Thirty five months in seventeen syllable increments
An Expedia retrospective in approximate chronological order
Part one: Classic Custom Vacations
4662 – Luxury cancellation waiver
For a modest cost
Gary the super-agent
Clears trouble from way
4717 – Hotel preregistration in DaVinci
lines are for suckers
you, preregistered traveler —
go straight to your room
5021 – All-inclusive short term fix for DaVinci
everything paid for
except the really cool stuff
still, free drinks all week
5054 – Better SEM with redirects
our beautiful site
needs more people to visit
enter many many keywords
5276 – Automated competitive analysis for hotel rooms
you’re our favorite
hotels say with fingers crossed
soon we’ll check on that
5358 – Hotel rate investigation
at our fine hotel
cancel fees are one third your stay
except on full moons
5360 – Flexible vacation search
Oahu, sixth room
tired, the last five a blur
jaws drop, we say “wowâ€
Flexible vacation search is one of my favorite specs. It’s got ambition, a cool idea, humor, quotes, and everything
5403 (Bug 1968) – Same day advising bugfix
no shows or no rooms
the choice of our latest fix
is no choice at all
5436 – AVS checking for CC transactions
shave fractions of cents
the Great Wall is seen from space
built up from small stones
The spec was also prepared for the “but wait—“ reaction with a lengthy digression on whether the Great Wall could indeed be seen from space
5483 – (Citadel) Improve credit card security in the database
demo for net ops:
select star from c cardlog
but first, please sit down
5499- Mach-1 Ticketing and Fufillment
where do tickets sleep
blank and unsold, in drawers
dreaming of travel
5519 – The new luxury waiver
we happily announce
our waiver covers all air
with kids waived for free
5593 – Same day cancellation faxes
happy customers
were our first priority
now, time for money
5881 – Remove barriers to CCV network integration
working on Mainten
my connection slows, stops, dies
I curse Hydra-5
6006 – Move security credentials into database
my iceberg projects
calve off deep blue shards of work
that shatter themselves
6474 – Automated loads for Westin Rio Mar
net rate breaks are sweet
each booking worth more money
Classic makes profits
6519 – Ground system gap analysis
every call is slowed
and the pain of product load
can we please fix this?
6520 – Citadel 1.1
we sigh in relief
but the back door’s still open
also, the windows
Part Two, GPS (“Coreâ€)
6377 – Change Credit Card Encryption to Use a Standard Algorithm
among pizza boxes
black hat frowns, scratches goatee
moves on to Orbitz
6645 – Cryptography Service
secrets passed in
returned as alien words
order is maintained
Part Three, APAC
6930 – Japan Point of Sale trip requirements
a flight, a cruise, a tour
a package, surfing, a car
together, apart
6929 – JPOS Authorization and Permissions
Please enjoy your stay
We’re happy to have you back
Can I see ID?
7174 – Ariadne: Search API
Travelocity
Orbitz, kayak, and priceline —
Eat our dust, suckers