What 'kind' of editor?!

I've been called many things before -- for example a "special and attractive and upper class Lady and woman; "a self-serving, self-centered, ignorant and disgusting human being;" and an editor that is "so out of touch with an industry that you cover."

But I can honestly say that, in my 16 years in publishing, I have never been called a "kind editor" until now:

MAY 31, 2010

DEAR: ELECTRONIC HOUSE

DEAR: KIND EDITOR MS. JULIE JACOBSON

YOUR ELITE AND KINDSELF MAY LIKE THESE 

BLISSFUL UNIVERSAL TRUTHS FOR PUBLICATION

TO DEAR READERS AS THESE ARE BENEFICIAL IN

THE PRESENT TIMES OF COMPETITION ...

          --    PRAMUKH SWAMI   --

Answer me this

Look what popped up

You know those letters and numbers you have to enter to ensure your human-ness? They're called "captchas."

DrFlick sent me this one that came up (get it?) on one of his sites, TechnicallyPhilly.com.

I tried it for myself and here's what I got ... It's the result of exhibit "A" above.

For the lady in your life

What every girl wants in an external hard drive:

Using the advanced IMF (In-Mold Foil) technology, SH02 beautifully presents itself with sensory appeals that can be vividly felt not only visually, but also through the touch of fingertips. The same surface finishing makes SH02 resist to scratches, abrasion and annoying fingerprints as well, keeping the look nice and new all the time as if it is bought for the first day.

HD Guru Action Figure

We always knew HD Guru Gary Merson had it in him.

URC makes me famous!

 I have arrived.

URC made me the first poster-editor for its newsletter in a new feature called "Know Your Industry Journalist."

Here's an excerpt:

What does your average day look like?
I’m a morning person so I get up early—like 3:30 this particular morning to wrap up this piece and head to the airport.

I check about 40 RSS feeds through iGoogle to catch up on tech news, then get to writing. I hate writing, I truly do.

Then there’s interviews, and teleconferences, and EH brand meetings, and editorial planning, and making PowerPoints...

I work closely with our salespeople, after they stop yelling at me for not writing enough about their clients. We do this thing at EH in which anyone who sells something—big or small—sends an email to the entire staff. That’s a lot of email but it’s great for morale and I for one get a huge kick out of it.

I like to post at least a couple stories online every day and promote them on Twitter (@juliejacobson). I’ll check cepro.com and electronichouse.com non-stop for comments. I’m also addicted to Google Analytics, checking our site statistics throughout the day. I also check remotecentral.com and integrationpros.org several times a day, mostly to see what terrible things they’re saying about us.

And, yes, I’m usually still in my pajamas until early afternoon when I’ll do the stationary bike or take a jog during the 10 days of Minnesota summer.

I get about 400 emails per day and I’m terrible about responding. Sorry guys. If these pesky PR people would just leave me alone…

I often punctuate the day, when I’m not traveling, with visits to dealers, and we have a group of CE Pros in the Twin Cities that meets every month. I recommend it.

Today, I head to Chicago for a day to visit with Abt Electronics and M&K.

 Read the rest of the interview here.

Thanks for the opportunity, URC!