May 2012
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A Great Gutsy Ad - The New NOOK →
April 2012
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August 2011
2 posts
Business Lessons from Dictators - What Got You... →
Ideas Are Dead, Long Live Competency →
July 2011
2 posts
CEOs, are you tired of bad IT? ‘Cause it may be... →
June 2011
2 posts
Creativity Killers: How We Bite the Hand that Feed... →
Businesses Need More Coaches and Less Managers →
New blog post on The Naked Entrepreneurs -> http://thenakedentrepreneurs.com/businesses-need-more-coaches-and-less-managers/
April 2011
2 posts
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The More Facebook Friends You Have, the Dumber You... →
“NFC played an important role in SNS use. Specifically, high NFC individuals tended to use SNS less often than low NFC people, suggesting that effortful thinking may be associated with less social networking among young people.”
Click to Read the Whole Article
March 2011
3 posts
Why Pi is Wrong →
I wish I saw this in middle-school. I will be using this when teaching my own children math.
Job Titles that Go Too FAR!
OK, so a vendor of ours emailed me and I noticed they had the job title “Client Success Manager”. It’s just my opinion, but I think it is a bad idea for a job title to exceed the physical limits of human responsibility. Does this mean I can now blame my vendor for all my failures?
Anywho, it got me and my coworkers thinking of other fun job titles we could have that would...
February 2011
3 posts
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Why Freemium Works →
January 2011
2 posts
Business Software Development - Your Doing it...
Good software is probably one of the greatest demands of our age, just behind petroleum and porn. It is a wonder so few people can develop good software. When good software does come out, like Facebook, Twitter, or just about anything Apple makes, we flock to it like moths to the flame. While consumers have seen some relief as of late, businesses have not. Just about all business software...
How to Avoid the Wrath of Your Fickle Overlords →
Lifehacker has posted a wonderful 5-point article on how to manage those who manage you. As one who has some experience in the field of tyranny, I have to say that any minion of mine who followed the points outlined on lifehacker.com by Jason Fitzpatrick would most certainly NOT be killed. Check it out if regularly dream of killing those who lord over you.
Stop Dreaming About Killing Your Boss
November 2010
2 posts
Google Announces "Google Thought" - [satire]
Following the successful launch of Google Instant, where Google shows instant results as you type, Google has announced the upcoming Google Thought. Google Thought is a breakthrough in search that shows you results while you think about what you are searching for. To be released in the coming year, Google Thought is set to revolutionize the search industry again.
Google stated in the...
Why "Cutting-Edge" is B.S. →
October 2010
6 posts
GoDaddy in a Nutshell
A good friend of mine sent me this summary of his GoDaddy experience after signing up for hosting for the first time:
(1) Busiest visual layout imaginable
(2) unrelenting upsell mentality
(3) nothing happens in real time, usually there is a ‘setup period” for everything
(4) menu organization has a lot of redundancy thus making it confusing to use
(5) pretty girl covers a...
Paul Waltz: Your Fans Are Sad →
paulwaltz:
You see it everywhere…
50% off membership.*
Buy one get one free.*
3 months of FREE service.*
*New customers only
Businesses and organizations are always offering amazing deals and enticing offers to potential new customers that they have no relationship with (yet). The idea of…
Twitter Has New Look... Now with 100% more...
If you haven’t noticed, twitter now has a new layout and features available. I swear, in 2 years we won’t be able to tell the difference between Facebook and Twitter. Since they keep trying to imitate each other, why don’t they just give up the flirting and just merge already?
Look, the web needs to services: aggregation and social networking. Twitter - you’re an...
5 Marketing Lessons from Mr. Rogers (one of my... →
Fast Company explains 5 marketing tips taken from the great Mr. Rogers. Many of my generation, and younger, look up to Mr. Rogers as a prime example of a genuine and sincere television personality. He is also a strong case for how you don’t need to pander to or patronize children to hold there attention.
However, don’t think I didn’t notice his own hidden megalomania. I wish...
Capitalists are wrong, purpose motivates OVER... →
Financial incentive only motivates at a primitive level, this video shows how if you want people to produce things that really help the world, you have to treat them like people. Who knew!?! I am so glad we have science to spend decades of time and millions of dollars to tell us things I knew when I was 12 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&NR=1
September 2010
2 posts
This is a link to a web article about a scientific... →
Here is a smart-ass comment about this scientific paper and how I think it is stupid because it doesn’t agree with my non-scientific opinion OR doesn’t agree with me strongly enough.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1
The Top 11 Signs You Are a Great Oppressor →
Bob Sutton does a great job of listing all 11 qualities that make up mind of a legendary oppressor. I especially like his repeated use of the word “underling”… I like that.
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/the-top-11-signs-that-youre-a-bad-boss-bob-sutton
August 2010
5 posts
Managing Idiots for Dummies... and Other Ways to... →
Gmail's New "Priority Inbox" Helps You Better... →
Is your inbox full of pleads for mercy… or requests for wire transfers from Nigerian princes? Well, mine is. That is why I am happy to see Gmail has added the ability to tune out the masses’ incessant cries for pity so I can focus on what is truly important: Playstation store updates. If your inbox needs tamed, you will be pleased.
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How FarmVille is Trying to Enslave the Masses →
I am always looking for fresh ideas for world domination, and apparently FarmVille, the fad craze on Facebook, has a lot to offer. Here, Cracked.com, shows 6 devious ways FarmVille hooks the masses into daily monotonous slavery. Wow, I am impressed.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18709_5-devious-ways-farmville-gets-people-hooked.html
Do You Like to Play God?... well, so does this guy →
“Sandbox Game” is a term applied to games where you have no linear path to follow and the whole -virtual- world is your plaything. Standout titles are GTA, Infamous, and Red Dead Redemption. This fellow megalomaniac started a blog all about sandbox games. As a real treat, he also covers independent and underground development efforts (WTF is “Minecraft”?).
Of course, he...
Star Trek Thought of the iPad First... Now, if we... →
While I prefer Star Wars, since Darth Vader one of my role models, you got to give Star Trek the credit for predicting that in another 500 years we would have an iPad… wait! We have that now! Why is it that mankind is ahead of our “future-selves” in medicine and gadgets but we are still stuck staring at Mars????!???
Hurry up NASA! After I conquer the world, I will want to...
July 2010
12 posts
Scientists Study MMORPG to Discover Society is... →
Scientists studied over 300,000 users from the MMORPG “Pardus” to gain insights into human behavior. Study shows that people tend to respond only to positive interaction. While that may seem obvious, it goes onto point out that people will tend to ignore negative actions, like being declared an “enemy”, instead of reciprocating. In OTHER WORDS, people are sissy cowards...
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Finally, A Beer Worthy of Me →
55% alcohol by volume, over $750 a bottle, and stored in the taxidermy remains of a once living squirrel… Nothing like drinking a fine brew from an unnecessarily brutalized living creature. Bottles up!
http://www.asylum.com/2010/07/22/its-the-worlds-strongest-most-expensive-beer-inside-a-squi/
“I am convinced the only purpose left for ‘Meet the Press’ is as a...”
– Chris “The Brain” Hoyt
10 Technologies That Should Be Extinct (But... →
See the damming evidence of mankind’s humiliatingly slow progress! You should be ashamed of yourself, using old out-dated technology. Upgrading all your technology every 6 months is the only way to keep your pitiful social standing above “outcast”.
No! That isn’t a cathode-ray tube monitor on my desk…. it’s uh… uh… uh… my aquarium!...
Finally! Someone Actually Understands Time and... →
I know time travel isn’t possible, because if it was I would have already traveled back in time to share my future victories of world domination with my present self. However, if you need further proof, you can check out this great explanation of how time is all in your squishy head.
http://www.virtuescience.com/spiritual-success-forum/473-time-explained.html
Net Neutrality Explained, You Can Thank Me Later →
I explain the good, the bad, and ugly of the Net Neutrality debate on The Naked Entrepreneurs where I graciously share blogging space with formidable mortal, Todd Muffley.
http://thenakedentrepreneurs.com/understanding-net-neutrality-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
John Jantsch Thinks We Should Learn To Respect... →
In “A Return to Decency” John Jantsch writes that during this recession we should focus on being more respectful and altruistic to our customers, clients, and even competitors.
I agree, you all need to respect me more. Just think to yourselves, “What have you done to honor me today?” and the world will be a better place.
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Scientist "Copy and Paste" DNA, Press Reports It...
I was incredulous picking up the Wall Street Journal and seeing the headline, “Scientists Create Synthetic Organism”. Last I checked, scientists were still struggling with protein. Could it be true that we made some kind of quantum leap into being able to produce entire cells? Nope, not even close. As usual, the press’ pathetic drooling worship of the scientific community...
What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Poor Excuse... →
Lifehacker has posted a great description of what caffeine actually does to the human brain. My brain is too mighty for caffeine, but I figure some of you out there use this stuff. Go ahead and read this while you try to augment your pitiful neural processes with drugs. I will just sit back and laugh at your sad attempts. Here I go… Ha Ha Ha HA HA!
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The Internet is Making Us Stoopid... I think it's... →
Nicholas Carr claims the Internet is making us stupid by teaching our brains to be addicted to short entertaining factoids rather than deeply focusing and working through profound concepts and ideas.
Personal Note: must destroy this book before it ruins everything… whatever, I’m bored of it now.
http://800ceoread.com/book/show/9780393072228-The_Shallows
Cataloging Your Friends... What About Enemies? →
Liz Spencer and Ray Pahl think we have eight types of friends. But where do servants fall on their puny little graph… huh? Or for that matter, enemies!?!
I am all for reducing what could be genuine relationships into impersonal data analysis, but otherwise this graph falls short of any real usefulness for my plans to enslave mankind.
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