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Perfectly Perplexing (1/30/00)
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What, exactly, is Perfect.com? Don't ask us-- after digging around the perplexing site for several frustrating minutes, the clearest thing we can determine is that it's an "infomediary startup" company, whatever the heck that is. The whole point of the company's web site appears to be to render visitors perfectly confused. Or, more likely, it's a dot-com startup that doesn't even know what its purpose is yet, other than to grab some of that sweet venture capital. Who knows? Heck, dig around long enough and you'll find this gem: "We're itching to divulge precisely how we'll transform the culture of e-commerce. But a large majority of our company stats and consumer site information must remain confidential until we go live." Mmmm, sure makes you want to leap in and work there, doesn't it?
In fact, the only reason we mention Perfect.com (other than the fact that there's something inherently entertaining about a company's web site that intentionally tells you almost nothing about the company) is because faithful viewer Alan Carr sent us there. And why? Because if you dig through their "culture" pages, you'll find that this dot-com startup decided to paint their new offices in "fun iMac colors." The iMac's influence is everywhere-- even at companies who... do something or other.
The results of the paint job are, admittedly, pretty nice. But don't go rushing off to submit a résumé just yet; just because Perfect.com paints their offices in Blueberry and Grape doesn't mean their employees use iMacs themselves. Apparently the machines of choice are "P3-450's." Pity. And here we thought it'd be fun to work at a company that does whatever it is they do.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/30/00 episode: January 30, 2000: What's with the press keeping mum about QuickTime? Meanwhile, the first Windows 2000 security patch has been released, while Windows 2000 itself still isn't on store shelves, and a startup called Perfect.com may not be saying what it does, but its offices sure look nice...
Other scenes from that episode: 2062: Conspiracy of Silence (1/30/00) Call us crazy (and we know you do), but we're firmly convinced that there's some kind of conspiracy of silence or something regarding QuickTime. We didn't comment on it at the time, but a few weeks ago faithful viewer Stephen White brought to our attention a New York Times article about web video... 2063: Quit Being So Negative (1/30/00) There go our plans for the pool... So, uh, how long do you suppose it'll be after Windows 2000 is released on February 17th before the first security holes are discovered and patched? Before you answer, remember that we're talking about Microsoft, here-- the company for whom "security" is evidently a four-letter word...
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