Comments on: By Popular Demand

By: Matt Petrowsky

Matt Petrowsky — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:42:54 +0000

Great satire Geoff! So much, so true.

If only the decision makers were able to find the guts to make selections based on past performance and reviews, (basic human intuition stuff) instead of utilizing bureaucracy derived from a sense of “being fair”, (when was the last time life was fair?) then they would likely find more support from the type of speakers they wanted to showcase.

One of the very reasons I stopped submitting to FileMaker for speaking at Devcon is because they started treating everyone like they never knew them - quite silly when you wouldn’t do this to a real person in real life. Only when you have corporate bureaucracy to hide behind. Of course, I’m sure the committee has a good reason for not taking the common sense route. If everyone submits a video then they can see if a presenter gets worse as the years progress.

Maybe I’ll get over my distaste for the “new process” in my older years and submit for next year.

By: Orlando

Orlando — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:20:57 +0000

This is excellent Geoff! Thanks for the laughs!

By: Geoff Coffey

Geoff Coffey — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:32:30 +0000

@Drew: I assume you’re talking about the Star Trek Mark Twain here because — hate to break it to you buddy, but he’s dead.

By: Drew Grgich

Drew Grgich — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:14:05 +0000

. . . that Mark Twain holds up that beautiful green cover of FM 9:TMM and says ‘Huckleberry Finn? That was nothing compared to this baby.’

Yeah - I know - - who would have thought it. Mark Twain using slang. Crazy, huh?

I remember seeing this the first time and it is still pretty amusing.

By: Martin Lormes

Martin Lormes — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:32:33 +0000

ROFLMAO

By: David Graham

David Graham — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:15:43 +0000

I just woke up my wife who thought I’d gone off the deep end as she found me laughing hysterically at the computer screen.