Comments on: A Revolution Begins: OpenCandy Has A Board Meeting And No One Shakes Hands

By: Finally, A Revolution with its own Wristband – Skip the Shake! | Helping Software Developers and Users - OpenCandy

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:44:38 +0000

[...] offering us a “gift of health in these troubled times”. He cited a TechCrunch article about how we eliminated handshakes from our board meetings, so that gave some context around the type “gift” he was offering. Since John left his [...]

By: Sur la croisade contre la poignée de main « Le blog de Zigazou

Sur la croisade contre la poignée de main « Le blog de Zigazou — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:09:31 +0000

[...] − “A Revolution Begins: OpenCandy Has A Board Meeting And No One Shakes Hands” : Une révolution commence : OpenCandy a un meeting où personne ne sert la [...]

By: Skip The Hand Shake Now Has A Wristband

Skip The Hand Shake Now Has A Wristband — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:32:20 +0000

[...] OpenCandy, Bessemer Venture Partners [...]

By: uber uber

uber uber — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:52 +0000

no worries. i banned germs.

By: OpenCandy Suggests Apps You Might Actually Want During Installs, Lands NitroPDF

OpenCandy Suggests Apps You Might Actually Want During Installs, Lands NitroPDF — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:48:07 +0000

[...] written about OpenCandy before, when it made the revolutionary decision to ban germ-spreading handshakes from company board meetings, but until now we haven’t [...]

By: David Blah

David Blah — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:02:33 +0000

NO one seems to have mentioned money, “Do you know where your dollar bills have been?” I always insist on crisp unused $100 bills from the bank. I have two ways to deal with the purchase of a $20 item, either I say I don’t want change thankyou, or I get the server to lay out the change notes in a row and flash out a bottle of chlorox from my pocket and give them a quick spray asking the cashier to turn them over. That done I blow on them to dry and then pick them up. Mind you my lungs are eaten up by all that chlorox vapor.

Medically germs are good for you, present everywhere, to build up antibodies. Very different for viruses like H1N1, and wash hands, no handshakes makes great sense. I just can’t be rude though! (Victorian—sorry)

By: Entire German City Bans Hand Shaking | Techdare

Entire German City Bans Hand Shaking | Techdare — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:16:03 +0000

[...] thing is really starting to get traction now. Since my rant in May we’ve seen startups ban the medieval practice at board meetings and mainstream press jump on [...]

By: Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads. | Design Website Easy

Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads. | Design Website Easy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:39:34 +0000

[...] handshakes was in May, and after I noted that some startups and venture capitalists were trying to end the barbaric practice at board meetings. I piped up again on National Handshake Day. Like Feld, I too have mostly given up on this. [...]

By: Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads.

Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads. — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:28:18 +0000

[...] handshakes was in May, and after I noted that some startups and venture capitalists were trying to end the barbaric practice at board meetings. I piped up again on National Handshake [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:16:00 +0000

Always up for revolutions!

This is the funniest comment section I’ve ever seen!

“…Hand thruster.” Hahahah

A fist is just as personal. Just make it confident and put your own style into it.

I’m thinking up some controversial posts for my blog, and a few that I’m launching.

And I never read techchrunch, but I’m going to start now.

By: Styker.Net » Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads.

Styker.Net » Handshake Horror: The Awareness Spreads. — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:20:20 +0000

[...] handshakes was in May, and alter I noted that some startups and venture capitalists were trying to end the barbaric practice at board meetings. I piped up again on National Handshake [...]

By: BizzRoot » National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don’t Go Outside Day

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:46:50 +0000

[...] urge people to follow OpenCandy’s lead – no more hand shakes. A good place to start is at board [...]

By: National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don’t Go Outside Day

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:56:40 +0000

[...] urge people to follow OpenCandy’s lead – no more hand shakes. A good place to start is at board [...]

By: newReporter

newReporter — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:45:26 +0000

Michael Jackson just died from hand shaking…

By: Jason Barone

Jason Barone — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:09:30 +0000

Lol, I disagree. My bathroom procedure consists of pushing the towel lever down first until I get about 2 feet of towel, then I turn on the faucet and wash, then I rip the towel off, dry my hands, turn off the faucet with the towel, then open the bathroom door with towel and throw it into the trash on the way out. I’ve been doing this for years.

I’m also the same guy who pushes public doors open by either touching anywhere 12 inches above or below the handle, or I Just use my foot.

Then when I get in my car, GermX is behind the seat.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:46:06 +0000

Hi,

I am the founder and President of Gloves-R-Us (http://www.safeglovesrus.com. We develop, market and distribute a line of gloves for professionals in the workplace that can be accessorized with both formal (i.e. “boardroom”) wear and more casual (i.e. “silicon alley”) looks.

They are hypo-allergenic, woven by a Peruvian Women’s Collective (outside Lima, Peru), dyed using natural dyes, packaged using 100% recycled materials, and shipped from Peru worldwide with ZERO carbon footprint (through the use of carbon credits). Fifty percent of all EBITDA gets funneled back into the Peruvian Women’s Collective on health and education needs, and the rest (after taking care of operating costs) is put back into R&D.

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By: National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don’t Go Outside Day | Cellphone Ultra

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:46:43 +0000

[...] urge citizens to follow OpenCandy’s lead – no more hand shakes. A good place to start is at board [...]

By: National Handshake Day? More Like National Barricade Yourself In Your House And Don’t Go Outside Day

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:20:14 +0000

[...] urge people to follow OpenCandy’s lead – no more hand shakes. A good place to start is at board meetings. [...]

By: CC

CC — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:21:27 +0000

“Shaking hands spreads more germs than kissing”

Great TV spot from Rethink in Vancouver:

http://www.yout...h?v=rLKnoD1YTto

By: links for 2009-05-15 « Tuna Park

links for 2009-05-15 « Tuna Park — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:03:47 +0000

[...] A Revolution Begins: OpenCandy Has A Board Meeting And No One Shakes Hands "stop the barbaric practice once and for all" Michael Arrington is, it seems, on a mission to end hand-shaking, fearful of germs. Speaking as someone who does wash his hands – every time – and who does like to shake hands, I find myself being described by the TechCrunch editor as "barbaric". Ludicrous. Let us not confuse the unhygeinic with the barbaric. What about a campaign to get people to wash their hands in public toilets instead? (tags: handshake) [...]

By: The 3 Bs

The 3 Bs — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:41:03 +0000

UPDATED:

Bill Bow Bump

same link as above…

By: TimB

TimB — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:25:01 +0000

While we’re on the topic, there’s some things about this I’ve always wondered.

1) When you grab the handle to open the door and exit a restroom, will your hand pick up more germs when it is damp from just washing or dry from not washing? I think we need to dry really well after washing.

2) If we reduce our exposure to germs, does that make us more or less susceptible to getting sick? In line with getting preventative injections, a little bit of exposure can be a good thing.

If the goal is to reduce exposure, eliminate all physical contact with strangers. Can we really expect the other person to not have touched the back of their own hand before touching their fist to ours? In the context of possible transfer, that is a risky assumption.

Maybe we need a study on the six degrees of transference.

As for the splinter groups, some were Mike’s idea:

“You can do a fist touch instead. or a solid, respectful head nod. I’ll even start bowing if I have to.”

The head nod works for me.

But, I know what this is really all about. Mike wants to know how much he can influence trends, especially outside of tech.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:02:36 +0000

Best Comment Evar!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:59:14 +0000

Doing that makes you look just about as stupid as the guy who refuses to shake anothers hand.

By: Diwant Vaidya

Diwant Vaidya — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:19:54 +0000

Here is my icon for this movement. I hope it catches on!

http://picasawe...feat=directlink