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Re: My 2009 Travel Stats

Kevin Donahue — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:08:06 -0000

Right?!?!

Re: Grading the contenders non-con schedules

Kevin Donahue — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:06:05 -0000

It's genius because you're rebel **yell** and the caps = yelling online. It's brilliant. Not busting on you. I thought you were being clever on purpose.

Re: Grading the contenders non-con schedules

Kevin Donahue — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:51:03 -0000

I think rebelyell12's schtick of typing in all caps is genius.

Re: 2009 Preseason USA Today Coaches Poll

Kevin Donahue — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:30:39 -0000

LOL. Nice!

Re: 2009 Preseason USA Today Coaches Poll

Kevin Donahue — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:29:42 -0000

The Hall of Fame certainly isn't down on him. The guy played only 2 seasons, won a Heisman & a National Championship. If you haven't seen his HOF highlight reel, WOW.

Re: Central Florida is shrinking

Kevin Donahue — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:39:10 -0000

Damn... now I feel guilty about leaving.

Re: My Twitter Purge is On

Kevin Donahue — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:37:02 -0000

They've removed it (obviously) from the sidebar profile views. This tool is effective, but... no api that I'm aware of so it's all manual. Yuck. http://tffratio.com/Default...

Re: My Twitter Purge is On

Kevin Donahue — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:44:13 -0000

Rob - please delete this comment, but I wanted to pass along some code for your custom.css so as to scale disqus so it doesn't run into your sidebar.

.custom #disqus_thread { padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; }

You can (of course) adjust the padding as needed.

Re: My Twitter Purge is On

Kevin Donahue — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:34:40 -0000

A red flag for me is still the number of following vs number of followers. If someone is following 700 but has 6 followers, that's a flag for me.

Re: USF rejecting qualified recruits, Nick Saban is silent

Kevin Donahue — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:33:44 -0000

You've got the problem backward - there's no way a 910 SAT gets a 3.5 GPA. *THAT* is what set off the flags. Besides, the new NCAA rules do not set a minimum SAT. Technically, athletes can be admitted with a 400 SAT score.

Re: Ideas for Hotels and Hospitality

Kevin Donahue — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:13:51 -0000

Some of what you're suggesting is already being done as it relates to guest preferences, although the CMS is difficult to integrate across large chains, because the existing franchise models limit the amount of capital & systems upgrades that can be mandated in any set time frame. I think we're five years away from a large chain nailing the guest preference element, although it's certainly being studied by Omni & attempted by Ritz & Four Seasons.

It varies by city, of course, but many of the better hotels in gateway cities already have good vendors for cycles, workplace services - even dog walking!

The trouble for many hoteliers is the "arms race" mentality. Many feel that by adding amenities there will only be a minor benefit, as the most requested services will be duplicated (without the initial cost to beta/tweak) by the competition. As you mentioned, many "services" that had significant capital allocations - flat screen televisions, pillow-top mattresses, wifi, etc - only enhanced the commoditization of the industry. As nice & new as those items WERE 5+ years ago, the market has returned to being just about price, not service. In some ways, it's easy to see the hotels perspective that there isn't a significant ROI for to innovation.

The best thing you can do, IMHO, is to continue to explain what you're looking for and be a thought leader on hospitality preferences. When hoteliers realize that there is a BROAD audience that would be LOYAL, then change will follow.

Re: No debate - Pac10 is best conference

Kevin Donahue — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:46:16 -0000

OK. I think we've reached the end, guys. The rest of us have run out of popcorn watching the show. Breathe.

Re: BC goes psycho ex-girlfriend on Jagodzinski

Kevin Donahue — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:40:33 -0000

No.. it's not counterintuitive at all. It's an exceptional shrewd and demonstrative move to rally the faithful against a boogeyman head coach who puts himself above sacred BC. One man's draconian is another man's sainted defender.

Re: Who will be the national champions this year?

Kevin Donahue — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:33:12 -0000

Amen.