ForrestN

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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   Not at all. I haven't said that anyone should be offended. I understand why someone might not be offended. But there is a difference between not being personally offended and posting multiple comments around these threads to the effect that
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   Any attention from powers that be coming about this? Still struggling to understand why anyone would bother sweeping something relatively mild like this under the rug.
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I think you might be overreacting. There isn't a "huge uproar." I think I and most of the other commenters I've seen are pretty calm. You can be offended and say so without being out of control or irrationally angry. I don't think that the
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   I have to say, your annoyance likely (assuming you're a man) from a fairly privileged place. You can afford to be "annoyed" by other people voicing concerns, because this issue doesn't affect your professional life everyday. If you want to
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   Agreed. And even if they do delete the apology too, I would appreciate an explanation.
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   "We never meant to offend any woman and are very sorry as we clearly have." and "In my wildest dreams we would never wish to offend any woman." This is pretty frustrating, although I certainly accept that it's probably unintentional. I was
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   You're right, the original sexism definitely isn't the story. But the way the geeklist guys handled it wasn't just bad PR. As Kane pointed out several times, the way they treated her was part of the same orthodoxy that gave rise to the sexi
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   But people, including reporters, conduct such audits all the time. I'm not sure I see the connection between private security and an increased outcry; people who don't like the current level of security wouldn't be necessarily be more vocal
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   by ForrestN 15y ago

   @dissident: He doesn't sound like he's joking when he talks about this situation placing us in danger. If he's kidding, the presentation is quite poor and he needs to make that clearer. If this video is essentially a persuasive argument tha
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I laud your efforts against the TSA on the issue of body scanners. It was a huge waste, and they aren't effective. But I think you'll be more effective against the body scanners if you drop the right-wing crankery at the end. The fear-monge
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Your psychological position is negatively affecting your ability to function. This is by definition a psychological disorder. Let me state it clearly: it is extremely unlikely that your depression has anything to do with "startups" or your
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I think it's a wonderful idea, and we do basically the same thing in our much smaller office (just one vase on the center table). When they're looking stale, we bring guests or interns to the flower shop to pick out the next arrangement. ed
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Yeah, I couldn't believe it when I read the part where they say "Check out our sweet desks. Jealous??" I re-read the post and can't find anything qualifying as arrogant or exaggerating. I'm not a 37Signals expert, and I'm sure there are exa
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I think that's part of the statement. It's riffing on the "show your setup" post, but instead of focusing on the gear (something 37S have eschewed for a long time) they're focusing on the environment, and, by extension, the people. All the
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I don't think this is an ideal design process. Start with what you want to say, and how you want to make what is essentially a persuasive argument. Maybe that most effectively takes the form of bullet-points or paragraphs. Maybe the best se
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    How is their list public? I don't know what you mean, but I would be interested to know more. I wouldn't think they would be allowed to make their list public. They don't need a "monopoly" any more than Amazon does; they just need to be the
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-q3-2011-10 They seem to be growing while gradually reducing their marketing spend, just as they said they would while everyone was hemming and hawing about their "horrible burn rate." As they've said
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I think sometimes tone is important. Both jubilantly celebrating a massive association with an incredibly awful company, and condescending to users by calling them stupid, don't really seem to serve anyone. The problem isn't that they aren'
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Another link, from the WaPo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/steve-job... "Jobs preferred $175 St. Croix cotton and microfiber mock black turtlenecks. According to Bernhard Brenner, the founder of Knitcraft, St. Croix’s
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    That's next to impossible for a ton of reasons.
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I've read a number of times references to the sweaters coming from St. Croix, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_(clothing) http://www.stcroixshop.com/stcroix/default.asp?s_id=0&#38 ; An interesting mystery! A lifetime's
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I assume it's funeral black in memory of Steve.
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I assume they are testing the waters for something similar for the NYT. I think it's very successful visually, and certainly a nice use of this new technology. My only nitpick is that I wish there was more letter spacing on the headlines. I
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    I'll send you an e-mail, and we can work something out. Apologies for getting your hopes up. Still thinking through pricing, if anyone interested in the service has any advice.
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    UPDATE: Thanks everyone, We've definitely got plenty to work with. Wasn't expecting such a strong response. I wish we could get to everyone, but it's taking quite a bit of time to complete each report because we're being so thorough. As soo
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Sent!
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Sent, thanks.
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Emailed, thanks!
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Sent you an e-mail, thanks.
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    by ForrestN 15y ago

    Thanks, got your email. Will have something for you soon.