Finding Clarity in an Ambiguous World
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Resonation
It’s interesting in the business world and really beyond the business world that ideas resonate or they don’t. When talking to customers, collegues, investors, the ideas and solutions to problems can come in two forms. Either you propose ideas that address issues, but don’t address some thing at the core. When you identify and address…
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The Pursuit of Perfection
My wife and I were walking along a beach last weekend looking for shells and polished stones that caught our interest. Of course interest wasn’t sufficient to justify which ones were worth keeping. As we looked, certain shells or stones looked interesting at the beginning but then it became obvious that there were some defects…
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Slack
Finished reading Slack by Tom DeMarco tonight. There is a reasonable review here . The basic premise of the book is that by building some slack into schedules, the projects are better — that innovation and improvements happen during the slack. Basic premises include avoiding overtime, not doing ‘aggresive’ schedules, build trust for risks and…
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Freakonomics
I finished reading a used copy of Freakonomics over the weekend. If you haven’t read a review of this book, follow this link I thought this book was interesting, but I don’t know how highly I would recommend it. His use of statistics make it an intersting read and he generally avoids, and actually points…
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The Rollercoaster of Life
Somedays exemplify the wide variety of life. Today, things started well: I tested our tool before going and doing an install; it worked. I saw my beautiful wife; she made me smile. I made a wonderful cup of coffee (decaf even); yummy! I installed the tool with our customer; it went well. I got emails…
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22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
I finished reading the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. It was written in 1993 so it’s a little bit dated, but in that sense it make the principles more interesting since most of his predictions can be tested because you can see how accurate the predictions turned out. The concept of the book though is…
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Photography and the Internet
One of my hobies, though I don’t get to actually do it much, is photography. I’m inspired by a brilliant picture. Lately, I came across two different sites that I was impressed with. The first is Interfacelift and the second is Flickr. For most of you, the latter one is old hat. I had heard…
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The Shane Company
Every once in a while, I pickup on an advertisement that I think is rather ingenious from a marketing stand point. I wish that I had a recording of the one I heard today, but it was from the Shane Co. and it went something like this: Dave: Hi Bob. I’ve been looking for something…
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