Comments on: The Passion-Industrial Complex http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/ A love letter Mon, 21 May 2012 19:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Rick http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Rick Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:04:34 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1669 Dervala, I do not know how I got to your site but I am so glad I did. As someone who grew up dreaming of things other than middle management, hotel rooms, chain restaurants, coach seats, and yes,cubicles, I sure appreciate your essay, it has been a bright spot in my day. Thanks, Rick Dervala,
I do not know how I got to your site but I am so glad I did. As someone who grew up dreaming of things other than middle management, hotel rooms, chain restaurants, coach seats, and yes,cubicles, I sure appreciate your essay, it has been a bright spot in my day.
Thanks,
Rick

]]> By: tom from dublin http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1668 tom from dublin Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:17:11 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1668 I remember an old cartoon of a job interviewer, "We're looking for someone to live and breathe sprocket flanges" Most jobs by definition are boring or unpleasant. As in the French word "travail." Hence the paycheck. I'll do the work, and even pretend it is not a waste of time and that the management are semi-normal. Just don't ask me to fake enthusiasm, unless something really creative is happening. I remember an old cartoon of a job interviewer, “We’re looking for someone to live and breathe sprocket flanges”
Most jobs by definition are boring or unpleasant. As in the French word “travail.”
Hence the paycheck. I’ll do the work, and even pretend it is not a waste of time and that the management are semi-normal. Just don’t ask me to fake enthusiasm, unless something really creative is happening.

]]> By: tom from dublin http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 tom from dublin Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:16:49 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1667 I remember an old cartoon of a job interviewer, "We're looking for someone to live and breathe sprocket flanges" Most jobs by definition are boring or unpleasant. As in the French word "travail." Hence the paycheck. I'll do the work, and even pretend it is not a waste of time and that the management are semi-normal. Just don't ask me to fake enthusiasm, unless something really creative is happening. I remember an old cartoon of a job interviewer, “We’re looking for someone to live and breathe sprocket flanges”
Most jobs by definition are boring or unpleasant. As in the French word “travail.”
Hence the paycheck. I’ll do the work, and even pretend it is not a waste of time and that the management are semi-normal. Just don’t ask me to fake enthusiasm, unless something really creative is happening.

]]> By: apartments warsaw http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1666 apartments warsaw Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:10:48 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1666 I think the blog is interesting. Mine is http://www.apartments.waw.pl/ I think the blog is interesting. Mine is http://www.apartments.waw.pl/

]]> By: Ivan http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Ivan Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:47:05 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1665 Dervala, I am truly flattered! My favorite book about a real weekend of agony in my daughter's childhood. And it got a rave review by Lehman Haupt in the New York Times! I've turned my writing buddy, Patrick, in Indiana, on to your blog as the example of ways a terrific writer can get his or her work in front of the public. In fact, I've been considering putting some of my adult fiction on-line and was going to ask your advice on Creatrive Commons. Dervala,
I am truly flattered! My favorite book about a real weekend of agony in my daughter’s childhood. And it got a rave review by Lehman Haupt in the New York Times! I’ve turned my writing buddy, Patrick, in Indiana, on to your blog as the example of ways a terrific writer can get his or her work in front of the public. In fact, I’ve been considering putting some of my adult fiction on-line and was going to ask your advice on Creatrive Commons.

]]> By: Dervala http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Dervala Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:22:33 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1664 Ivan, I ordered one of your books from Amazon ("I Do Not Like It When My Friend Comes to Visit..") I'm only sorry you won't get royalties on it. I spend a lot of my time helping people figure out what the demise of the Ogilvy era of advertising means. Your note is a reminder not to forget about writing children's books in the midst of that...harder than it seems. Ivan, I ordered one of your books from Amazon (“I Do Not Like It When My Friend Comes to Visit..”) I’m only sorry you won’t get royalties on it. I spend a lot of my time helping people figure out what the demise of the Ogilvy era of advertising means. Your note is a reminder not to forget about writing children’s books in the midst of that…harder than it seems.

]]> By: fp http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 fp Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:20:36 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1663 Shux Ivan. You're a few years older than me, but I'll bet I'm fatter. Shux Ivan. You’re a few years older than me, but I’ll bet I’m fatter.

]]> By: Ivan http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Ivan Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:56:58 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1662 Hey Dervala, I was tempted to tell Frank to get over himself. Mine was no simple minded jest. I'm a 68 year old exhibiting artist, author/illustrator who frittered away most of his working life as an agency creative director, forced to pretend, in those days, to be passionate about selling antacids. So I been around long enough to appreciate your fresh take on jobs and passion and definitely long enough to wish you were twenty years older so I could fall in love again Hey Dervala, I was tempted to tell Frank to get over himself. Mine was no simple minded jest. I’m a 68 year old exhibiting artist, author/illustrator who frittered away most of his working life as an agency creative director, forced to pretend, in those days, to be passionate about selling antacids. So I been around long enough to appreciate your fresh take on jobs and passion and definitely long enough to wish you were twenty years older so I could fall in love again

]]> By: angela http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 angela Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:46:29 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1661 Thank you for pointing out the elephant in the room. Passion should be reserved for the sacred. The Passion of Christ, for chrissakes. Passion is a dark velvet word, intimate and secret. A private matter, your "inner passion". When did it become so commonplace to speak of it during interviews or first dates? Its replace the "Five Year Plan" as yuppie passcodes. Hope all is well! Publish this one! Thank you for pointing out the elephant in the room.
Passion should be reserved for the sacred. The Passion of Christ, for chrissakes. Passion is a dark velvet word, intimate and secret. A private matter, your “inner passion”. When did it become so commonplace to speak of it during interviews or first dates? Its replace the “Five Year Plan” as yuppie passcodes.

Hope all is well! Publish this one!

]]> By: fp http://dervala.net/2006/11/12/the-passion-industrial-complex/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 fp Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:03:55 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=781#comment-1660 Eewww... Amanda did a phone interview with Doc and asked what he is passionate about and he said "infrastructure." Good interview, but I had been sensitized by your essay to the use of "passion" in that context, so all I could do was write a blog post about it. Watch that interview before you write the follow-up! http://amandacongdon.com/roadblog/2006/11/15/doc-searls-ca/ Eewww… Amanda did a phone interview with Doc and asked what he is passionate about and he said “infrastructure.” Good interview, but I had been sensitized by your essay to the use of “passion” in that context, so all I could do was write a blog post about it. Watch that interview before you write the follow-up!
http://amandacongdon.com/roadblog/2006/11/15/doc-searls-ca/

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