I've been writing a personal blog off and on since college with moderate success depending on how busy my life has been. I've realized two things: 1- I like that I can be open and honest in a blog and people can either take it or leave it and 2- I should start a blog about the products I'm testing for the various word of mouth programs I'm involved in rather than putting it in my personal blog. Sometimes keeping things separate is a good thing in life and while some of you might just want to know how I'm doing and how life is treating me you should refer back to my old blogs. BUT if you want to know about BzzAgent, SheSpeaks and the products they send me to test this is the place to be.
If you have been following my old blogs (which I hope you have been) you'd know that yesterday I posted about a new BzzAgent Campaign that I'm involved in called Smarterer. Yes I realize that the title of the website is a bit oxymoronic but that is its charm. This morning I decided to go back to smarterer.com and see what other quizes I could take that I thought I
might actually do well with. I have always thought that I was reasonably smart when it come to digital and computer related things but looking at the quizzes available I realized that there are really only a few things I'm good at on the computer.... surfing the Internet, checking email and facebook, and downloading massive amounts of music when I realize my playlists are getting a little dull. I don't know how to build a website, I don't use twitter, and rss feeds are like greek to me. With this in mind I decided to tackle quizzes that had to do with Disney Movies and Twilight. You'd think I might be ashamed of this but I'm not. I'm a kid at heart and I'd rather relax and have some fun with taking a quiz online than truly feel challenged by the questions. So two more quizzes down and I rated "smarterer" on each. I'm thinking about trying my hand at the powerpoint quiz since I've used that software entirely too much in my life and figure I'm well versed. I'm also hoping that there is a garmin gps/gis quiz that I can take as well and if not maybe I'll make one for other outdoor geeks like myself.
I have to say that the quizzes that smarterer.com have compiled are rather detailed and encompass the whole scope of each subject, which means each quiz has some rather obscure questions to weed out the wheat from the chaff. For instance the Disney quiz actually asked who some of the voices were from 1940's Disney movies. Perhaps my parents would have known the answers to this but I sure didn't. But I was proud of the fact that I knew that the original Polly Anna was Haley Mills.
So go check out Smarterer.com and let your mind wander a bit if you have and extra hour or so to blow. Trust me when I say the time goes by incredibly fast! Its one of those sites that are great when you are bored and don't have anything else to do.
Who in their right mind could possibly say no to trying out Ghirardelli's newest chocolate squares? Certainly not me. But as most of you know I have two major vises in my life... coffee (which I drink by the potfull) and chocolate! So when Shespeaks offered me a free sample of Ghirardelli Milk & Truffle Squares I hopped right on board that train. Not only did I get a full sized (4.63 oz) bag of squares to try but I also got two $1.00 off coupons to share with friends as well.
