I don’t want to be “that guy”

I live in fear of being “that guy.”

You know who I’m talking about - “that guy” who HAS to play on his iPhone while at the playground with his kids instead of playing with his kids while at the playground; “that guy” who HAS to bring his own Starbuck’s coffee to any and every meeting; “that guy” who HAS to wear blue dress shirts with white collars because that’s what’s being worn on Mad Men (in fact, I bet it wouldn’t be hard to find pictures of that guy from a few years ago wearing a green tie with a green shirt a la Regis); “that guy” who HAS to “go hard or go home” in the summer softball league even though he couldn’t make the varsity baseball team in High School… you know “that guy,” right?

Well, I’m not going to be “that guy” who has got his head so far up his own… errr… blog… that he can’t simply acknowledge when someone else makes a lot of sense.

So… let me say this loud and clear: Anil Dilawri, I salute you. Your recent blog post regarding IR sites being treated like a member of the team is so right it’s wrong. I could not agree more and I’m not just saying that because I’m H&K alum. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 100 times: companies need to view their IR website as a 24-hour call center for investors rather than an online repository for old news releases. Love the way you framed the concept.

There - that wasn’t so hard. Honestly, I am amazed at the number of bloggers who can’t even acknowledge people who leave comments on a particular post, let alone blog positively about another blogger. Talk about “that guy”!!??! 

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