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Re: Three Ways To Persuade

RobynMcIntyre — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:39:23 -0000

I have always been sure that sales jobs were a necessary evil, but not for me. Plaid suit and moustache? Not in this lifetime. But cheerleading for others and looking for common ground are things I love. Could it be? Thanks for the food for thought, Steve.

Re: Disqus Comment Question for Readers. Help!

RobynMcIntyre — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:03:38 -0000

Everything displays nicely now, but when I first tried to use it, I couldn't get it to display properly until I reloaded the page in an IE tab. The community joining thing was kind of confusing because I was focused on leaving a comment, not joining another social network (I'm 56! My grey head will explode!). Personally, I hate having to register in order to comment, and if I'm feeling particularly tired or the site is someplace I don't frequent, I'll blow off leaving a comment. Having said that, I've decided I must return to moderating the comments on my blog because of sneaky spammers. I don't know that requiring registration would end that, but I'm not willing to go there, yet.

Re: Disqus Comment Question for Readers. Help!

RobynMcIntyre — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:43:07 -0000

Thanks, Steve, for clarifying things for me. I agree that Daniel is on to
something and I was impressed, though not surprised, that he would want to
monitor the thread. That's what good geeks do. He's definitely someone to
watch; with his vision and commitment to excellence, he is probably a
pleasure to know.

Robyn

Re: Use Online Assessments? Spam Filter Alert!

RobynMcIntyre — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:16:02 -0000

I don't sent stuff out anymore, but when I did I liked to use services like iContact, which works really hard to be whitelisted by even the notoriously difficult AOL.

Re: All Things Workplace: Do You Offer Hope?

RobynMcIntyre — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:31:29 -0000

I love the way you communicate ideas in such a succinct, clean way, Steve!

Re: Waiting for the Moon

RobynMcIntyre — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:34:20 -0000

I LOVE this. I'm nuts about poppies anyway, but the depth of field makes this look like an impressionist painting. Love the contrast between the dark at the top and the field of poppies with just the hints of blue behind the trees. Suggests transitiveness of beauty, life and death.

Re: louisgray.com: No, Tech Blogs Should Not Shut Up About Twitter

RobynMcIntyre — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:14:35 -0000

There is nothing I can add to this great post, Eric. Probably a lot of lurkers out there feel the same.

Re: Mashable on Tumblr - First Photo of President Obama using his...

RobynMcIntyre — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:18:12 -0000

He's probably trying to figure out how it works, if it's much different from his Blackberry.

Re: Exceptional Customer Support the Most Important Product

RobynMcIntyre — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:30:47 -0000

That IS great customer service!

Re: Laziness Is Not An Excuse For Plagiarism: WIRED Editor-In-Chief Chris Anderson Fail

RobynMcIntyre — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:44:37 -0000

Lazy is right! I hope I'm never tempted to do the same.

Re: A More Organic Way to Organize The Web’s Content

RobynMcIntyre — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:37:28 -0000

This would be great for helping people keep track of their research.

Re: All Things Workplace: Memorial Day, U.S.A.

Jim Stroup — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:50:50 -0000

This hardly could have been said better - thanks Steve!

Re: Talent: What You Want or What You've Got?

Jim Stroup — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:41:45 -0000

Steve - excellent insight. We always need reminders in the various broad areas we struggle with to look past the trees to the big picture forming up there.

I am currently working on an extremely delicate issue in this regard. What it boils down to is a promising organization with a potentially bright future that is, unfortunately, heedlessly plowing itself right into the foreground by focusing on its current allies and assets, instead of its future opportunities and needs. This shortsighted focus is causing the organization to literally veer off the road, but it the nature of the relationships make addressing this rather complicated.

This is extending your observation from internal talent development to organizational relationships and alliances, but it is of similar import and impact for this organization.

Thanks for this excellent post!