Check Out This Video I Made at My Internship

So I don't think I've mentioned this on the blog yet, but I've been working as an intern during the summer at a company called Packsize. Basically, it's a box company. I know that sounds super boring, but it's really a lot more than that. It's a little hard to explain, so I'll try to illustrate it below.

But first, I want to show you this video project I managed at my internship. It's designed to help educate the public on how smaller packages can help save the environment. Please give it a watch, comment on here and on YouTube, and LIKE the video!



Alright, if you'd like to know more, here's a more in-depth explanation of how Packsize works:

Imagine you're the warehouse manager for a large internet-based company that ships a variety of products. A company like Amazon or Zappos. How many different sized boxes do you carry?

Keep in mind that there is a trade off here. Because empty space in a box has to be filled with packing peanuts or those plastic airbags (which cost money and pollute the environment), and because shipping fees are based in part on the size of the package, you have an incentive to have many different box sizes so that you can fit your products in the smallest possible box.

On the other hand, the more box sizes you carry, the more boxes you'll have to order, the more time your employees spend looking for the right box, and the more space in your warehouse is take up by cardboard.

Long story short, no matter how many box sizes you get, you're probably going to end up with a lot empty space. In fact, it's estimated that 40% of everything shipped is empty space.

So, the Packsize way of doing stuff is much simpler. We provide cardboard and a machine that can print a box of any size instantaneously. This clears up a bunch of inventory space that would be taken up by boxes, reduces the amount of cardboard needed, and the space taken up by each package. In the end, everyone wins. Businesses save money, the environment receives less pollution, and you the consumer don't have to throw away a massive box with tons of air pillows.

Thanks guys! I'll post more of my projects as they become available.

If Dating Was Five Times More Honest and Ten Times More Efficient

This is what I'd imagine dating in Provo would be like.

There, I said it.

From the Desk of Nick Fury

(Credit goes to the Memos From Fury Tumblr blog.)

Awkward Question

At the beginning of this last semester, my professors asked us to split up into groups. These groups would do a giant final project due at the end of the semester as well as many other smaller projects along the way. So picking the right people in these groups would be very important.

Well, there was a group of four of us that were in last semester's integrated core, and were in the same classes this semester. So naturally, we decided it would be a good idea to be in the same group for all our classes. This meant that we would be some sort of super marketing group. 

"Super Marketing Group Assemble!"

We saw each other upwards of three or more hours a day. We got great things accomplished during the  semester and became very close friends.

I tell that short story so I can tell you this story. On the very first day we were working together, and were still getting to know each other, I had an interesting exchange with Chantel, the sole female in our group:

Chantel trailed off, suddenly doubting what she was about to say.

She wanted to ask a question, but was having trouble figuring out how to word it. 

Every attempt at eloquent wording escaped her.

Frustration set in. 

Followed by resignation. The question was coming out, regardless of how it's worded.

When in doubt, quote Mean Girls

Note: I got Chantel's permission to tell this story. She's normally a very smart and well-spoken person. Just had a brain fart, like we all do. We're good friends who still stay in contact with each other, even though she is now graduated and has a big-girl job in San Francisco. Good times, eh?

I Just Realized That the Last Post Was My 100th Post

That's a pretty big milestone, and I haven't figured out how to celebrate it quite yet. So here's 100 pictures of Nicolas Cage's face:

(Edit: My little brother counted, and has informed me that there's only 90 faces of Nicolas Cage on here. Deal with it.)