I’ve been using it for awhile as a sort of behind the scenes application but I was talking to some friends that shockingly had never heard of it. If you have heard of the app If This, Then That go check it out in your app store of choice or at ifttt.com. Essentially what the…
The longer I stop writing for, the fewer ideas I have at the end of the break.
I’ve just noticed a fascinating relationship between writing and ideas. The more often you write, the more ideas you have about what to write next. The less often you write, the fewer ideas you have about what to write next. In hindsight, this is probably a very obvious relationship but it has re-opened my eyes…
Can real estate actually directly impact employee productivity?
Over the years architecture firms (and more recently real estate firms) have claimed that the right workplace strategy and design can improve employee productivity. It’s a bold claim because an increase in productivity is the same thing as reducing costs while increasing revenues. Improved productivity is the Holy Grail of business operations. As I’ve dealt…
Nate Silver was right, saying otherwise is just misleading.
This one is a little late given that the election was a month ago but I still think it is worthwhile given the opinions I still hear about his performance. I’m walking out of this election with an increased respect for Nate Silver and the work he is doing at fivethirtyeight.com. Statistics and prediction modeling…
Apologies for the absence. Hopefully back to our regular scheduling (which often includes absences I suppose…)
Had some things going on the kept me from posting but should be back to a normal schedule. Thanks for sticking by…..there were several weeks that actually had more visitors than I had when actually posting regularly! Hope you stick around for the new stuff too.
Thanksgiving 2016, the start of another holiday season.
Oddly, I haven’t written a Thanksgiving post since 2013! I find this to be surprising as it is one of my favorite holidays. There are no serious obligations, there is lots of family, it is generally relaxing, and I just overall love it. I hope that everyone has a great holiday season and is exactly…
Thinking on debates, late-game comebacks and what it means to the day-to-day
I stayed up way too late last night watching the 2nd US Presidential debate and the hours of post-debate media spin afterwards. This is the first presidential election of my lifetime that I can be involved in where I actually think there is a substantive difference between the two candidates (by this I mean that…
Are you doing things wrong because of unspoken assumptions?
I was in a meeting the other day when it suddenly hit me that a long running discussion I had been part of was completely wrong because we had never questioned the core assumptions underpinning our various arguments. There was a fatal flaw in our logic that prevented either of us from being correct and…
This year we have (hopefully) seen the rock bottom of the privatized, two-party political system.
This election year in the US has been crazy. It featured a primary season with top candidates from both parties calling out unfair practices by their own parties and an election season featuring two of the least popular figures to run for president of all time. Our options are essentially the least liked ever. No…
Have you re-evaluated your workplace post-implementation situation?
My couple of years of professional work was spent doing AutoCAD for all kinds of industrial sites and office layouts. I got very good at quickly going through lots of iterations to give project managers a lot of choices for what they could do. I did not do a very good job at really understanding…