Reply to: A fuggin evangelist!!!!!????

[LondonManc]

Many religious evangelists "drone on" and arguably put off more people than they attract/convert.

I'd like to say present company excepted - but can't/won't.

I don't think d000hg professed to be an evangelist.

[Dactylion]

An evangelist needs to be a great communicator, if they're "droning on" they're not great at the job.

Many religious evangelists "drone on" and arguably put off more people than they attract/convert.

I'd like to say present company excepted - but can't/won't.

[MrMarkyMark]

Sure, I must admit its a little difficult on this phone, with no app, apologies, hope this is a little clearer for you

Are you trying to tell us something; when you look at his picture, then your reflection in the mirror, does it make you uncomfortable?

Prey tell

[DaveB]

Who is Shingy, AOL's digital prophet? | Technology | The Guardian

David Shing (1970-, known by his online handle as Shingy) is an Australian-born wankpuffin for AOL.[

[d000hg]

Are you trying to tell us something, when you look at his pic then your reflection, in the mirror, does it make you uncomfortable?

Prey tell

Could you perhaps rephrase this in comprehensible(sp?) English?

[MrMarkyMark]

What is wrong with this? They want someone who is passionate about something and able to explain well its benefits to others, not just a nerd who can code.

Are you trying to tell us something, when you look at his pic then your reflection, in the mirror, does it make you uncomfortable?

Prey tell

[DaveB]

If he had a beard, he would like like total c@nt, rather than one that is WIP

Don't you mean a CIP....

[MrMarkyMark]

Can't be a prophet - no beard.

If he had a beard, he would like like total c@nt, rather than one that is WIP

[NickFitz]

Cracking bit in the New Yorker profile:

He is passionate about spaces, and when a space is not working he reboots it, taking everything out and starting over. He said, “This is a space I recently rebooted for Tim”—meaning Tim Armstrong, the C.E.O. of AOL. The room had been a standard fluorescent-lit office. Now the desk was gone, replaced by leather armchairs in a circle, and the walls were painted dark gray…

Armstrong looked around. “I have meetings here, and people don’t know where to sit,” he said.

“They’ll figure it out, man,” Shingy said.

[oracleslave]

Could be worse, they could be after an In-House Tech Warlock

"Trend Shepherd"

[DaveB]

Could be worse, they could be after an In-House Tech Warlock

[DodgyAgent]

Just had a mail for this.

" Agile Evangelist"

Get real.

Conjurs up an imagine of some of the jehovah's witnesses standing outside stations with their legs behind their ears

[NickFitz]

From the article:-

So. What is a digital prophet?

It remains unclear.

I liked this bit:

The New Yorker profile reveals that Shingy, in his capacity as digital prophet, recently approached Erika Nardini, AOL’s chief marketing officer, and handed her his iPad Mini. The following conversation ensued:

‘Wanted to show you a little brain fart I had on the plane,’ he said. It was a cartoon he had drawn of a bear wearing zebra-print pants and a shirt covered in ones and zeros.

‘Love it, love it, love it,’ Nardini said. ‘I’m thinking of the bears more as a metaphor.’

‘A thousand per cent,’ Shingy said.

[DodgyAgent]

not just a nerd who can code.

Plenty of those on here

[d000hg]

Explaining something and droaning on about something with no real proven benefits are two different beasts. My experience leads me to suspect that an evangelist falls into the latter category.

An evangelist needs to be a great communicator, if they're "droning on" they're not great at the job.