Marketing Failure and a New Beginning

I am beginning to wonder if there isn't a niche market for help desk inquiry optimizers. With the advent of Blogs and smart cross-refrencing newsgroups, one post can be seen by literally millions of people. However, it appears my little unsolved technical issue may have gone unanswered because it may have gone unviewed.

If that is the case, then my problem is not a technical one, but one of marketing. It is times like these that a Help Desk Inquiry Optimizer would prove most fruitful.
She would not need any technical expertise in the field of the question, but merely a pizzaz or flair for 'Marketing the question' correctly.

She would ask questions like: 'What does my Subject line say about me?'; 'How does the subject line make me feel after reading it?'; 'Do the view counts reflect the importance and need of this inquiry in relation to the global economy?'

I'm thinking of starting a company to handle this. We would be helping people help people to help people. I would advertise it here, but I don't feel good about promoting the business with the Title as it stands. I suppose I need to seek my own help. Would that be considered 'In-sourcing?'

On the other hand, there is that ever remote possibility that I am alone in the universe we call Biztalk Post Installion Mishaps. Yet that seems a bit far fetched.

Good sign, bad sign - Search Results

Why I don't follow 'sponsored links'
While searching for help on 'failure to decode...' error on Sharepoint 2003, google suggested this site.

Search Results

The first thing of note is that it is itself a Sharepoint 2003 site.
So I entered the word 'decode' in the search box and recieved:
"Your search encountered an error. If the problem persists, contact the portal site administrator."

Bad sign. I moved on.
I don't think they're quite ready to assist me.

Looking for a sign.

Signs Never Sleep
Apparently, neither do I.
I do like signs though. I'm always on the look out for typos or generally humorous signs.
Unfortunately that is their profession, and there isn't a single mistake. However, the last sign is the cutest, more fashionable DEAD END sign I have ever seen.

I suppose that's my consolation prize d-jour.

Failure decoding embedded permission set object.

Random Acts of consistency.
It's never a good sign when the 'solution' to a problem actually involves the word 'Random'.
It would have been at least tolerable had the randomness ended in some measure of success.

Failure decoding embedded permission set object.

Senseless witticism

It's three AM, and I'm still at work.
I'd given up pondering the meaning of life and settled for the meaning of code.
It seemed mathematically simpler.



It's 3:30.
I was incorrect.