I dropped two generalist feeds from my Google RSS Reader, both well ranked and known. I’m convinced feeds need to be specific. These feeds publish a couple of good posts per quarter but the rest of the content (such as US election candidates) I couldn’t care less about. I want specific information else in some [...]
At Deutsche Bank we had a saying for idea testing. “Can you monetise it?” Systems can be like a salesperson. If you are going to buy into the value add argument would you employ Facebook to distract hundreds of employees? Facebook and it’s fans claim it brings many advantages to business. What is the opportunity [...]
All this Facebook hate is misguided. The reality is that Facebook users and Facebook are in a bi-lateral agreement after terms are accepted. Then Facebook provides the ability to let users show what they want in the application. In some cases they don’t give the user choice such as this new feature of revealing what [...]
I tried not keeping a list for a couple of weeks. This was a bit weird for me. I’ve always run lists even though I often get distracted from them. Still it is there in the back of my head like a personal assistant ready to remind you of the tasks at hand. Lists in [...]
Appropriate Friday afternoon find by our CEO, Peter Cooper. We are all thirsty for a Victoria Bitter and we’ve all done it at BBQ’s, but not this well!
If you are in a room with 100 people representing the buying power of the global economy only 1 or 2 of them are Australians. I realised how small we were when I stood in a Tokyo train station. This photo isn’t in rush hour – it was too hard to take. Humanity in your [...]
Loic Jean Albert is one man who can fly. This guy will die some day but he certainly will have lived a life only a few can are willing to pay the exit price to experience. Found via Doc Searls
For people without investment banking backgrounds this could make or save you a fortune. Worst case it might take the blinkers of your eyes around the topic of free or cheap options that are all around us. There’s a simple test to see if something is like a option. Have you been given the right [...]
I witnessed 3 very well dressed army personnel clear their remembrance day fund raising supplies in double quick time. This happens every year but it is normally school kids doing the volunteer selling who take a couple of hours to sell down the stock for a good cause. This year however the higher profile image [...]
What is it in humans that causes the massive disconnect between knowledge acquired and knowledge executed? There are obviously a bunch of blockers at work. Here’s some of them but feel free to add to the list via comments and I’ll republish the full list down the track: Knowledge overwhelm. Leads to decision confusion. Not [...]
In person peoples views are far more open and authentic, even more so than the openness of their blog entries. This is simply because the risks are lower. That’s all it is, the risks. The risks are: looking bad (dumb, stupid, ignorant etc) offending others (customers, minority groups etc) being logged on the electronic record [...]
I find that when a list is used for planning my day I get a lot more done. The most unproductive days in my life are random unplanned ones. However at the same time they create expectation about how much I should have done once the day was over versus the actual outcome. This can [...]
Cool Hunting points out Japans forever-ahead-of-the-curve answer to the reusable shopping bag. Far less likely to lead to social death when you use them to take stuff to BBQ’s. Who will print the first version with Elvis on the side? Even a Sudoku puzzle? Hit Ponoko , spec it and it could be you!
Are we being too quick to ‘damn’ the ‘dams’? Is it better for the environment if we humans produce 1,000,000 water tanks and the required pipes, pumps, controls and labour or alternately build a 1,000,000 person supplying dam using the utility approach? I got to thinking about this today whilst looking into water tanks. My [...]
Went to my old home town and saw family, some fast Red Bull Pylon Planes and met some very cool customers of Saasu.com. See my post on the Saasu.com blog about business travel. Perth is in a buzz thanks to the mining boom.