Comments on: Saying yes to product requests http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/ Alex Miller's technical blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:50 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jeff Grigg http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-150500 Jeff Grigg Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:42:10 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/#comment-150500 Yes, yes, YES!!! And... Please be sure to see Jim Carrey in "Yes Man" - http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809955924/info ;-> Yes, yes, YES!!!

And…
Please be sure to see Jim Carrey in “Yes Man” -
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809955924/info

;->

]]> By: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-149266 Alex Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:25:44 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/#comment-149266 @Alex: Ha, ok I think you're right in your case! @Alex: Ha, ok I think you’re right in your case!

]]> By: Alex Buckley http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-149259 Alex Buckley Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:38:16 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/#comment-149259 I get requests for my product all the time. The answer must be no by default. Of course, my product is a language, not an application, and I contend the difference is significant. See the first few slides of my <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/abuckley/resource/JavaOne2008-UpcomingLanguageFeatures.pdf" rel="nofollow">JavaOne 2008 presentation</a> for why. I get requests for my product all the time. The answer must be no by default. Of course, my product is a language, not an application, and I contend the difference is significant. See the first few slides of my JavaOne 2008 presentation for why.

]]> By: mauhiz http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-148805 mauhiz Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:49:57 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/#comment-148805 If I remember well, it's part of Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" teachings. But of course many people have had the same teaching for ages, actually following it is harder than it seems! If I remember well, it’s part of Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” teachings. But of course many people have had the same teaching for ages, actually following it is harder than it seems!

]]> By: Geert Bevin http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-148799 Geert Bevin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:45:29 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2009/03/02/saying-yes/#comment-148799 Nice post! This is imho part of someone's life philosophy, similar as the glass half empty or half full, or by default trusting or distrusting people. The positive approach is definitely a catalyzer, generating energy instead of consuming it. Time to start working on "The Yes song" ;-) Nice post! This is imho part of someone’s life philosophy, similar as the glass half empty or half full, or by default trusting or distrusting people. The positive approach is definitely a catalyzer, generating energy instead of consuming it. Time to start working on “The Yes song” ;-)

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