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Comment on American Airlines meets Mr. X – a tragic tale of brand failure by The Most Important Thing About Optimization. « C Level Optimization – By Brion Hickey

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:39:23 +0000

[...] by the name of Dennis Van Staalduinen created and shared a powerpoint presentation located here: Click Here. What is even more interesting are the comments left on this post. “I can confirm that it’s not [...]

Comment on iPad, uPad: Apple meets the push-up bra by Laurette Buehrle

Laurette Buehrle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:58:37 +0000

Can I quote you on this?

Comment on There’s no “Jack of all Trades” section in the phone book by Sadie Nooman

Sadie Nooman — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:30:43 +0000

Could you kindly translate your blog into Italian as I’m not that comfortable reading it in English? I’m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a handy WordPress plugin called like global translator which will render all your posts by default- that will make reading articleson your great blog even more comfortable. Cheers dude, Sadie Nooman!

Comment on iPad, uPad: Apple meets the push-up bra by Andrea Pizzi

Andrea Pizzi — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:49:30 +0000

This is a super way of seeing things, not that hard to go through. Many thanks for finding time for you to present those thinking.

Comment on Malcolm Gladwell on intellectual property extremism. by Japman Bajaj

Japman Bajaj — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:56:22 +0000

Good point Judy! If the play was garbage, would Malcolm still feel that his words were “part of some grander cause”.

So plagiarism is only plagiarism when the copied material is “part of some crappier cause”. Would Malcolm feel the same way, for example, if I used some of his work verbatim in my upcoming Polka-genre musical single, which is guaranteed to be terrible?

Comment on Um. Sorry world. How about “Share the Podium”? by Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:02:25 +0000

succinct

Comment on Um. Sorry world. How about “Share the Podium”? by Dennis Van Staalduinen

Dennis Van Staalduinen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:08:08 +0000

Tom, thanks so much for the thoughts. And isn’t it Canadian of us to see both the inherent humour in this as well as appreciating the passion behind this powerful little statement. I get it too – the whole thing.

As a matter of fact, I’m currently helping a very large government agency through a Vision process, and “Own the Podium” was a godsend as an example of a clear, bold statement that is obviously risky, but takes a STAND (podium?). Of course, the risk side is also something I’m highlighting as often as I can. We’ll be the best in the world” is easy to say, but can you actually DO it? More to the point, can you do it AND PROVE IT?

Thanks too for making the connection to Mark Lowry – I found a very moving tribute to the man here. And it seems we’ve lost a good one – a man of vision. http://www.olympic.ca/en/news/teeing-remember-mark-lowrys-lasting-influence-canadian-sport/

Comment on Um. Sorry world. How about “Share the Podium”? by autom

autom — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:59:46 +0000

hilarious

Comment on How to name a chicken sandwich: thoughts for branders (1) by Rosella Pipkin

Rosella Pipkin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:13:23 +0000

I dont have a checking account how can I place the order?

Comment on Um. Sorry world. How about “Share the Podium”? by Tom Evans

Tom Evans — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:08:25 +0000

For the record, I get the sarcasm. I love it in fact.
“Sorry, I’ll get it bronzed” was the funniest moment of the closing ceremonies for me.

We are on the same page.

Now our Prime Minister sitting next to the Wayner every chance he could get … that is a different kind of shame.