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October 24, 2002
An Amazon oops?
Every once in a while, I wish for my organization's website the kind of user experience provided by the folks at . Alas, without their resources, it's a bit of fantasy. So it may be petty of me, but I get just a tinge of satisfaction to see that they haven't worked out all their kinks yet! For one, they haven't solved the "If you're not Beth Mazur, click here" goofiness. Cookies do have their drawbacks, don't they? But I hadn't expected this one. Being a former math major, creativity is not exactly my strong suit. So I was happy to get turned on to Jim Krause's series of books: , , and . Yippee...I can use all the help I can get! So, what about Amazon? I decided to do a nice little one-click ordering. Maybe it's me, but it doesn't seem that you can aggregate things and then do one-click, so I ordered Layout Index, followed by Color Index, followed by Idea Index. So, maybe I'm easily amused, but I thought it was funny that Amazon showed me this after ordering Idea Index: Ummm...didn't I order this book? Like 10 seconds ago? Yeah, yeah. Believe me I understand the technical limitations. Or maybe I should be glad that Amazon is not Big Brother-like and suggests books based on the email I received that day. Like I said, for those of us who don't exactly get to play with the big boys, it's just a relief to know that they don't have all the answers. Yet.
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It is humorous despite the technical limitations. Amazon made me laugh last month when they forgot today's date:
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