Alumnae Weekend: Why the Internet is Broken
1. Email arrives from alumnae director of my high school.
2. “Click on this link to see photos from alumnae weekend!”
3. The URL is nameofmyhighschool.org/site16.php. Really?
4. The page is the alumnae page of the school website. In the middle of some jibber-jabber text, there is a link (same size as body copy) that says “Click on this link to see photos from alumnae weekend!”
5. The link pops a 8.9 MB PDF with photos embedded in it. The document name contains the words “Slide Show.”
WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
Updated 5:19pm Wait, here’s the clincher! I didn’t read carefully enough. The body of the email (entirely written in cursive) includes these instructions in place of #2 above: “Copy and paste the address below to view some photos from Alumnae Weekend 2009.” ???????
