I read Hugh MacLeod’s excellent manifesto How To Be Creative the other day.
Hugh mentions how he started drawing on business cards, because they were small and portable and readily available. When he…
Last year at EuroGel 2006, Mark Hurst had invited David McQuillen to talk about the customer experince of Credit Suisse. One of the things he said that rung true with me is that most people who work a…
I’m a big fan of Italian food. No, scratch that. A ginormous fan. So much so that I’d easily spend 2 months of every year in Italy just for the food. And another 2 months for the climate, the nature, …
@media2007 has been announced, and I really want to go. But where? San Francisco is closer to my partner, but London is closer to home.
And I also want to go to SXSW and GEL. And of course RailsConf.…
Our company lawyer in Silicon Valley, who by all means is a very nice person, has a super-slow turnaround time. It typically takes 2 wees go get a response to an email, and promised paperwork never sh…
I’m addicted to good headsets for talking voice.
What I really want is this but for Skype.
Over the ear, light, perfect, crisp sound, and wireless, so I can move about.
Does anyone know if that’s…
Why more bars and cafes in Copenhagen don’t go smoke-free voluntarily is beyond me. Look at the numbers. 75% of your potential customers are non-smokers. And based on anecdotal evidence, people are fe…
The job of a partner, a spouse, or a friend is to help get you to a position where you can excel, where you’re free, even compelled, to do what you do best.
I hope to be that partner, that spouse, th…
I buy books like nobody’s business, at least 10 a month. But I don’t read all of them. Most, I just read a few chapters, and that’s all I need. If I’m not enjoying it, engaged, and learning, I skip ah…
