I retired from personal blogging in July 2008.
But you can find me over at http://blog.xero.com.
Unfortunately Segway Polo did not make it as an Olympic Sport this year.
Apparently the China team have been training hard and will be making an appearance at this years Woz Challenge Cup. (Thanks @gnat)
Nice little viral promotion from Wellington Open Source heros SilverStripe.
So good …
Noticed on Fake Steve ….
Noticed on Lance but so good I had to repost. Excellent.
Spotted on AccManPro, Chris Pirillo …
This came through the email today …
Sales: “You want answers?”
Finance: “I think we are entitled to them!”
Sales: “You want answers?!”
Finance: “I want the truth!”
Sales: “You can’t handle the truth!!!”
Sales (continuing): “Son, we live in a world that requires revenue. And that revenue must be brought in by people with elite skills. Who’s going to find it? You? You, Mr. Operations? We have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
You scoff at sales division and you curse our lucrative incentives. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what we know: that while the cost of business results are excessive, it drives in revenue.
And my very existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, drives REVENUE! You don’t want to know the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at staff meetings … you want me on that call. You NEED me on that call!
We use words like comps, migration, discounts, flex licensing, global purchase agreements, butt-fusion. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent negotiating something. You use them as a punch line!
I have neither the time nor inclination to explain myself to people who rise and sleep under the very blanket of revenue I provide and then question the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you” and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a phone and make some sales calls. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!”
Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”
Sales: “I did the job I was hired to do.”
Finance: “Did you expense the lap dances?”
Sales: “You’re goddamn right I did!”
At Christmas time the newspapers are thin and New Zealanders watch cricket.
The intersection is a pattern of news that goes like this …
Saturday Morning: Fleming ready to fire
“I don’t want to underplay my own ability to create a strike-rate,” Fleming said.
Sunday Morning: Comical, embarrassing and alarming - Fleming
It was so bad I don’t know what to say apart from `it’s as bad as it looked’.
Oh well, at least the Entertainment value was high.
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