Local man, enticed by perceived exclusivity of Pownce invitation, signs up for yet another social networking site …
By William M. Hartnett on Jul 31, 2007 in geekery
… and immediately wonders what the heck to do with it. Mindy McAdams was offering, and, as I said there, I’m a complete sucker for anything with even a whiff, no matter how suspect, of scarcity or exclusivity about it. There was a time a few years ago, in fact, when I was prepared to stab someone if it would have helped me scrounge a Gmail invite any sooner.
Apparently, the main thing to do is offer up the Pownce invites that I now have. If you’d like one of the four I have remaining, please answer the following questions in the comments below. Everyone is welcome to play. Strangers, criminals, foreigners, etc.
Question No. 1: Do you want one of my Pownce invites?
Question No. 2: For real?
Mindy McAdams | Aug 1, 2007 | Reply
I found a great use for it. I can use the desktop app to very quickly send a message to my grad student w/o opening my e-mail program and w/o typing his e-mail address. Ah … Now if I put all my student assistants on it, I can issue orders with ease!
William M. Hartnett | Aug 1, 2007 | Reply
Send them over here and they can have my invites. I only wish I had someone I could issue orders to. Maybe I could get my own unpaid intern, Kramer-style.