I made it … a couple of days off and then back at it Monday, I love my job!

@JedAlger uh which he?

Answer: NO stupid!

4th day of work week- in 18 minutes I’ll have 39 hours- I’ll ask if that means when I test the system@ 5am in morning I’m done for the week?

@pop17 Hey

10:00 UPS Warehouse Automation-11:30 Pizza (OK this works)-2:00 e-Contracts & 7:00 church. I’m happy to be here just not at 6:45am

Meeting day-10:00 UPS Warehouse Automation-11:30 Pizza (OK this works)-2:00 e-Contracts & 7:00 church. I’m happy to be here just not at …

Christmas shopping online…if you haven’t tried it yet, will you this year?

I have skipped talking about online shopping for the past couple of years here at Double Click, but figure it’s time to do it again.  I always get a lot of email questions about it during the season.  I will reiterate from a previous column the reasons that my wife and I like it.  “There is no traffic, no crowds and high on my list of priorities, no shootings after standing in line for the latest rage gifts.”

Once again you should be on the lookout for Cyber Monday.  I am sure you know of “Black Friday” which is the day after Thanksgiving.  “Black Friday” has traditionally been the busiest shopping day for “brick and mortar” businesses during the holiday shopping season.

Several years ago the term “Cyber Monday” was coined which is the Monday following Thanksgiving.  This is considered the first and one of the busiest shopping days online, including shoppers from home and work.

According to online metrics firm comScore online retailers set a new record for Cyber Monday, 2007 with sales of $733 million, marking the highest-ever performance on a “Cyber Monday”.  This was an increase of approximately 21 percent from “Cyber Monday”, 2006.  These were very significant numbers which was particularly exciting to online retailers since the online business cuts a lot of expense for them.

The top five online stores for “Cyber Monday”, 2007:  First place goes to Amazon.com who received an estimated 10% of visits among the top 100 retail websites.  Second place goes to Wal-Mart.com which was followed by Target.com, BestBuy.com and to CircuitCity.com.

I am interested in seeing the differences this year with the currently underwhelming economic picture.  There is also the fact that #5; Circuit City, may not be in the top five with the recent news of the retailer filing for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code

If you have not purchased anything online yet, you probably will.  So happy hunting for the online gifts you seek this year.  Get them soon because, even though it happens less often than with “brick and mortar” retail stores, they can run out of items the closer you get to Christmas.

Also, keep in mind the closer you get to Christmas the chances decrease in you getting the item in time for Christmas.  Remember that your purchases have to be mailed to you, you can’t just run down to the store and pick them up.

Getting ready for another day of fun, folly & fury at work — I imagine more of the last one than the 1st two.

@Peachpit, you guys have some great books! I’ll look around some more tomorrow.