Category Archives: ramblings
email with intention and purpose
Trudging my way through my inbox this morning, I encountered an email newsletter product update announcement that I actually enjoyed reading. The message didn’t even matter. The experience was everything. Sadly, this joy was an unexpected sensation.
In theory, there is no dfference in time or cost for good communication over poor communication. One way [...]
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Lifetime Customer Value
Yeah, so, I’m a geek, and this is hawt.
<network>
<item object=”connection”>269</item>
<item object=”density”>0.101</item>
<item object=”betweenness”>0.225</item>
<item object=”closeness”>0.700</item>
</network>
Someday, remind me to talk to you more about my obsession with Lifetime Customer Value [...]
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Apparently 1 small step is better than 0 huge steps
Profound huh?
Of course it isn’t. That’s just simple math, or physics, or something. Whatever it is, it isn’t deep. But, I needed to say it out loud to myself.
I’ve been sitting on a blog post for 3 days now, because I’m trying to say too much. It has three parts, and each part has 3 [...]
I’m proud of your information linking abilities, now what are you doing?
A couple of things have been picking at scabs on my mind:
At a recent SVASE event Steve Blank asked whether people were evangelizing the religion or practicing the religion. (mp3)
There are a shit-ton (not sure if that’s metric or not) of links and quotations on twitter.
“Wanted to buy a book at SFMOMA this morning, [...]
Three Rules of Work
Out of clutter find simplicity
From discord find harmony
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
– Albert Einstein
[ via minimalmac.com ]
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seeing patterns
Much more important than working hard is knowing how to find the right thing to work on. Paying attention to what is going on in the world. Seeing patterns. Seeing things as they are rather than how you want them to be. Being able to read what people want. Putting yourself in the right place [...]
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