Friday, August 25, 2006
One Second and 34 Years: Paula Scher
A wonderful video interview with designer Paula Scher :: AdobeStudio feature : Scher ::
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Watch "“Girl From The North Country” – Television Performance" on Google Video
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash: “Girl From The North Country” – Television Performance
“Girl From The North Country” – Television Performance
Description:
Bob Dylan was a guest on Johnny’s first show in July 1969, and this duet was taped at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.
Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Website List
Always fun to see what Big Media has to say about what's cool online:
http://www.time.com/time/2006/50coolest/index.html
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
How to Run A Meeting and Other Things To Learn
Guy Kawasaki has a great post today on his blog:
Two particularly useful snipets:
Number 3: How to run a meeting. Hopefully, you’ll be running meetings soon. Then you need to undestand that the primary purpose of a business meeting is to make a decision. It is not to share experiences or feel warm and fuzzy. With that in mind, here are five key points to learn about running a meeting: (1) Start on time even if everyone isn’t there because they will be next time; (2) Invite the fewest people possible to the meeting; (3) Set an agenda for exactly what’s going to happen at the meeting; (4) End on time so that everyone focuses on the pertinent issues; (5) Send an email to all participants that confirms decisions reviews action items. There are more power tips for running good meetings, but if you do these five, you’re ahead of 90% of the world.
Number 9: How to write a five-sentence email. Young people have an advantage over older people in this area because older people (like me) were taught to write letters that were printed on paper, signed, stuck in an envelope, and mailed. Writing a short email was a new experience for them. Young people, by contrast are used to IMing and chatting. If anything, they’re too skilled on brevity, but it’s easier to teach someone how to write a long message than a short one. Whether UR young or old, the point is that the optimal length of an email message is five sentences. All you should do is explain who you are, what you want, why you should get it, and when you need it by.
Two particularly useful snipets:
Number 3: How to run a meeting. Hopefully, you’ll be running meetings soon. Then you need to undestand that the primary purpose of a business meeting is to make a decision. It is not to share experiences or feel warm and fuzzy. With that in mind, here are five key points to learn about running a meeting: (1) Start on time even if everyone isn’t there because they will be next time; (2) Invite the fewest people possible to the meeting; (3) Set an agenda for exactly what’s going to happen at the meeting; (4) End on time so that everyone focuses on the pertinent issues; (5) Send an email to all participants that confirms decisions reviews action items. There are more power tips for running good meetings, but if you do these five, you’re ahead of 90% of the world.
Number 9: How to write a five-sentence email. Young people have an advantage over older people in this area because older people (like me) were taught to write letters that were printed on paper, signed, stuck in an envelope, and mailed. Writing a short email was a new experience for them. Young people, by contrast are used to IMing and chatting. If anything, they’re too skilled on brevity, but it’s easier to teach someone how to write a long message than a short one. Whether UR young or old, the point is that the optimal length of an email message is five sentences. All you should do is explain who you are, what you want, why you should get it, and when you need it by.
SABADABADA: Devoted to BRAZILIAN RECORDS of the 1960's and 1970's
More than 10,000 images of Album art from Brasil.
Bob Dylan Says Technology Sucks
Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.
"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Go All The Way!
"If you are going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start."
Charles Bukowski - line from his poem Roll the Dice.
Charles Bukowski - line from his poem Roll the Dice.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Another Useful Invention: The Popularity Dialer
Everyday I seem to stumble across a great new invention or innovation. The Popularity Dialer is one I learned about today. They are still working on some of the bugs, but it's worth a try...
Click here to try: http://popularitydialer.com/index.php
Click here to try: http://popularitydialer.com/index.php
Are You Experienced?
"Good judgement comes from experience...Experience comes from good judgement."
I saw this quote this past weekend on St. Marks Street in NYC and it got me thinking...so I thought I would pass it along to you. Enjoy.
I saw this quote this past weekend on St. Marks Street in NYC and it got me thinking...so I thought I would pass it along to you. Enjoy.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Fuzzy Math 2.0
Read some of the buzz going on around BusinessWeek's hyped up article about Web 2.0 companies:Signals vs. Noise blog from the folks at 37Signals...click here.
Scott Rosenberg from Salon...click here.
And a hilarious blog post by 9Rules founders...click here.
I don't have much to add to what these folks have already said except that for those of us who were around for the last bubble we definately learned that good old fashioned business sense is how to build real value: stay focused on building a company with useful products, real customers, and a solid business model.
More about how we are doing just that over at our corporate blog: The OrganizedWisdom Experience here.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Design Suggestions for Old School Brands
Check out this site for a fun look at how old school brands might update their logos for the Web 2.0 world...
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