Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread Lisa Harper
Whoops... already in the thread! Sorry about that. Lisa On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Lisa Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're interested in company names this site is excellent > reading. Here's the post on 37signals: > http://www.thenameinspector.com/37signals/ > > Lisa Harper

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread Lisa Harper
If you're interested in company names this site is excellent reading. Here's the post on 37signals: http://www.thenameinspector.com/37signals/ Lisa Harper On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Lance Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There have never been 37 employees at 37signals. I suggest rea

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread Christian Crumlish
I'm pretty sure they named it after the 37 Ways to Leave Your Lover. -x- Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > Having a bad day, Robert Hoekman Jr? Not only did I clarify that > 37signals has never had 37 employees, but I also provided an exact > quote from their original site. Sorry this offended you so much. Next > time, I'll run my comments past you first to get an official > approval. > I could hav

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread William Evans
Clearly Mssr hoakman is not having a good day. will evans emotive architect & hedonic designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.281.1281 twitter: semanticwill aim: semanticwill gtalk: wkevans4 skype: semanticwill _ Sent via iPhone On Aug 26, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Lance Osborne <[EMAIL

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-27 Thread Lance Osborne
Having a bad day, Robert Hoekman Jr? Not only did I clarify that 37signals has never had 37 employees, but I also provided an exact quote from their original site. Sorry this offended you so much. Next time, I'll run my comments past you first to get an official approval. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-26 Thread Christian Crumlish
it's the aliens On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I suggest reading the Time Magazine article about the team at time.com. > > > Perhaps we should also consider reading entire threads before responding to > them. The same answer has been posted 3

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-26 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > I suggest reading the Time Magazine article about the team at time.com. Perhaps we should also consider reading entire threads before responding to them. The same answer has been posted 3 times, and it wasn't even an on-topic question. -r-

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-26 Thread Lance Osborne
There have never been 37 employees at 37signals. I suggest reading the Time Magazine article about the team at time.com. (Enter '37signals' as the keyword term to find the article "Small Is Essential.") >From 37signals' first site: "Mankind constantly analyzes radio waves from outer space in the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-25 Thread Bharath
08 8:03 PM To: IxDA List Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals Just wondering if anybody happens to know the basis to the naming of 37signals. I'm reading "The Tipping Point" at the moment, and came across a description of an experiement that happened during the 1984 pr

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-22 Thread Peter Ryan
Shaun, The election was about 37 segments, as opposed to the 37 radio signals that might prove the existence of life outside our planet. The number might be coincidental, unless you're a numerologist. Peter On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Shaun Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Just wo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-21 Thread Shaun Bergmann
Dang. I liked the idea. I think I went further in my brain and saw the test subjects reacting to the non-verbal *signals *in the facial expressions of each of the 37 segments. Thought "Wow, that's a Beautiful idea! Secretly encompassing the humanistic tendencies of us as social creatures and hid

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-21 Thread Jorge Arango
On 8/21/08 9:32 AM, "Shaun Bergmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering if anybody happens to know the basis to the naming of > 37signals. It came from outer space: http://www.thenameinspector.com/37signals/ Cheers, ~ Jorge ___

[IxDA Discuss] Off Topic: 37signals

2008-08-21 Thread Shaun Bergmann
Just wondering if anybody happens to know the basis to the naming of 37signals. I'm reading "The Tipping Point" at the moment, and came across a description of an experiement that happened during the 1984 presidential election. http://tinyurl.com/5cluwz Shaun __