Sentences with phrase «catching people on»

We seem to have a knack for catching people on the way up,» Hedberg said.

To prevent a wearable device like Google Glass from catching people on camera during a private moment, a team at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte taught smartphones to automatically detect when the user had entered a restroom.

«Try to catch people on their way into the office, before the secretary arrives.

We like to catch people on the go, when they're busy,» says co-founder Patama Gur.

If you get to catch these people on the other end of the line, they'd simply say, «Not interested,» which will reflect on what they think of you and your company.

Maybe that is what caught people on the start when they went to power and jumped more than they thought.

Not exact matches

Over the past year, the Silverman brothers focused on more thoughtfully evolving their three - person, New York - based startup and better understanding what types of toilet - paper advertising catches consumers» attention, and what kinds they flush away.

«Other people have to be able to speak for your brand,» says Jonah Berger, author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and the James G. Campbell Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

People catch on really quickly and see right through the teammate who offers to help only the boss, and no one else.

Are people spending an inordinate amount of time just catching up on email?

But all contain triggers that get people talking, says Jonah Berger, marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the bestseller Contagious: Why Things Catch On.

People are going to fiddle on the Internet regardless of what you do — so if you catch someone using the Internet for personal reasons for a few minutes, don't crack the whip.

They catch on when people don't understand what they are saying, adjust their approach and re-communicate their idea in a way that can be understood.

If she says, «I'm just not an early - morning person,» you could allow her to catch up on emails from home and then hit the freeway after rush hour.»

Whether it's working through lunch in front of the computer or noshing on chips while you catch up on your favorite television show, eating while distracted is a common occurrence for most people.

Smartphones and tablets have opened up an entirely new frontier, with people who wouldn't previously be caught playing video games now idling away hours on Angry Birds and the like.

He advised the finance team that he'd approved the cash shortfall, while the supervisor got a quick refresher on how important we at Virgin think it is to «catch people doing something right.»

Although her photo shoot has only recently caught people's attention, Johnston told us that she has since given birth; her son, Theodore «Teddy» Johnston, was born on Friday at 4:15 a.m.

«This is all highly subjective and one person's long commute may be another person's chance to catch - up on Netflix or DB research,» the report noted.

Fisherman's Wharf It might be the biggest tourist trap in the city, but it's worth a look if only to people - watch and catch the herd of seals regularly lounging on Pier 39.

In a post on Medium, Musk says food is ripe for disruption — people want real food, and the market still hasn't caught up.

Most people said they binge - watch simply because they fall behind on watching new episodes of a certain show, while others said they simply didn't hear about a new show until several episodes had already aired and they wanted to catch up.

You'll often hear people tell you not to get caught up in the details and to focus on the bigger picture.

The engine of a SkyWest passenger jet caught fire moments after the aircraft landed at Denver International Airport on Sunday, but all 63 people aboard exited the plane safely, an airline spokeswoman said.

And, if your business is like most of the SM newbies out there who are running to catch up while wearing concrete sneakers, you've got a lot of otherwise productive time and energy being spent by your people (and possibly a pile of money as well on outside vendors) in the unclear pursuit of who knows what.

In the orange radius, people with exposed skin would suffer from third - degree burns, and flammable materials would catch on fire, leading to possible firestorms.

People age 50 and older can tack on a so - called catch - up contribution of $ 6,000.

«More than once, I've had people call my office when I'm out traveling and catch a voicemail with my emergency cell phone number on it.

He fires so - called clock watchers and people he catches switching screens on their computer when he walks by.

While smart watches or other pieces of wearable technology are interesting concepts, the issue lies in getting a whole lot of people to see why they need these devices — and why on earth they'd be caught dead wearing them out in public.

Eventually, it seemed that people caught on to what he was building.

Casper's model was a complete change compared to what mattress buyers were used to; its straightforward process is a large part of how the company caught on with so many people from the moment it launched.

You can't force this format on people, but if you can win buy - in, you'll have a team that's energized, and that's too busy trying to catch their breath to ramble and waste time.

They gradually impressed the other students, and by the end of the seventh meeting they had nearly caught up with the outgoing smart people on their peers» evaluation forms.

I often caught myself emailing the wrong people, ordering too much inventory and passing out while working on the couch more frequently than sleeping in my bed.

Two people advising Trump's transition team on energy and environment issues said they were caught off guard by his remarks.

I wake up at 4 a.m. and am in the office by 5 a.m., which means I have gotten ahead of my emails, communicated with board members and clients on the East Coast and in Europe, and caught up on the news before most people have had their first cup of coffee.

News that Dos Equis was wrapping up its advertising campaign revolving around «The Most Interesting Man in the World» caught a lot of people off guard, but Jonathan Goldsmith, who has portrayed the iconic character for the past nine years, says the writing was on the wall.

A lot of people have caught on to the customizable concept, including a list of celebrity followers like Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus, and Sandra Bullock.

The CAA said the incident on Sunday was unacceptable, and if the person who was operating the craft is caught, he or she could face prison time.

People catch on to your attitude quickly and are more attracted to the right attitude than what, or how many, people youPeople catch on to your attitude quickly and are more attracted to the right attitude than what, or how many, people youpeople you know.

People catch on to your attitude quickly and are more attracted to the right attitude than who you know.

«We tend to forget that we are all just people here together... somehow we get more caught up on titles and egos.

She said once they were all seated on the plane, they were told that four more people needed to give up their seats for stand - by United employees that needed to be in Louisville by Monday to catch a different flight.

«I decided to put the brakes on for one year to let all our systems and people catch up,» says Kimbrell.

By targeting people while they're on their mobile devices, you catch them while they're out and about and, hopefully, near your business.

On September 14, Bloomberg reported that, «according to people with knowledge of the matter,» some vendors, fearing getting caught up in a bankruptcy and facing soaring costs to insure their receivables from Toys «R» Us, are curtailing their shipments to the company.

So I really hope that people like the ICO [Information Commissioner's Office in the UK which rules on data privacy for individuals], who are suddenly trying to catch up on the last five years of data.

Yeah, but it was never about turning into Facebook because those people never believed in Facebook in the first place — for all the reasons that the mainstream populace is catching on to now.

Basically went from just an employee to being charge of 15 + people in a less than 8 months increasing my work hours from 45 to 70 + per week along with 1 - 2 hours of working at home catching up on paperwork each night.