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Over the last few weeks, a fair amount of my time has been dedicated to working with $pachunka (Simon), who runs deviantART's Product division.  We've spent a number of late nights tackling two main projects...

1.  Surf deviantART Ad Free for 24 Hours
The concept is simple.  Watch a short, one minute, video that promotes the deviantART Shop and you'll be granted the ability to enjoy an advertisement-free deviantART experience for 24 hours.  That's it.  This special, limited time, promotion is available to all deviantART members.  If you like the idea (or not), let us know!  The video is a deviation -- comment on it, it, share it with fellow deviants, etc.  

2.  Reports of Malware and Virus Advertisements    
This project is still under wraps, as it's not quite ready for prime time, but I will say that it's focused on keeping deviantART safe from malware and virus advertisements.  Much is going on behind the scenes regarding this topic, and we're putting (and have already put) a ton of effort into combating the issue.  Stay tuned for more.  You'll likely be hearing the first rumblings in the next two weeks.  

CONVERSATIONS WITH GEEKS!

So, that's the "real work" stuff. The stuff that results from long, but rewarding, discussions and brainstorming sessions. The following is what happens on the way to accomplishing "real work."

Simon and I had just finished discussing something we both thought was lame -- not either of the above projects! The following conversation ensued. For context, you should probably know that Simon's a developer, I'm tall, and we're both terribly uncool. Also, has Simon apparently named our future child Tillius, which is definitely not on my list of approved baby names.

[3:32:09 AM] $pachunka:  heidi, it is imperative that if I am ever involved in the creation of something that you think is lame, that you inform me

[3:32:20 AM] $pachunka:  unless it's a baby or something

[3:32:23 AM] $pachunka:  then I might be hurt

[3:32:44 AM] $Heidi:  Wait, did we just have a baby together?  Because now I'm offended that you think our baby is lame.

[3:33:11 AM] $pachunka:  you're the one who hypothetically said it was lame!

[3:33:13 AM] $pachunka:  and it's not an IT

[3:33:18 AM] $pachunka:  it's a he/she

[3:34:14 AM] $pachunka:  heidi, our baby would be a monstrosity. he/she would like programming, but be too tall to reach the keyboard at a reasonably sized desk

[3:34:19 AM] $pachunka:  poor Tillius

[3:34:40 AM] $Heidi:  Wow.

[3:34:41 AM] $pachunka:  tragically tall technically-minded Tillius

[3:34:54 AM] $Heidi:  "Our baby would be a monstrosity."

[3:35:10 AM] $pachunka:  that might have been bordering on harsh

[3:35:30 AM] $Heidi:  I'll say.

[3:35:33 AM] $pachunka:  5% probability

[3:35:51 AM] $pachunka:  but it's ok heidi, they can't feel insulted until at least 3

[3:43:11 AM] $pachunka:  she hates me

[3:43:13 AM] $pachunka:  woe is me

[3:43:36 AM] $pachunka:  5 billion years of evolution only to be insulted as a potential mother

[3:43:44 AM] $pachunka:  she's only right to be furious

[3:44:01 AM] $pachunka:  and I shall fade into the pale dark moonshadow of obscurity

The end.

~Heidi

P.S. - I wasn't mad. Not even a little.  I may have fallen asleep.  

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