The Audacious Adventuress
Jul. 5th, 2012 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyDo you find it strange to catch sight of yourself when you are wearing new clothes? Particularly with jeans or trousers, I look down and catch a glimpse of a different fabric than I am used to, and think, 'What's happened to my legs?' It is happening today because I am wearing a new top (this one, thanks to the strong Australian dollar) with a black undershirt, so in my peripheral vision I can see my newly green upper arms. It makes me feel oddly panicked. I'm sure the moment will pass.
I received an email from Reckon today. They make Quickbooks, the accounting software that we use at work. Only it will not be Quickbooks much longer; they are changing its name. Why is the Quickbooks name changing?, the email asked, before answering its own question: Over the last 20 years Reckon has become known for the development and distribution of QuickBooks software in Australia and New Zealand. Renaming QuickBooks software will allow us to more clearly align our accounting suite under the Reckon brand, enabling us to better articulate our product offering, our company values and our vision for the future. That makes no sense at all, Reckon, but okay.
So what is it changing to? Well, here's the thing: they don't know. The reason for the email was to announce a competition: suggest a new name with a brief description of why that name is the best, and you (or I) could win a holiday to Mauritious. I'm thinking of suggesting Pointless, but I don't think I'd win.
I received an email from Reckon today. They make Quickbooks, the accounting software that we use at work. Only it will not be Quickbooks much longer; they are changing its name. Why is the Quickbooks name changing?, the email asked, before answering its own question: Over the last 20 years Reckon has become known for the development and distribution of QuickBooks software in Australia and New Zealand. Renaming QuickBooks software will allow us to more clearly align our accounting suite under the Reckon brand, enabling us to better articulate our product offering, our company values and our vision for the future. That makes no sense at all, Reckon, but okay.
So what is it changing to? Well, here's the thing: they don't know. The reason for the email was to announce a competition: suggest a new name with a brief description of why that name is the best, and you (or I) could win a holiday to Mauritious. I'm thinking of suggesting Pointless, but I don't think I'd win.