Comments on: The 90-Trick Pony http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/ better communication makes the complex simple Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:10:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ragan: The Blog Dogger http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1706 Ragan: The Blog Dogger Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:44:26 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1706 <strong>Proof that the blogosphere is worth it...</strong> Don't think you're guilty of rattling off automatic responses and one-liners? Blogger Ike Pigott wants us to think otherwise. He suggests you revisit your online communication - blogs, comments, forum posts, tweets - to see if you've fallen into a ... Proof that the blogosphere is worth it…

Don’t think you’re guilty of rattling off automatic responses and one-liners? Blogger Ike Pigott wants us to think otherwise.

He suggests you revisit your online communication - blogs, comments, forum posts, tweets - to see if you’ve fallen into a …

]]> By: Ike http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1700 Ike Thu, 29 May 2008 21:41:22 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1700 @Jacob - you worked with Carl too. You know exactly who I am talking about. @Cooper - this particular shoe doesn't fit you. Have no worries! @Ivana - I am a fan of modular thinking when it comes to presentations, particularly if it means the overall track can deviate to the benefit of specific audiences. In Carl's case, there was no filter to signal that a particular anecdote or turn of phrase was overheating, or stale. As long as you're aware of your students and their individual proclivities to cling to a comfort zone, then you've done your job. (Maybe just using Carl as a cautionary tale would be enough...) @Jacob - you worked with Carl too. You know exactly who I am talking about.

@Cooper - this particular shoe doesn’t fit you. Have no worries!

@Ivana - I am a fan of modular thinking when it comes to presentations, particularly if it means the overall track can deviate to the benefit of specific audiences.

In Carl’s case, there was no filter to signal that a particular anecdote or turn of phrase was overheating, or stale. As long as you’re aware of your students and their individual proclivities to cling to a comfort zone, then you’ve done your job. (Maybe just using Carl as a cautionary tale would be enough…)

]]> By: Ivana Taylor http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1699 Ivana Taylor Thu, 29 May 2008 20:44:05 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1699 Thanks for that cautionary tale. I teach a presentation course and have often recommended that people create story "modules" that they can insert into their presentations. But after reading this insightful article - it's made me realize that having a set of stories you lean on over and over again - can create that bad set of things that just don't work anymore. Thanks for that cautionary tale. I teach a presentation course and have often recommended that people create story “modules” that they can insert into their presentations. But after reading this insightful article - it’s made me realize that having a set of stories you lean on over and over again - can create that bad set of things that just don’t work anymore.

]]> By: cooper http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1697 cooper Thu, 29 May 2008 06:02:12 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1697 You given me pause on this one. I hope I've avoided the rote route. You given me pause on this one. I hope I’ve avoided the rote route.

]]> By: Jacob http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1696 Jacob Wed, 28 May 2008 21:31:39 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1696 I think we had this particular conversation a few years back- nice to see it fleshed out. I think we had this particular conversation a few years back- nice to see it fleshed out.

]]> By: Adam Daniel Mezei http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1694 Adam Daniel Mezei Tue, 27 May 2008 11:27:45 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1694 Ike, just a curiosity -- any way to RSS comments too, so I can return to the conversation w/o having to return to the post or my reader? Thoughts...? Ike, just a curiosity — any way to RSS comments too, so I can return to the conversation w/o having to return to the post or my reader? Thoughts…?

]]> By: Sheryl A. McCoy http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1692 Sheryl A. McCoy Mon, 26 May 2008 20:11:55 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1692 How many ways can a person say, "I really like your blog posting"? We do all get in linguistic and nonlinguistic ruts. It seems to me that it is easier for me to catch my "catchphrases" in writing, yet I sometimes catch myself when I say the same phrase or story. The main idea I drew from this thoughtful posting was: Don't be predictable. Grow. Develop. Nurture your creativity, as you nurture others as you LISTEN AND LEARN! Thanks for the reminder. How many ways can a person say, “I really like your blog posting”? We do all get in linguistic and nonlinguistic ruts. It seems to me that it is easier for me to catch my “catchphrases” in writing, yet I sometimes catch myself when I say the same phrase or story.

The main idea I drew from this thoughtful posting was: Don’t be predictable. Grow. Develop. Nurture your creativity, as you nurture others as you LISTEN AND LEARN!

Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Ike http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1691 Ike Mon, 26 May 2008 19:14:19 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1691 Adam, I know exactly what Carl is doing these days. And I'm not sharing, because I don't want to out him. He's a genuinely nice guy. Adam, I know exactly what Carl is doing these days.

And I’m not sharing, because I don’t want to out him. He’s a genuinely nice guy.

]]> By: Adam Daniel Mezei http://occamsrazr.com/2008/05/26/the-90-trick-pony/#comment-1690 Adam Daniel Mezei Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:32 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/?p=615#comment-1690 This entire post reminds me very much of a line I'd once read in Po Bronson's first (and New York Times bestselling) how-to, WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? I recall reading a very sage passage which went along these lines: Don't get used to doing the wrong thing in life, because once you get used to the salary and the recognition, you can't transport that. You get stuck in the rut, getting juiced up by the wrong stimulii. Or something like that...::: I'm paraphrasing, of course ::: It's frightening -- I wonder if you still ever think about Carl. Do you know what he's up to these days? This entire post reminds me very much of a line I’d once read in Po Bronson’s first (and New York Times bestselling) how-to, WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? I recall reading a very sage passage which went along these lines:

Don’t get used to doing the wrong thing in life, because once you get used to the salary and the recognition, you can’t transport that. You get stuck in the rut, getting juiced up by the wrong stimulii.

Or something like that…::: I’m paraphrasing, of course :::

It’s frightening — I wonder if you still ever think about Carl. Do you know what he’s up to these days?

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