Woof! October 18, 2006
We just returned from Paul’s first office party. It was Dog City! I’ve never been to a party where a gigantic Newfoundland called ‘Beck’ played with a teeny-weeny Boston Terrier—apologies, I forget his name—, where a Golden Doodle (Golden Retriever-Poodle breed) was sniffing on my leg asking me to pet him, where bowls of water were easier to get hold of than chilled beer and where barking overuled small talk.
Welcome to Dogster, Inc.!
Paul recently joined a company where the top dogs are actually dogs. Dogster, Inc. is like Friendster (or MySpace) for dogs, and very hard to resist. The idea is simple yet brilliant—each pup gets a home page, complete with profile, photos and links to all his pet pals. What might sound like a joke first is actually a pretty cool niche network idea. The statistics don’t lie: Tonight, the Dogster team celebrated their 300,000st pet joining the community. Gimme paw!
P.S.: I so want a Golden Doodle now! I think I’d call him Netflix…