Wed 11 Apr 2007
An anonoymous tipster just emailed in this sweet nugget. A new executive at a growing local backup company wrote this on his personal blog:
I’ve initiated the mindset … to think, work, and act in a matrix so that we can be more cross-functional and efficient. I think if we start now and grow up that way we’ll see economies of scale with individual’s bandwidth and utilization.
If we were playing Business Buzzword Bingo, I might have won with just those two sentences!
I’m thinking of getting a tee-shirt made with the words: “let’s act in a matrix!” It would be motivational to everyone.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Ryan, it seems to me that you either dislike, or greatly like Mozy, or BDS. Might I ask which it is, and why?
–Will
April 11th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
it’s not about likes or dislikes, it’s about what is. RBDN is an impartial reporter of the facts. just the facts.
April 11th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Then what is behind the last two sentences in your blog post?
April 11th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
What does “it’s about what is” mean? That’s what I want to know.
And Ryan, you know yourself that RBDN is not impartial… or in other words, let’s give it up for MLMs!
April 11th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Janet: it\’s about what *is*, in other words, we report on the actual current state of the world.
William: the last two sentences came from the sarcastic side of RBDN
Janet: MLMs are pure evil. that\’s not biased or subjective, it\’s an objective conclusion.
April 11th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
It is my opinion that sarcasm comes from bias. I could be wrong.
–Will
April 11th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
You being wrong would also be subjective, as would be my actual name. But just to be clear, I agree on the MLMs.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
as an employee of BDS, let me just say i find this very funny. we spend a good deal of time making fun of people for saying things exactly like that (and MLMs)! At least, we have up to this point. I guess now we need to do it in a matrix.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
oh, and a bunch of us would like some of the t-shirts when you get them made..