Comments on: Celebrating One Year of Life at HOK http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/ Meet the people behind the projects Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:45:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vik Duggal http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Vik Duggal Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:17:16 +0000 http://hoklife.com/?p=12572#comment-3285 Congratulations! Congratulations!

]]> By: justin.zawyrucha http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 justin.zawyrucha Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:35:48 +0000 http://hoklife.com/?p=12572#comment-3278 Sometime ago … a long time ago, maybe even a year ago. The voices in our heads summoned us all to this magical place called St. Louis, Missouri. Being as nervous as all of us were. Somebody, quite possibly a manager told us to go sit in a small, an airtight room. With no light, coffee, or connection to the outside world for 16 and a half hours. Where we got brainwashed. Those managers smiled, and told us how great it was going to be. They cracked a joke, albeit probably not very funny anymore. As they told us how we we’re going to do this, blogging about our lives. I think it was Jodi that said they we’re nuts. I reluctantly just shook my head yes, and hoped for a free cookie. But there were these 4 (possibly 6) people who stood at the side of the room. With this look of “I hope they buy into this, or it’s going to be a long winter.” But the managers left the room, leaving us with the people standing at the sides. There was an awkward moment of silence, because I’m sure it was the thought of “now what.” And these 4 (possibly 6) people told us to do our best, and keep the content PG13. For some reason I actually believed them. So now as a year has passed. I don’t think this celebration is about the top content. I think it’s about the hard work and dedication that John G, Mike P, Rachel P, Jeanette (and Jaki, and Nikki) have put into this website, and the daily communication they keep. I for one wouldn’t have written so much, or posted the content I was posting if it wasn’t for the St. Louis Team. (I also find it very strange that John Gilmore hasn’t put any of his blog posts as one of the Top ones. I think more then anyone, his content has described Life at HOK in it’s fullest.) Sometime ago … a long time ago, maybe even a year ago. The voices in our heads summoned us all to this magical place called St. Louis, Missouri.
Being as nervous as all of us were. Somebody, quite possibly a manager told us to go sit in a small, an airtight room. With no light, coffee, or connection to the outside world for 16 and a half hours. Where we got brainwashed.
Those managers smiled, and told us how great it was going to be. They cracked a joke, albeit probably not very funny anymore. As they told us how we we’re going to do this, blogging about our lives. I think it was Jodi that said they we’re nuts. I reluctantly just shook my head yes, and hoped for a free cookie.
But there were these 4 (possibly 6) people who stood at the side of the room. With this look of “I hope they buy into this, or it’s going to be a long winter.”

But the managers left the room, leaving us with the people standing at the sides. There was an awkward moment of silence, because I’m sure it was the thought of “now what.” And these 4 (possibly 6) people told us to do our best, and keep the content PG13. For some reason I actually believed them.
So now as a year has passed. I don’t think this celebration is about the top content. I think it’s about the hard work and dedication that John G, Mike P, Rachel P, Jeanette (and Jaki, and Nikki) have put into this website, and the daily communication they keep. I for one wouldn’t have written so much, or posted the content I was posting if it wasn’t for the St. Louis Team.
(I also find it very strange that John Gilmore hasn’t put any of his blog posts as one of the Top ones. I think more then anyone, his content has described Life at HOK in it’s fullest.)

]]> By: janet j http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/comment-page-1/#comment-3274 janet j Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:01:20 +0000 http://hoklife.com/?p=12572#comment-3274 Congratulations! It was great to be a part of Life at HOK...at least for a while! Congratulations!
It was great to be a part of Life at HOK…at least for a while!

]]> By: Nikki http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Nikki Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:27:18 +0000 http://hoklife.com/?p=12572#comment-3265 I am so very proud of all who were a part of this VERY BIG EVENT in HOK's history. Thanks for catapulting us into a new era for social media at HOK. You all are having such an enormous impact in the blog world and right here at your HOK home. Thank you. Nikki I am so very proud of all who were a part of this VERY BIG EVENT in HOK’s history. Thanks for catapulting us into a new era for social media at HOK. You all are having such an enormous impact in the blog world and right here at your HOK home. Thank you.
Nikki

]]> By: julie maggos http://hoklife.com/2009/10/15/celebrating-one-year-of-life-at-hok/comment-page-1/#comment-3263 julie maggos Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:48 +0000 http://hoklife.com/?p=12572#comment-3263 Happy Birthday! Well done bloggers, you brighten my computer screen just about every weekday morning. Happy Birthday! Well done bloggers, you brighten my computer screen just about every weekday morning.

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