This picture that appeared in Time Magazine showing the office of Al Gore proves to me that he is a scatterbrain. I klnow because I am a recovering messy office dingbat myself. Some years ago the fabled direct marketeer Joe Sugarman decided to visit the most successful richest people he could find to see if there was a common thread. There was and it was a clean well organized neat office with a clear desk. I’ve noticed this too. The super rich with no exceptions all have uncluttered desks. I cannot keep my desk uncluttered for more than a couple of days after throwing everything on it into a box. When people visit they usually yell “Call the police, your place has been ransacked!”
I love dvorak!
He pushes the buttons of apple/political/religous/xxx zealots so easily, it is not even fair!
Lighten up folks, he is poking fun at a messy desk. Dvorak calls himself a dingbat, as well as Gore. Its humor from a cranky geek.
I think Dvorak needs to end this blog, someday one of the zealots will have a heart attack. He controls the knee jerk so easily it is hilarious!! Well, actually, kind of sad when an idiot takes the bait.
“The super rich with no exceptions all have uncluttered desks. ”
That’s bullshit: click here
my 2¢
-a neat desk is the sign of a cluttered mind..
in my experience over the last 15yrs doing housecalls in
NYC for PC repair, all my “well to-do” clients who had sparkling, orderly apartments (including their PC work area) were boring, rigid, almost NO common sense whatsoever and had a handshake like a dead fish…and a matching personality…(no fun to work for)
-they are borderline clueless in everyday affairs. -they only appear to excel in their area of making money. -of which most are just carrying on the family tradition..
-almost all of them have some hired help doing all the basic living chores, like housecleaning and food shopping. pretty much out of touch with “the real world” imo..
those who have neat apartments but a relatively cluttered PC area, or have “lived in” apartments, are typically of self-made wealth, have vibrant charismatic personalties, are fun to work with and do not depend on “subordinates” to do light work. -i also find them quite knowledgeable in all aspects of life..including having a good understanding of how their PC works… they usually do not have time to do their own repairs, however.
anyway…i hope John i just poking fun..
-while i really cant stand Gore and shudder at the thought of him running the country, seeing his office the way it is, gives me some new found respect for the guy..
tbh, his office looks allot like many of my more interesting
lawyers clients..
my own area looks like a bomb hit it half the time as well..”organized chaos” comes to mind..
i’ll take a cluttered client over a neat one any day of the week, hands down.
-cause i know i’m gonna have a good time, and get paid for it as well. 🙂
-in the long run..whatever works for you is fine by me..just don’t piss in my Cheerios…
-soundwash
#23 – Ok I am done reading dvorak.org
Bye.
Its cool and all that he has 3 huge monitors, but who has 3 huge monitors and only 3 inches of space to move your mouse and your keyboard all crammed up against the monitors?
Gore’s messy office is mainly interesting because it conflicts with the perception of him as Mr Stiff, whom one would expect to have an anal-retentive, squeaky-clean office. And it may point to the essential problem with Gore: his public persona is as odd as it is because it has little to do with his true self.
The way he ran his 2000 campaign was truly a mess, and this is relevant to his fitness to run the beast. Our endless presidential campaigns are tedious, but they are a sort of probationary period and a test — if you can’t run a campaign well, should you be overseeing Amtrak, the Post Office, and the, um, DOD?
Another poster: “[dvorak.org] has devolved into mindless drivel. What with all the inane politician bashing and juvenile video posts”
I also registered a complaint about the videos for children, usually posted by Gastropod, but my innocuous post was deleted by the thin-skinned, humorless “editors.”
[Dual post – ed.]
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Just a classic cartoon…..
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Rich people have other people do thier work for them, the people with the messy desks. The people who get the job done are diffrent from the people with thier name on the stocks who collect all the rewards. Laws allow the unfit to prevail over the fit and so the human race slides into oblivion. Neat Clean Clinical. yeah right, befrit of humanity I’d say.
wow, he actually works!
would that work?
Who is Al Gore and why is he doing this…
http://tinyurl.com/35a42a
Do a simple search on google “gore racist”
Always follow the money… I don’t believe is his really here so save us all…
Another good site about gore contradictions
http://tinyurl.com/2rsxx9
Just for fun…
http://tinyurl.com/j7494
A cluttered desk is better than an empty mind.
I always love the “clean desks, empty minds” analogies.
The way people defend their weaknesses amazes me.
Yeah, he’s my hero.
“Your OS can deal with it (Win 2000 forward)”
Win 98 forward, actually. I put four video cards in a Win 98 machine, back in ’97.
“I would add that heckling him for his stupid blog posts is easy and fun. Especially fun when “concerned” readers feel the need to rush to his defense. That’s the best. Do you think, Dvorak’s curled in a fetal position on this floor because somebody was sarcastic to him on his blog? Better get in there and save him!”
We aren’t trying to defend John, we’re just calling you stupid. But go ahead and subject yourself to more humiliation, I guess people without self control are used to it.
You Algore supporters bitch about Bush’s alleged lawbreaking when AG visibly broke the law trying to force illegal recounts to steal an election.
#42 is right. Also look at the fact that AG is really pushing carbon credits because he wants to clean up selling them to the rest of us. Go further and compare today’s carbon credits with the energy credits that Enron was trading in. Pretty much the same thing.
A pail of my poop would be a better POTUS than Algore.
So dumb… if you wanted a president that knew how to get rich in a business environment, then your comment makes sense… you see, some of the smartest people I know that do not have business personnel to “impress” have extraordinarily messy desks. The richest business people, clean… hmmm. I just think our definitions of “successful” are different. When one doesn’t have to worry about people judging them on their desk appearance, it leaves room for more important things.
Bush could have the cleanest desk on the planet, I still think he’s the worst president evah.
This editorial is just plain dumb, and the logic is scary. Sorry…
Warmer, words fail me.
Ever seen Donald Trumps desk, or is he not rich and successful?
His desk looks neat and tidy to me!
well he should have 3 big monitors he invented the internet, dont you remember. Manbearpig has turned is belief of global warming into a religion, and now thinks he should rule the free world (because we are all so stupid we can think for our selves, and need mother govt and father gore to tell us what to think)
That man is the quintessential politician, he will say any thing to get elected and regain power be afraid be very afraid
John
I don’t know where you got that bullshit statement
“The super rich with no exceptions all have uncluttered desks.”
I happen to know a few of the “super rich”. What you may not know is that the office that you see, the one that is uncluttered, is not the one they use to do their work. It is the one they use for the press and show. The difference between regular people and them is they can afford to have more than one office.
#10 – Imagine the back seat of his car with all the fast food wrappers!
Comment by Chris from Melbourne — 5/23/2007 @ 5:55 pm
Wrong guy… You are thinking of Bill Clinton’s 1990 Honda Civic.
As far as you idiots who keep bringing up Al Gore and the “I invented the internet” nonsense.
Perhaps you should do a little reading and learn that without Al Gore you may not be typing into this Blog right now. His contribution in getting the internet to the people is without a doubt why many of you fat lazy people can spend your day posting on blogs.
For a matter of record the actual phrase that Al Gore used was
“I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
A mis speak? Perhaps. But without his tireless effort you most likley would have this internet.
#55 – ROFL!!!!!
#56 – Yup, he did it all himself. I remember seeing him pulling wire one day.
Hey GlobalWarmer
Thank you for posting an example of how the right wing distorts the truth!
No where did he say he did it all himself! Those words are yours or some other right wing lie monger.
How much about the beginings of the internet do you know? My guess is not much!
#31 – You hit the nail on the head.
#23 – LOL
#58 – You’re the one who mentioned his “tireless effort”. He voted on a couple of bills here and there – – just like a lot of other Congresscritters. I know about ARPANet , etc.
Algore is a guy who’s thoroughly impressed by his overly inflated self-opinion of his own importance. The glow from his ego alone has to contribute measurably to Global Warming™ .
Don’t forget that people weren’t talking about Global Warming™ before the Internet. Back then the worry was about the coming Ice Age. I would say it’s pretty clear the the Internet causes Global Warming™ . Everyone should log off.