I suppose entering a new year is generally a cause for reflection on my part, and I tend to begin the year reviewing some Stephen Covey or similar classic in the self-management field. I find it sets me on the right path for the year, and gets me thinking about what is important in the
Read More...IBM Smarter Math: Correlates nicely with the best 3 jobs you can have, as ranked by the WSJ: mathematician, actuary, statistician.
Read More...Underconsideration.com has a great showcase of brand/logo redesigns done right and horribly, horribly wrong. The top honor winner, Dave Egger’s own 826 Valencia, is astounding. To wit: Likewise, WGN Superstation, the worst offender (in my opinion), is downright, well…horrible. It’s like 1988 meets Big Brother and a metric ton of eyeshadow. Can’t see how this
Read More...Fantastic post by Don Dodge over at The Next Big Thing about the mentality necessary to endure tough economic times: Chaos brings opportunity. A recession makes companies think about saving money. They consider small vendors that they wouldn’t do business with in boom times. Competitors go out of business. Be in a position to take
Read More...Michael Sippey proffers the absolute best list of real-world project management lingo that is (unfortunately) really, truly out there and really, truly used by people who should really, truly know better. My favorites: Clue bat Coconut shuffle Come to Beavis meeting Consistify Eating the elephant one bite at a time Gantt flotsam Happy status Hit
Read More...Google has posted its 2008 zeigeist collection, which is a compilation of the most popular searches, by category, that flowed through Google search boxes throughout 2008. As always, there are some interesting finds for 2008, and certainly it’s easy to see how these were so top-of-mind: Fastest rising global search: Sarah Palin Top three searches
Read More..."I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it." — Tommy Lasorda (via Bob Sutton)
Read More...It’s Friday, so allow me to be a bit aloof as I meander around conceptually for a few minutes. We hear constant talk of security in the IT space, from desktops to networks to servers to enterprise applications to how the top-grade SaaS/on-demand companies can possibly harden client datastores to keep the important bits contained
Read More...A fantastic post by Vinnie Merchandani that resonates with everyone here in the office. An excerpt of the Letterman-style top 10 list: 10 ) "We want to be a partner, not a vendor". OK, in that case we want a board seat and some equity…. 9 ) " Just wanted to make sure you saw
Read More...So maybe a recession is a good time to start a startup. It’s hard to say whether advantages like lack of competition outweigh disadvantages like reluctant investors. But it doesn’t matter much either way. It’s the people that matter. And for a given set of people working on a given technology, the time to act
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