Two Cents & Five Questions With...

...Adam Tidwell, Forums Administrator - LifeInTheOffice.com

Welcome to a new feature of the Two Cents called "Two Cents and 5 Questions With..."

These will be interviews with Pop Culture type celebrities, journalists, website admins and more people important to the Pop Culture aspect of the World Wide Web, where I will ask them to answer questions and give their own "Two Cents".

I would like to thank Adam Tidwell, the site admin for the forums of LifeInTheOffice.com. The site is a great resourse for news from NBC's The Office and the LITO forums are always jumping with fans of The Office with all kinds of goodies. Adam is our premeire interview and I now present:

Two Cents From... Adam Tidwell (LifeInTheOffice Forums)

Two Cents: What website(s) do you work on?
Adam: I work on my personal website ( http://www.adamsblueguitar.com/ ), my Office quotes website ( http://www.officequotes.us/ ), and of course I'm an admin on the LITO forums ( http://www.lifeintheoffice.com/forum ).

TC: What makes working on your own website so fun?
Adam: Learning HTML, PHP, and CSS has been pretty fun over the years. No one taught me anything, I just decided to give it a shot one day. My first website was from Angelfire. It was a blast seeing thing actually work. Things as simple as changing background and font colors, figuring out how the heck HTML tables worked. I thought it was great. Nowadays, I do my personal website to keep family and friends updated with my life (what's a telephone?), and I use the other two Office websites to quench my unquenchable thirst for NBC's The Office. So... paradox.

TC: Do you have any favorite fun websites you visit often?
Adam: Woot.com is a great website. They sell only one product a day, and they sell it cheap. If you miss it that day, you won't get it again. It's fun to check every morning, and sometimes find a great deal you can't pass up.

TC: What is the most embarassing 'fad' you completely bought in to?
Adam: Internet coupon sites, and celebrity gossip sites such as People.com, TMZ.com, and IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com.

TC: What is the best part of your admin job that many people don't know about?
Adam: On the forums I'm an admin for, I get to make up the spiffy forum ranks that everyone progresses through as they continue posting. Only admins are able to see the rank list. It's fun making them up and getting reactions from people as they hit ranks.

TC: Here is the Two Cents Bonus Question: If someone were to climb off a desert island and only have time to watch five movies to learn what American cinema is all about, what five movies would you show them?
Adam: 1) The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2) Pulp Fiction 3) Forest Gump 4) Dumb and Dumber 5) The Goonies

Again, a HUGE thanks to Adam for helping get Two Cents & Five Questions With... off the ground! Please check out his websites and let him know you read about him here at The Two Cents!