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Mechanical = amazing.

Sunday, September 21st, 2008
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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 [...]

How Pessimistic are you?

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
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“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 [...]

When life gives you lemons

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
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The length isn’t important – the context and content is

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
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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? [...]

Failure is success.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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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.  [...]

Drop your olive oil and raise your hands

Saturday, April 7th, 2007
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A few students in the Northwest got a bit of a surprise.

Great idea!

Friday, April 6th, 2007
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On the subject of datacenters, I recently ran across this article on modular, portable data centers.  A few things about this system is very appealing. Power, and specifically backup UPS power are big problems for data centers.  There is a huge investment in the setup and configuration of the actual computer systems of a data [...]

Advertising can be fun

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
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Last weekend I stumbled across this gem.  I can’t even imagine how much work went into this interactive, visually stunning game from the California Milk board.  Minigames, luck and thinking, all in one.  Enjoy!

What’s wrong with USA Media

Sunday, April 1st, 2007
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Time Magazine for the rest of the world, vs. the US Edition Newsweek for the rest of the world, vs. the US Edition

Management Theory

Friday, March 30th, 2007
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