Lisa Bettany is a world renowned photographer, travel writer & tech entrepreneur. When she is not capturing the beauty of the world or making iPhone apps, she enjoys flying small planes, reading books about Spitfires, hiking in the mountains and drinking tea.
Xavierb
January 17, 2008 at 11:20 AMWhy does everyone take a tape measurer to IKEA? Don’t they have dimensions on all the products they sell? :P
Xavierb
January 17, 2008 at 11:21 AMhmm. Tape measure. sorry i fail :(
Mostly Lisa
January 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM@Xavierb — nice to hear from you! happy 2008! yes the tape measure! they do put the dimensions on products, but they use inches and being a good Canadian metric girl, i wrote down all my dimensions in cms. and being one of those rare geeks that are rubbish at simple maths, i had to use my trusty tape measure to help me along.
plus, there is something cool about carrying a tape measure around whilst shopping. it says, “i mean business! i can measure things! don’t try to pull a fast one on me i know that shelf is a mm short!”
Sean
January 18, 2008 at 12:28 AMWhat a cool video. I love your comment “I’m so web 2.0, look at the rounded corners”. Classic.
You Lisa, are a gem, and not one of those diamonds in the rough sort of gems either… you’re polished and shiny… hehe… like Ikea but more web 2.0 :)
Mostly Lisa
January 18, 2008 at 5:48 AM@Sean — aww thanks! i’m glad i’m polished and shiny with 2.0 rounded corners. that’s much better than dimwitted and dull with rough, pointy corners!
PS. i always seem to spend more time goofing around the show rooms in Ikea, than actually finding things i came looking for. this time i left with many more Tennet boxes than i had planned. so now i have one box entirely devoted to tape. i’ve labeled it “sticky things”. so i’m thinking glue may be able to live in this box as well.
Sean
January 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM@Lisa: Maybe you can start a new trend in web… you could call it web 2.1-Lisa (beta) powered by more sexy curves :)
Tape is awesome. I like post-its too. They have a sticky side.
Speaking of tape, have you ever looped a piece of tape and stuck it to your forehead? Hehe… not that I’ve personally tried it but I’ve heard it’s fun. Maybe something to try in your next Ikea video adventure?
unanada
January 25, 2008 at 8:17 AMxD it’s fun
Graham
January 30, 2008 at 4:33 PMHiya! What a great vid clip…. The weird thing with Ikea stores is that they look the same in every country…lol! Thanks for sharing such an entertaining post, and I love your smile & accent!!!!
Warmest regards ~ Graham
Mostly Lisa
January 30, 2008 at 6:17 PM@Graham — hiya back! glad you enjoyed my rollicking adventures at the IKEA store. i’m still putting together my purchases. *sigh*
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