I can’t really explain my fascination with the mechanical, the physical. But, it’s there – perhaps because I constantly live in the world of virtual bits and bytes, I am always astounded and enraptured by amazing things that are NOT virtual, things you can touch, things you can hear and feel. There are an amazing [...]
“I’m amazed at how pessimistic the average person is. I’ve come to realize in my career is that the difference between people who gets things done and those who do not is this pessimism. I’ve always been attracted to the folks who say “what if we could…” or “what if you.” When I hear people [...]
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“Don’t let assholes rent space in your head.” From an article about internet trolls and how to minimize their effect. When we are confronted by a negative person or event we have a choice. We only have a limited supply of intellectual capital – brainpower and we are constantly faced with a choice of what [...]
Just read a great article in Fast Company about James Dyson…. sorry… SIR James Dyson. He’s definately my new hero. I’m sure you’ve heard of his company which makes the Dyson vacuum. It is the best selling vacuum in the USA and he is a pretty rich guy in Britain (now). Takeaways His vacuum took [...]
Synopsis: Context and Content (and not really length) matters. When reviewing content or advertising, length is now one of the least important factors. It used to be content was long and advertising was short and it had to be that way. Now we get soundbytes of content. Does this mean that advertising should be longer? [...]
So, a friend of mine posted about the Virginia Tech shooting recently. I suggest if you haven’t read it yet, to go take a gander. I wanted to leave a comment there, but after trying to write it twice I decided that it would come off more as a rant… perhaps a Raving if you [...]
Jeff Cornwall writes: “We seem to have forgotten that failure, in fact, builds character. And it is the fear of failure that inhibits creativity and keeps us from learning….You will fail. Failure is a prerequisite for success.” Fear of failure stops innovation, creates a condition of stasis, where we are afraid to change and grow. [...]
Here’s something I ran across recently. It’s a map of the countries you have visited that you can put on your own website/blog. I think of myself as reasonably well traveled, although it’s something I always try to improve. So, uh, I guess I have alot of work to do. I’ve only visited 10% of [...]
I recently ran across this article in the Washington Post that really touched me. I’ll probably write more about it later, but this article really embodied for me the reason why I’ve chosen this path for my life. Do you think you would have stopped? If I was on my way to work in Southern [...]