Archives for “Creativity”
Tweet Core values from a presentation at sxsw 2009 by zappos.
Tweet As the company has grown over the years, I have hit a number of tipping points that were unexpected and hurt the company. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a book that predicts these moments accurately and I know few people who have organically grown a 30+ employee 13 year old technology and [...]
Tweet OVO production by Cirque de Soleil which runs March 10 to April 10, 2011 in Houston! Note: there is no photography at the show. I was there with a media pass. And more photos to follow as I get a chance to process them.
Tweet The thing is, I really like saying yes. I like new things, projects, plans, getting people together and doing something, trying something, even when it’s corny or stupid. I am not good at saying no. And I do not get along with people who say no. When you die, and it really could be [...]
Tweet The most exciting thing for the schipul crew today, besides being able to serve our clients who are the reason we exist, was definitely the Monster cover DrupalRap. Created by ahughes3, dstagg and bpotter in conjunction with a conspiracy to reduce productivity for the entire company last week, I think they did an awesome [...]
Tweet At this moment, there is one YouTube celebrity with more subscribers than anyone else. It’s not Lady Gaga. It’s not Justin Bieber, either. More than 3 million fans on YouTube have signed up to receive updates and videos from Ryan Higa, a college student in Las Vegas, who was raised in Hilo, Hawaii. – NPR
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Tweet don’t be a d*ck Part II Part III “Skepticism isn’t teaching people what to think; it’s teaching people how to think. You don’t accomplish that by telling them that everything they know is wrong.” – twisted physics
Tweet We are not talking here about the kind of notebook that is patently for public consumption, a structural conceit for binding together a series of graceful pensées; we are talking about something private, about bits of the mind’s string too short to use, an indiscriminate and erratic assemblage with meaning only for its maker.” [...]
Tweet “…as agreeable an idea as “Creativity for its own sake” is, it’s not particularly sustainable, financially rewarding or emotionally satisfying over the long run. Human beings are hardwired to embrace “Creativity With Purpose”- i.e.create stuff that actually has real value to ourselves and other people. Creativity is tied into our evolution as a species [...]
Tweet I emailed out to the company today’s quote of the day, something we do internally, with the three quotes below. But given how popular advice from 37 Signals is among some of my employees, I wanted to add some commentary (after the jump). And BTW, I definitely agree with these three quotes from Rework. [...]
Tweet Ifest photos from my camera are posted on the ifest web site in two galleries. 2009 International Festival Saturday 4-25 2009 International Festival Sunday 4-26 One of my favorites is bubbles over houston.
Tweet Great lecture on the Myth of Innovation by Scott Berkun. “As our business grows, it becomes increasingly necessary to delegate responsibility and to encourage men and women to exercise their initiative. This requires considerable tolerance. Those men and women, to whom we delegate authority and responsibility, if they are good people, are going to [...]
Tweet It is a common mantra in marketing that our brands live in the mind of the consumer. A recent television commercial for a major software brand quotes the Chief Marketing Officer of a major beverage brand saying “Our brands are owned by the consumers who love them.” Or as the Social Customer blog quotes: [...]