A talk about me, my family and the things we love to do
For a while now I have been ranting within the company I work for that we throw away too much data – with particular emphasis on throwing away the data we have about our customers. As I listened to the TWIST #38 (This Week In Start Ups with Jason Calacanis) Jason absolutely nailed this point to the wall. He [...]
Dod Dodge is a very cool guy. He was ousted from Microsoft a few months back and has taken up residency at Google. He has a great post here in regards to goals and kicking butt. Google sets impossible bodacious goals…and then achieves them. The engineering mindset of solving the impossible problem is part of [...]
Image via Wikipedia They announced WordCamp Chicago 2010 yesterday – the dates have been locked in for June 5 & 6, still waiting on the venue. But things look to be shaping up real nice. Last years event was excellent and this year is looking even better. I know the big difference is going to [...]
Image by fredcavazza via Flickr EDIT: Apologies to John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing, he points out in the comments I was acting very “dubious” and ironically questionable in my fair use of his article. This was not at all intentional. Please find the additional credits/links as repentance of the violation. It was a really [...]
Not sure if I’d call it new – but I guess mainstream either way. There’s a new tool that can help companies predict sales for the coming weeks, or decide whether to increase inventories or put items on sale in certain stores. Businesses Can Use Twitter to Predict Sales – WSJ.com. Related articles by Zemanta [...]
A good quote as we get prepared to end this year and start the next. Nothing happens as fast as you’d like but if you have a longer term horizon, it is amazing what you can accomplish. A Lot Can Happen In Five Years.
It’s a great logo – I’m not sure I could have even dreamed one up better. This particular version I modified a bit. The template really needs a wider then tall logo – so I bumped the buy over to the left and then made it a titch bigger. Jump over to buytomsstuff.com to see [...]
Image by arnold | inuyaki via Flickr I’m thinking of getting a case, unless you think that will not be enough. I can’t imagine cheeseburger’s in a can not being wildly popular. Nothing could be easier to prepare: Just heat the can in a water bath, open the lid, and enjoy your delicious cheeseburger! Never [...]
Google Latitude is cool – and now a bit cooler. Make sure to friend your friends. Google Latitude Now Tracks Location History, Alerts You to Nearby Friends.
There is a lot of act like a “start up” talk going around the Gazette these days. Here is a quick set of concepts of “What Startups Are Really Like” Unconsciously, everyone expects a startup to be like a job, and that explains most of the surprises. It explains why people are surprised how carefully [...]