Once upon a time (during the Internet Boom), I worked for
One day a bunch of us were sitting around and joking after a long day at the office. This was probably sometime in mid-2002, because the Internet Bust hadn’t happened yet. Somebody said, “You know, we seem to be doin’ pretty
And I said, “Well, we don’t have a blimp yet.” This was a reference to the Goodyear blimp, which filmed sports events from above and continually advertised the Goodyear brand.
About a week or so later, my team presented me with a framed picture of the CareerBank.com blimp taking off from a field, while a smaller blimp from a competitor could be seen in the background.
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This picture is still hanging in my home office, next to another one that shows the CareerBank.com flying above New York City. I’ll have to see if I can get this digitized, so I can post it, as well.