Submitted by Marco Cristino in General Questions and Comments Subscribe to forum notifications Save Hi all, reading last Manager Tools newsletter, Dani quote Mark writting "we’re not vanilla". What does it mean? Regards, Cristino Submitted by Jeffery Bock on Thursday November 21st, 2013 12:43 pm adjective informal adjectiv adjective informal adjective: vanilla; adjective: plain vanilla 1. having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard. "choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money" He is essentially saying that the advice they offer is not plain, common or ordinary. Log in or register to post comments Submitted by Marco Cristino on Monday November 25th, 2013 3:06 pm Thanks for the explanation Thanks for the explanation Log in or register to post comments Submitted by Fiona Lamb on Monday November 25th, 2013 9:55 pm What about "We eat our own dogfood"? I've never heard this expression in my life, but I've read it twice now at MT - once in a newsletter, and I think once in a podcast... Log in or register to post comments Submitted by Andreas Froehlich on Tuesday November 26th, 2013 7:24 am Aims to please To add to Jib88's explanation: If you're 'vanilla', you are (usually) aiming to please the masses. Log in or register to post comments
Submitted by Jeffery Bock on Thursday November 21st, 2013 12:43 pm adjective informal adjectiv adjective informal adjective: vanilla; adjective: plain vanilla 1. having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard. "choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money" He is essentially saying that the advice they offer is not plain, common or ordinary. Log in or register to post comments
Submitted by Marco Cristino on Monday November 25th, 2013 3:06 pm Thanks for the explanation Thanks for the explanation Log in or register to post comments
Submitted by Fiona Lamb on Monday November 25th, 2013 9:55 pm What about "We eat our own dogfood"? I've never heard this expression in my life, but I've read it twice now at MT - once in a newsletter, and I think once in a podcast... Log in or register to post comments
Submitted by Andreas Froehlich on Tuesday November 26th, 2013 7:24 am Aims to please To add to Jib88's explanation: If you're 'vanilla', you are (usually) aiming to please the masses. Log in or register to post comments
adjective informal adjectiv
adjective
informal
adjective: vanilla; adjective: plain vanilla
1.
having no special or extra features; ordinary or standard.
"choosing plain vanilla technology wherever you can will save you money"
He is essentially saying that the advice they offer is not plain, common or ordinary.
Thanks for the explanation
Thanks for the explanation
What about "We eat our own dogfood"?
I've never heard this expression in my life, but I've read it twice now at MT - once in a newsletter, and I think once in a podcast...
Aims to please
To add to Jib88's explanation:
If you're 'vanilla', you are (usually) aiming to please the masses.