because I’m bourgeois doesn’t mean that I can’t eat Top Ramen.

Psht. I eat it with chopsticks…out of one of my bento sets.

I Love Top Ramen.

This week, Frat Games – Basketball Edition is supporting Sickle Cell Awareness!
Currently in Week #3, The Frat Games Basketball Edition is a weekly event that you should NOT miss. Come out and show your support for Sickle Cell Awareness, your organization, and your favorite teams!

Who Can Go?

Anyone! We welcome all families, including kids of any age.

When is it?

March 13th, 2010 – 4pm to 7pm
4:00pm – Alphas vs Omegas
5:30pm – Omegas vs Kappas

Where is it?

Hawthorne High School – Hawthorne, CA

THE Frat Games organization is a sports entertainment company dedicated to providing healthy activities, enhancing awareness of health and social issues affecting our communities, and provide exposure for our present and future leaders, provide and support affordable community events, and providing superior entertainment, value and service.

Isn’t this great? Your flight leaves at eight…
Her flight lands at nine, my game just rewinds…
Lyrically I’m supposed to represent…
I’m not only the client, I’m the player president…

RIP Biggie…

x0x0, Boon

And everywhere else for that matter…

She’s currently making her talk show rounds and she even recently appeared on the Wanda Sykes show.

I love this woman.

“Sade: Lets Her Hair Down” in Ebony’s April 2010 issue.

Since 1983, Sade has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

And I think I account for a good number of those records.

If you’re like me, you probably download MP3s all.the.time, but when it comes to your favorite artist, you always buy about 10 of the albums before/after you’ve finished downloading the mp3s.

That’s me for anything Sade or PM Dawn (shadup. don’t laugh.)

As of last week, Sade’s “Soldier of Love” (Epic) held at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart for a second week with sales of 190,000.

I love how she can take a decade sabbatical and come back stronger than any other artist on the planet.

My dad used to say that he was going to marry Sade…

My mom used to just smile, nod and roll her eyes…

I guess that’s what you do when you’re a “Soldier of Love“…

I’ll be buying 3 issues of Ebony April 2010.

*no…fa real*

I think I’m still on page 1 of Google for “Courtney”.

I had a minute of slippage when I took on a new strategy, but I think I figured out what the issue was.

And now that that’s fixed…

Bring on the good SEO changes!

Google Me!