As Project 42 seems to be enjoying a revival I thought I would publish all the comments. These can actually be found via my linked in profile but for some reason they are not carried over to slideshare??

1. PROJECT 42 - COMMENTS
"Dear Blayne, I've enjoyed looking through Project 42 very much. It's a very witty
way to do a survey and share the results and I can see why you had so much fun with
it. Victoria."
"Blayne Finally found time to look at Project 42. Excellent, I am still smiling at the
antidote where the punch line is man dress as a rabbit. Very high number of people
looking to be semi-retired. But I suppose that could be age related. Speak to you
tomorrow Sally"
Hi Blayne, A fansanting insight into the industry, with some interesting comments,
especially the importance of trust and integrity which is great to see and vital in any
role.
"Dear Blayne, Even I have never met before, I could fell your optimistical and
professional attitude regarding career from your study. Thanks alot for your kind
sharing. Best Regards, Thomas Hu."
"What a joy to read. - Thanks After 33 years of employment in our industry there is
not too much I have seen and achieved that is not covered by my industry peers
here. It is heartening to see that so many of my peers feel the same as myself.
Thanks again Mark Beech"
Blayne, Thanks, quite fascinating. I recognise many of the responses, both
personally, and maybe some of the original contributors who made them too!!! Kind
Regards, Steve
Very nice as good a presentation and I’ve seen Blayne. There was a book HOTEL and
SHARK etc. Maybe you should write one called TELEPHONE, everybody had
something they can fill a chapter with. Gene
THis is a great presentation. If you have never done powerpoints before you have
outdone yourself. In addition to this you know people that have been in weird
places. Rgds from sunny Dubai, Alex
Blayne, Congratulations on an extremely interesting and entertaining outcome – nice
job!!! I would be interested to understand where you will now take this research.
Regards Chris
Blayne, Good job a very entertaining read, quite enlightening to see that most of the
people you canvased seem to have a very similar mindset. Liked your comment
about your experience with trying to work with the government in the UK, sounds
just like BT was in the old days (and probably still is) and that's the reason I left.

2. When it comes to screwing up a good thing by overloading it with bureaucracy the
Brit's are the world champions, nobody else comes close. Dave
Hi Blayne Very interesting and humorous Kind Regards Paul
Hey Blayne, I DID see this yesterday and thought it was pretty good. Some of the
stories were hilarious, I have to say! Heather
Blayne Excellent, some very poignant statements, interesting on the stats as well.
Graeme
Hi, have read it and need to read it again. This is cool and a lot to learn from. Thx
Frank
Blayne, Had a chance to read through them and found the whole exercise very
interesting and worthwhile. It was nice to see that there are a broad cross section of
like minded people out there who have similar views on the industry. Thanks for the
opportunity to participate, Gordon.
Very good Blayne . . you have put alot of effort is this and the results speak for
themselves . . the only comment is that the data is still rather “raw” and after a
period of reflection . . i am sure you will see more “focussed” uses of the data . . job
well done . . i look forward to the next iteration of the results . . Cheers Andy
Interesting read but as you say in the slides, not a lot of correlation. Jon
Its really great. You have done an amazingly good job. Keep it up and Cheers!!
Thanks, BR/Adnan.
thanks - some interesting bits Peter
Thanks Blayne - I read with interest - quite lots of comments I share fully and
interesting statistics. Let's stay in touch, Dennis
Dear Blayne, Received with thanks. Amazing effort! Sami
Hi Blayne, Great report makes excellent reading. Many stories behind the phrases
and answers. Could write a book or a whole series!! Some good laughs Well done
Thanks Foster
Blayne, Thank you for sharing this presentation with me. I found it very interesting
and informative. Some of the answers were quite surprising. Take Care. Regards,
Cory
Thanks Blayne, Had a chance to read through the slides. For not being a ppt expert---
----you did very good. I enjoyed reading through this and found a lot of interesting
information and things I will refer back to in the future. Where do you plan to

3. publish this ? Any other plans for the data ? Thank again for including me on your
project-------it was fun to participate and interesting to review your finished product.
Regards Ross
Blayne, Interesting, educative and amusing! Wale
Hi Blayne, Very well executed and summarised. I often wonder how come I could
never think of it this way :). The more I come to think of it, the more I tend to deep
dive but for time ....
This is an excellent stuff. I like it from the bottom of my heart. Best Regards, Alikhan
Thank you for sharing this with me. I quite enjoyed the presentation, and [naturally]
discovered much similarity to my own experiences, and impressions; very well
done..! Best regards, James
Comment from viewer Blayne, That was wonderful! Many of the points rang so true
in my brain. Responsive Chords are still occilating! I will forward to my son, who just
started a telecom career 4 years ago. Joel
It's been an intriguing project founded on some thought provoking questions. I think
Blayne has done the difficult part well, and that is to draw the data together with
some useful analysis and interesting conclusions, conclusions which themselves ask a
load more questions. I will certainly be dipping back into the report from time to
time. Well done Blayne.
Blayne, this is a terrific presentation. You should consider putting the data into book
form. I especially liked your graphic presentations.
Hmm Blayne - this is a scary insight into the life of an expatriate in many ways as
most of those participating fall into that category. I general an insightful project and
if you distil all the information down you will find common views and experiences.
Well done.
Nice job Blayne. Project 42 makes for some good reading & highlights some
interesting thoughts. You have obviously interviewed quite a few people & come up
with some fantastic responses. I am not alone in this world of contracting
conundrums after all!. Well done :)
That slide presentation was great, good reading. Amazing how many people think
that money makes them happy, isn't it? Well, it helps for sure, I guess they will find
out one day that money doesn't solve everything. It was nice to see the general
response seemed to centre on people "being good" to other people. Basic human

4. goodness. That was a mammoth task in assembling the data. congrats on a brilliant
presentation.
A very interesting presentation and some comments handy to take on board on my
next project. Ingrid van Veen.