Comments on: And it's goodbye from him..... http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/ News and Updates on the Community. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt Saunders http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2575 Matt Saunders Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:31:28 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2575 Best wishes, Dean. Thanks for all the opportunities, mentoring and inspiration you gave me during my time at PlusNet. Best wishes, Dean. Thanks for all the opportunities, mentoring and inspiration you gave me during my time at PlusNet.

]]> By: Neil_A http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2562 Neil_A Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:11 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2562 Good luck Dean. You've been an inspiration! And there's not many people I can say that about. Good luck Dean. You've been an inspiration! And there's not many people I can say that about.

]]> By: Peter Jackson http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2556 Peter Jackson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:47 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2556 Extract from an internal (Workplace) post: "You know, people talk about disruptive technologies. New things that come along and make you reassess how and why you are doing things the way you are. Dean is a walking 'disruptive technology'. If there's one thing that Dean showed me, it's to constantly question what it is that you're actually all about. He'd not be surprised for me to say that the sound of his whistle coming often made me inwardly groan, because I knew he'd most likely ask me something (seemingly random) unrelated to the task in hand.. forcing me to think about something new or not (yet) on my plan. It took me a long time to realise why he was doing that - I believe we got there in the end ;)" Over the last 10 years we've delivered so much stuff it makes my head spin to think about it.. Workplace and the Referrals programme to name just two (small) things, would look very different (if they'd exist at all) - you really should've seen the original 'green' database we used. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next Dean.. I'm sure it'll be ground-breaking.. more power to your elbow! Extract from an internal (Workplace) post:
"You know, people talk about disruptive technologies. New things that come along and make you reassess how and why you are doing things the way you are. Dean is a walking 'disruptive technology'. If there's one thing that Dean showed me, it's to constantly question what it is that you're actually all about. He'd not be surprised for me to say that the sound of his whistle coming often made me inwardly groan, because I knew he'd most likely ask me something (seemingly random) unrelated to the task in hand.. forcing me to think about something new or not (yet) on my plan. It took me a long time to realise why he was doing that - I believe we got there in the end ;)"

Over the last 10 years we've delivered so much stuff it makes my head spin to think about it.. Workplace and the Referrals programme to name just two (small) things, would look very different (if they'd exist at all) - you really should've seen the original 'green' database we used. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with next Dean.. I'm sure it'll be ground-breaking.. more power to your elbow!

]]> By: neil http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2555 neil Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:24:42 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2555 Dean, We've got you to thank for workplace...so we owe you an awful lot. Good Luck Neil Dean,
We've got you to thank for workplace...so we owe you an awful lot. Good Luck
Neil

]]> By: Jack http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2552 Jack Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:27:48 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2552 All the best in the future Dean, hope things go well! Jack All the best in the future Dean, hope things go well!

Jack

]]> By: Ian Wild http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2549 Ian Wild Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:34:55 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2549 Many people have a lot to thank you for Dean. Not all of them will of course, but that's life! It's certainly been great to have worked with you over the years and I'm certain we'll be seeing you and some of your new ventures soon - They are pretty much guaranteed to succeed if you're pushing them :-) Ian Many people have a lot to thank you for Dean. Not all of them will of course, but that's life!

It's certainly been great to have worked with you over the years and I'm certain we'll be seeing you and some of your new ventures soon - They are pretty much guaranteed to succeed if you're pushing them :-)

Ian

]]> By: Kelly Dorset http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2525 Kelly Dorset Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:28:48 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/and-its-goodbye-from-him/#comment-2525 Make sure you come back and hassle us regularly Dean! Make sure you come back and hassle us regularly Dean!

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