Comments on: Barnacle, Billow or Barnard’s Star http://effectivus.com/2009/02/barnacle-billow-or-barnards-star/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Technology product development, management & marketing Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:05:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Santa’s Hype Cycle | Effectivus http://effectivus.com/2009/02/barnacle-billow-or-barnards-star/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Santa’s Hype Cycle | Effectivus Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:03:28 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=365#comment-475 [...] as he entered Percy’s laboratory and saw the Hype Cycle for the first time “It’s more like Mrs Armitage’s bicycle than a futuristic solution to Santa’s delivery problem. Surely we can make it look better?  How [...] [...] as he entered Percy’s laboratory and saw the Hype Cycle for the first time “It’s more like Mrs Armitage’s bicycle than a futuristic solution to Santa’s delivery problem. Surely we can make it look better?  How [...]

]]> By: Chris http://effectivus.com/2009/02/barnacle-billow-or-barnards-star/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Chris Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:56 +0000 http://effectivus.com/?p=365#comment-50 Paul Gasson, who I worked with many years ago and who has a prodigious memory for detail wrote to me: "I will now betray my detail oriented map of the world and point out that Prince Charles described the extension proposal as like a 'monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend'. But I do rather prefer your 'barnacle'." I'm afraid the alliteration seduced me into the false memory. Paul Gasson, who I worked with many years ago and who has a prodigious memory for detail wrote to me:

“I will now betray my detail oriented map of the world and point out that Prince Charles described the extension proposal as like a ‘monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend’.
But I do rather prefer your ‘barnacle’.”

I’m afraid the alliteration seduced me into the false memory.

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