Comments on: Hello from Barcelona

By: C.huizenga

C.huizenga — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:56:43 +0000

Dennis – truth doesn’t have to be original. It just has to be said.
- CH

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:54:42 +0000

Dennis, I am so nicknaming you “Eeyore” from now on

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:39:32 +0000

“I firmly believe that the general perceptions of Microsoft will be very different in twenty years’ time than what they are today, and for the better.”
Hardly original. If it’s not different the company will be dead anyway – along with most of the current senior management!

By: carlos sanchez

carlos sanchez — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:33:31 +0000

Hey Hugh, after 10 years at Microsoft -without too much success changing the world- I recently followed the Blue Monster advice and went home.
Keep on posting.
If you’re still in Barcelona you don’t want to miss the “Comerç 24″ bar in 24, Comerç Street. http://www.comerc24.com. Not sure they serve Stormhoek but that would be the only thing…

By: thom singer

thom singer — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:03:18 +0000

Two things – One. Why would the “steve guy” leave a comment like that? That speaks volumes about him. People like that drive me crazy. I assume he felt great and superior about himself for a good ten minutes after that smarmy comment.
two. I love you comment about the boss not liking the blogging. Too many people are scared of their own shaddow. If they person has something interesting to say about an interesting product, then a smart boss would welcome and encourage the blog. My guess is the boss in question is afraid of his or her own shaddow and fears for their own job. Alas, you are right, the person should find a new boss!
Enjoy Spain.
thom

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:15:31 +0000

I link to your articles quite often to my friends at Nokia. I’m trying to get into the company.
What you write about Microsoft can be taken word for word with a simple replacement of company name and be applied to Nokia.
For that I thank you and hope one day when if get in I can pull some strings to have you speak to an auditorium of employees.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:01:12 +0000

Hey Steve, my stats are pretty high these days. Secondly, the more of a certain type of reader I lose, the more money I make. Do the math.
Thanks to Everybody else for the kind words. Rock on.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:51:39 +0000

Hey Hugh, Your blog is getting tired man, we got your message a year ago. It was good, but we moved on. You can repackage your message and feed it back to us but we have gone.
Thanks for the memories,
(signed on behalf of former readers)
Steve.

By: Betsy Aoki

Betsy Aoki — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:53:52 +0000

Thanks Hugh-both for the faith in Microsoft’s Blue Monster cult : ) and the faith that the bloggers it has will be key.
I am going to be thinking for quite some time about the Roman Legions though. What a concept.
Cheers,
Betsy A

By: c.huizenga

c.huizenga — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:21:32 +0000

Hey Hugh – just wanted to say that I love the blog. Definately digging on the social object discussions. Thanks for being so forward and cutting through the digital abyss that is online marketing.
Barcelona’s a great town. If you get a chance, head to the El Born neighborhood and stop in at La Vina del Senor (I can’t do the squiggly thing above the “n”) and enjoy a bottle of wine in the courtyard by Santa Maria del Mer. Also check out Los Quatros Gatos – that’s the bar Picasso hung out in.

By: Penguin

Penguin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:04:50 +0000

My boss’s boss is there. Not really a blue monster person though – wouldn’t get it.

By: robert

robert — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:18:08 +0000

It’d be a crack if the person in the room 0319 was a blogger reading your article and came across to knock on your door!
Even better if the blogger was a babe needing a beer and decent conversation! I said conversation. And the beer too.