My favorite MC joke so far: Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. When the waiter brought our water and cutlery, I noticed he also had a spoon in his …
Category Archive: General
Regular Posts
Jan
18
I want to be like mommy!
Check out this drawing and its explanation.
Jan
03
Flickr, after I trusted you?
Hey, check out the behavior when you link to a flicker gallery from facebook. Flickr apparently detects that Facebook is parsing out the content of the page and inserts a shameless plug, ideally formatted for Facebook’s word limit. This is value-destorying behavior — it does not create any end-user utility as far as I can …
Jan
02
Vermont Foliage Photos
I’ve uploaded a new set of photos to my flickr gallery: a series from our trip up to Vermont last year.
Nov
09
A Personal Update and New Directions for the Blog
Friends, Tomorrow is my first “real” day at my new, post-graduation job. With my summer of decompression / perspective-seeking over, it makes sense that this blog is going to need to transition from a general-purpose ideas blog to more of a personal update and observations blog. Its been a terrific summer vacation, but now I …
Nov
06
Africa Photos!
Photos from my three week trip to East Africa have been posted here. Please leave comments and let me know your favorites on Flickr.
Oct
23
Kids vs. the Environment? Which is more important?
In the longstanding “kids vs. the environment” debate, one company decided to split the difference. Actually, if you click around their web site, it does appear that they are pretty forward thinking about sustainability in Maine, but at first brush, this bottle cap appears more like a plea for help. By the way, I re-enter the …
Oct
22
More on Steve Jobs
As noted by several observers, including Gizmodo, Steve Jobs was very conspicuous about sharing the stage with other product thought leaders at Apple’s latest notebook event. This seems to support my previous post, which suggested Apple would achieve enormous signaling benefit from revealing more about Apple’s strong organizational competencies. Part of my team’s original research suggested that the Apple’s …
Sep
24
Trism Strategy Guide, version 1.0
Trism, a delightful and innovative game for the iPhone, has recently become one of my obsessions, especially after spending over 15 hours on an airplane. Despite netting a reported $250K since its launch and gaining over 20,000 registered users, there is apparently no definitive guide to the strategy of the game. I’m by no means …
Sep
24
De-Jargonating the US Banking Crisis
For those looking for coverage of the US banking crisis told in plain and simple language, check out the London Daily Telegraph. While in London, I read two days of their reporting on the crisis, and was amazed about how plainly they explain the problem and its implications to their UK-based audience. Some of it …