You don’t always get to make decisions on the timeframe that you would prefer. Sometimes circumstances dictate what you are able to do. Often, this is considered a bad thing but it doesn’t have to be. Constricted timelines force you to think outside the box and take risks that you normally wouldn’t. Often they will…
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Long week, few posts, off we go
Sorry for the slow week. It’s been that weird and perfect storm of personal and professional lives meeting in a giant storm called 30 hours a day 8 days a week. Let’s just say it’s been crazy. Hopefully back to normal here soon.
Culture and the Art of the 24 hour day.
Sometimes you get exposed to a new culture on your terms. Sometimes you get exposed to it on their terms. And then sometimes you get exposed to it for a week straight of non-stop activity in which you don’t get away from it. Certainly a great way to learn quickly. Too often when we think…
A solution in search of a problem…or the reply-all button
Slashdot carries the news out of Nielsen that they are disabling the Reply-All button. Specifically with the goal of “eliminating ‘bureaucracy and inefficiency.’” This strikes me as the classic case of a solution in search of a problem. Or maybe a technology lead in search of some way to seem effective. The Reply-All has been…
SPAM in the age of technological innovation
We often think of SPAM as being an email phenomenon (or a food if you go that way). But it’s not. SPAM is anything which interrupts our lives with no value add. Many new technology innovations are focused on making communications easier or packaging them differently. Watch out. It’s a trap! Once you are labeled…
The joys of #uncertainty and how it can make you stronger
Uncertainty is a wonderful thing which will allow you to open up capabilities you never even knew you had. Whether it is uncertainty of what your tasks are, your job description, what “success” looks like in your world or something else entirely, uncertainty can be a wonderfully freeing concept. In real estate, uncertainty is a…
Today I relax and get ready for Thanksgiving.
I have a lot to be thankful for, but today the blogosphere doesn’t get the joys of it. It’s been a long, hard few months and it’s time to take some time for myself. Enjoy the holidays all!
#WhiteSpace in the midst of the #noise – the art of selection
Sometimes the gift of the artist is knowing when to leave the canvas blank. Knowing that less can be more – the choice of what is left out carries more weight than what was included. Adding “just one more feature” takes no skill at all. Choosing to leave out that feature though – that’s hard….
Sometimes the better solution just doesn’t win… #winning
…and that’s ok. Building the best widget to solve a problem is great, but if you can’t deliver it at a price the market wants or in a way the market wants they won’t buy it. Sometimes simple and stripped down is the best path. Having every feature possible can actually be a negative. Let’s…
No one ever wants to go first but they also don’t want to be last. #FirstMover
Amazing thing about early adopters – they can be hard to find for small audience tools. Getting the first really active users to show up can be the hardest thing. There’s something comforting to people about knowing that others have blazed the trail before them. But at the same time, most people want to be…