Here’s Henry Blodget, writing for Business Insider: Over the past few days, the latest round of purported pictures of Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 5 have hit the web. And I can’t be the only potential customer who is deflated by what they see. In fact, I’ll go far enough to say that, if the iPhone 5
Read More...I have spent 25 years in the software implementation business. I have two principles for success that I’ve told each of my clients: Trial and error is not an implementation strategy, and Don’t do a terrific job customizing the new software to work the way your old software does. If you can follow these, you
Read More...Slate’s Farhad Manjoo discusses the conceptual zenith of internet retailing: It’s hard to overstate how thoroughly this move will shake up the retail industry. Same-day delivery has long been the holy grail of Internet retailers, something that dozens of startups have tried and failed to accomplish. (Remember Kozmo.com?) But Amazon is investing billions to make
Read More...Imagine this. An adviser tells an employer that by introducing a working practice they could cut costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve productivity and make life better for their workforce. Should the employer listen hard and think how to make it work for the organization? Or should they say, ’It sounds like a good idea,
Read More...It’s a weird week, what with the 4th of July falling smack in the middle of it, but I’m confident the following two videos will: Be entertaining Contain moving images Whiten your teeth as we head into the weekend. Enjoy. Wes Anderson’s American Express Ad Considered to be his finest commercial. (Best line — WES:
Read More...My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson Politics and polemics aside, America enjoys freedoms no other country can claim. Let’s think about that today, and celebrate it. We’re luckier than we know. Happy July
Read More...This quote is from Ira Glass, and it’s about working hard in creative endeavors so that your output can eventually match your ambitions, but this is worth hanging on your wall no matter what your business. If more people kept fighting, even when things are far from where they’d like, everyone would be so much
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Read More...Creating and Protecting Team Culture: A Worthwhile Fight Despite too much coffee, here I will attempt to riff about company culture, because many organizations talk about it like it’s a thing they have, something plugged into an outlet that employees can admire. I’ve heard it before, and I’ve seen companies use their culture as a
Read More...If you don’t think it’s possible to be excited about a thermostat, well, I’m here to say you haven’t been paying attention. I just got my Nest Learning Thermostat installed, and it’s way more interesting than you might think. And yes, it’s just a thermostat. You know, for your home. One of the key figures
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