Animals

- February 29, 2008

How the power of the Internet helped me get a dinosaur

Here’s a step-by-step look at how the power of the Interwebs helped me score a cute blow-up brontosaurus:

1. In late January, my co-worker Wayne Sutton went to a Refresh the Triangle meet-up at the American Tobacco campus in Durham, where the folks from Bronto Software (an e-mail marketing software company)

2. The next day he showed me photos on his iPhone (Wayne loves his iPhone) of the event, and I couldn’t believe my eyes: There was a giant blow-up brontosaurus. I *gasped* and Wayne rubbed it in by saying: “Yeah, they were giving away small ones too.”

3 . Fast forward to last Thursday. Wayne and I were taking a video blogging class in Charlotte, NC, and we decided to live stream and chat with some Twitter friends (follow me on Twitter). Lucky for us, Adam Covati of Bronto Software logged into the chat room, and I quickly found out he had the power to distribute these cute creatures. (BTW, this brief live chat later lead to a critical blog post that prompted me to get a little defensive yesterday).

4. So yesterday, Wayne attended another Refresh the Triangle meet-up, and Adam passed along my new dinosaur.

Has networking through the Internet ever helped you snag something cooler than this dinosaur?

  1. 4 Responses to “How the power of the Internet helped me get a dinosaur”

  2. Tons of stuff! Let’s see. There was this cookbook I always liked called A Spoonful of Ginger. My friend, Steve Garfield, started doing videos for the author, and they sent me a copy because I commented a lot. I’ve gotten other cookbooks, too. I’ve gotten plenty of SWAG from various internet companies for being a beta user/early adopter. Gonna have to ponder and share more.

    By Abby on Feb 29, 2008

  3. Stumbled upon your blog last night after several clicks (Twitter-related, I think). Cute story! :)

    By Lesley on Mar 2, 2008

  4. Meant to say thanks for props & I’m happy to see another happy bronto out their in the corporate wilderness :)
    That is probably my favorite part of our office, the massive bronto, affectionately, if not too originally, named Big Bronto.

    By Adam Covati on Mar 2, 2008

  5. Ginny, what did you name your mini bronto?

    By Jennifer Wig on Mar 4, 2008

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