Comments on: How to Be An Ass, Then Learn http://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/ community, entrepreneurship and business strategy Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tendrelhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/#comment-90013 tendrel Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:46:56 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/?p=1722#comment-90013 SOOOO glad I am not the only one. just be thankful you're a guy, try that action as a chick....and, you know...it ain't pretty. I think you'll be forgiven. everyone has their moments, EVERYONE, so if they can't deal, then it isn't your worry really. all my best, try not to beat yourself up too much. =) SOOOO glad I am not the only one. just be thankful you’re a guy, try that action as a chick….and, you know…it ain’t pretty. I think you’ll be forgiven. everyone has their moments, EVERYONE, so if they can’t deal, then it isn’t your worry really.
all my best, try not to beat yourself up too much. =)

]]> By: Henry Halffhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/#comment-90006 Henry Halff Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:24:18 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/?p=1722#comment-90006 Halff's Law: People think better of you than you think they do, even if you take Halff's Law into account. You might want to rethink the first sentence of your post. With gratitude for your contribution to Herocamp last week. hh Halff’s Law: People think better of you than you think they do, even if you take Halff’s Law into account.

You might want to rethink the first sentence of your post.

With gratitude for your contribution to Herocamp last week.

hh

]]> By: Peggy Gartinhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/#comment-90005 Peggy Gartin Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:35:33 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/?p=1722#comment-90005 This too will pass, Nate. Thanks for being as open with your lessons learned as you were with the rest of it. This too will pass, Nate. Thanks for being as open with your lessons learned as you were with the rest of it.

]]> By: Trevor Gerzenhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/#comment-90004 Trevor Gerzen Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:10:31 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/?p=1722#comment-90004 Just wanted to expand on my tweet (http://twitter.com/TheRealTrevor/statuses/981372610) a second ago. All leaders go through experiences where they doubt themselves. What differentiates a good leader from a bad leader is did he learn from the experience and improve or did he do nothing, thus enforcing bad leadership. You've got a huge push on a substantial project that you're trying to get volunteers for. Of course it's going to be hard to get just anyone to volunteer. If you look at it that way, you're pretty blessed to have anyone even say that they'll help you at all. Usually this kind of thing gets done by guys who work together or have built relationships over the years. What you're doing is not terribly common but has great potential. I'm glad you had a moment of complete transparency. We get caught up in how to handle things the "right" way too often and forget that we're human. Oh, I don't know who you've got on the team but I'm a damn good CSS debugger (especially in IE6 :/) If you need help, hit me up. I don't have a lot of time to commit to a project but I love tackling challenges and have a really good track record w/ IE6 Just wanted to expand on my tweet (http://twitter.com/TheRealTrevor/statuses/981372610) a second ago. All leaders go through experiences where they doubt themselves. What differentiates a good leader from a bad leader is did he learn from the experience and improve or did he do nothing, thus enforcing bad leadership.

You’ve got a huge push on a substantial project that you’re trying to get volunteers for. Of course it’s going to be hard to get just anyone to volunteer. If you look at it that way, you’re pretty blessed to have anyone even say that they’ll help you at all.

Usually this kind of thing gets done by guys who work together or have built relationships over the years. What you’re doing is not terribly common but has great potential.

I’m glad you had a moment of complete transparency. We get caught up in how to handle things the “right” way too often and forget that we’re human.

Oh, I don’t know who you’ve got on the team but I’m a damn good CSS debugger (especially in IE6 :/) If you need help, hit me up. I don’t have a lot of time to commit to a project but I love tackling challenges and have a really good track record w/ IE6

]]> By: Kevin Thompsonhttp://blog.perfectspace.com/2008/10/29/how-to-be-an-ass/#comment-90003 Kevin Thompson Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:31:01 +0000 http://blog.perfectspace.com/?p=1722#comment-90003 If you only sniffed the paint then I don't think you could have done too much damage. ;) The important thing is just to realize that the situation wasn't handled ideally (which you've obviously taken note of), and do everything you can not to repeat the mistake. You're doing a great job with CrisisWire and people are supporting you and the project whether or not they are contributing directly to it. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and I'm sure it will continue to grow and evolve. If you only sniffed the paint then I don’t think you could have done too much damage. ;) The important thing is just to realize that the situation wasn’t handled ideally (which you’ve obviously taken note of), and do everything you can not to repeat the mistake. You’re doing a great job with CrisisWire and people are supporting you and the project whether or not they are contributing directly to it. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and I’m sure it will continue to grow and evolve.

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