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Jon Osterholm — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:32:17 -0500

... such word. D'huh.

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Jon Osterholm — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:42:14 -0500

Here's a suggestion: don't bother making fun of Obama, just make fun of yourselves. (By the way, there is no suck word as "rhetoritician". Spell check much?)

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Jon Osterholm — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:33:19 -0500

With terms like "relatable stateliness of Barack Obama", "messiah-like figure of so many Americans", "very little unintended humor to grasp onto" -- you have decidedly bowed to the influence of fear of hurting people's feelings. So, welcome to the cult of Obama.

For a mag dedicated to the idea of creativity, you sure can have a lack of it. This article, at least, shows a lack of it. If you would like to get a list of things to make fun of about Obama, just ask. Seeing there is such a stark lack of ability to make fun of him, I think I may change my career to exploit it. Seriously.

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Jon Osterholm — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:34:13 -0400

Hmm. Let me think about this very carefully. I will write and write and you will read and read and perhaps you will notice that I am not really giving you any useful information about much of anything and then I write "Bill Gates pinches his butt cheeks" and you will cringe and then I stop writing. Any more questions?

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Jon Osterholm — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:33:31 -0400

Shoot the bastard in the crotch with a tazer in the parking lot.

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Jon Osterholm — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:05:09 -0400

I think if Jerry Seinfeld can buy Apple, ruin Google, and humble MySpace, they're on to something. Otherwise, they should instead hire someone WHO DID NOT HAVE A MAC IN THE BACKGROUND OF EVERY SCENE OF HIS TV SHOW FOR TEN YEARS! HELLO?!

Have a look at Jerry's apartment in most every episode of 'Seinfeld'. There sits a Mac, whether a Classic, a 20th Anniversary, or a later desktop model, and even a PowerBook Duo (that laptop dock thing) at one period, if I recall.

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Jon Osterholm — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:01:39 -0400

Oh, c'mon now, folks. "Learning experience" ? Sheesh! Microsoft intends to put us in their chair, not ask us if it is comfortable. Who has not figured that out yet? You've had more than 20 years to realize Windows is an OS on-the-cheap. Vista has only proven that for yet another time.

Were it not for MS Word (circa 1991-1997 versions), a need for networked number-crunching boxes, and game consoles, Microsoft would have nothing to gloat about (except maybe for anything they want to on MSNBC).

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Jon Osterholm — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:36:29 -0500

It is interesting that some comments here essentially forget ethics and leadership traits. Some are amazingly good advice. Others are too pragmatic - some so self-centered that they are embarrassing to read.

Where are your standards of basic responsibility - the ones that supersede mere butt-covering and office politics? Be a real leader - do not just stand in line and wait to be let out for recess. Find a way to address the problem without causing real damage to your career. In other words, use your head and your heart to manipulate the situation against the aggressor.