Archives for August, 2010
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Tweet From Bill Gates talk on Reinventing Capitalism from the Techonomy conference. Video training resources mentioned by Bill in the talk. Math – see Khan Academy as the best Physics – see Walter Levin Classical Mechanics Around minute 24 Bill talks about “Education Decoupling” (more) where you could complete the best-of-the-best course and still get [...]
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Tweet As your leader, I encourage you from time to time And always in a respectful manner to question my logic. If you’re unconvinced of a particular plan of action I’ve decided is the wisest then tell me so. But allow me to convince you and I promise you right here and now No subject [...]
Tweet We are a sponsor for this weeks IABC Luncheon “Return to Brennan’s“ with Kate Rogers, H-E-B‘s Chief Communications Officer. As part of the sponsorship we put together a presentation of just the photos starting with the days after Hurricane Ike until the 2010 Reopening. Brennan’s Rebuilding 2008-2010 View more presentations from Ed Schipul.
Tweet “Multiplayer games are the ultimate happiness engine – everyone in the games industry – all of us are already in the happiness business, as the rest of the interactive community starts to catch on to create happiness, more and more of us will be in the business of producing happiness engines.” – Jane McGonigal, [...]
Tweet “Great design is not reductionist,” (Mau) says. “A lot of current design seems to be about just getting everything down to a clean, perfect experience — which, at its worst, is stale, cold, and lifeless. I think good design should be complex and rich and even messy, like life. When you think about it, [...]
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Tweet “Microsoft wonders why people get so upset when the Windows system crashes, and they try to point out that it crashes less than Apple. But try telling that to an Apple person, and they’ll vehemently deny it. And the reason why is that Apple has been able to create a halo of good experience [...]
Tweet “You’ve always had me there to say no for you. But now, you’ll learn how to say it for yourself. The problem is, you have to remember, sometimes it’s OK to say ‘yes’.” – the Dad, Hannah Montana, Episode 61
Tweet I have to agree with Bill White’s campaign on this one. Why isn’t Rick Perry going to debate? Yes he would have to answer some tough questions, but you know, being Governor isn’t supposed to be easy. From Bill’s latest email: Rick Perry won’t answer for nearly doubling state spending, doubling state debt and [...]
Tweet Borrow ideas from elsewhere whenever it makes sense. “Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.” (Einstein) Do one thing well (the ‘UNIX philosophy’). And that was to create a great programming language that can be used anywhere. Don’t fret too much about performance – plan to optimise later when needed. Don’t [...]
Tweet “In today’s increasingly saturated product marketplace, surface appeal is not enough to elevate me-too products or services above the pack, or to yield sustained success. The harder trick is to use design to get beneath that superficial marketing level and to delve down to core business issues such as: What do people really need? [...]
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Tweet Yes it is that time of year when all of the speakers and bloggers ask for your vote for their SXSW panel. And I am no exception. For people who aren’t familiar with SXSW it is a HUGE tech & media conference held each March in Austin Texas. My panel information is below, and [...]
Tweet “I always laugh when somebody says, “don’t be so judgmental.” Being judgmental is just what we do. Not being judgmental really would be like death. Normative behavior is normal. That original self-conscious, slightly despairing glance in the mirror (together with, “Is this it?” or “Is that all there is?”) is a great enabler because [...]
Tweet When you encounter a millennial job applicant who is right out of school looking for the “perfect job”, as an older person, you think thoughts like “Hey kid, I was just served a $3 coffee by a 50 year old working a split shift of 5AM to 9AM and then 3PM to 7PM at [...]
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Tweet The Marine Corps’ style of warfare requires intelligent leaders with a penchant for boldness and initiative down to the lowest levels. Boldness is an essential moral trait in a leader for it generates combat power beyond the physical means at hand. Initiative, the willingness to act on one’s own judgment, is a prerequisite for [...]
Tweet “They are the kings. They are the queens. They write the history of the kingdom, and I am something of a devoted Jester. It is in the theory of perception that we have established our bond. Or, the lie, I should say, for which we kill. We are nothing without our image. Without our [...]
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