Tag Archives: Business

I had the opportunity to spend last Wednesday with Seth Godin.  Seth is a guy that I think has a great story, and is someone whom I hold in high...

I recently got a friendly reminder from an application I use extensively on my computer called Growl.  If you own a Mac, you probably use Growl as well.  It is...

It’s considered high-minded right now to come out railing against patents.  Everyone is doing it, from Mark Cuban to Fred Wilson to Twitter. It seems to me that the picture...

There is a big difference in the question of “what if” vs. “so what if.” They are two completely different ways of looking at every decision or circumstance one is...

I am reading a fascinating book right now called The Master Switch : The Rise and Fall of  Information Empires by Tim Wu.  The premise of the book is that information...

The question that trumps all other questions when starting out with a new idea: “What is the question you are answering?” If you can’t articulate a concise response in less...

There are times when it’s appropriate to take on new things.  Opportunities present themselves that seem like they will lead somewhere, and so time and energy is committed and spent....

I write a lot on this blog about stupid things that businesses do, not so much to be critical of them but to remind all of us that every single...

A few weeks back I was having breakfast with Bruce Benedict, the proprietor and creator of Cardiphonia.  Cardiphonia is a music label in the 21st century sense of the word,...

I spent the week between Christmas and New Years in Tulsa, OK visiting family.  On one of the days my wife and I decided to go get some coffee (or...

A man with two clocks never knows the time. A man cannot serve two masters. These independent thoughts have in common the distraction of having two of something.  In the...

I rarely delve into politics on this blog.  The reason for this is that I aim primarily for this blog to be informative and interesting, and politics is usually neither....

A few years back I went to see a Switchfoot concert at a college nearby.  At the time I knew who they were, but would not have considered myself a...

I am guilty many times of rushing to judgement about how widespread technology adoption is among the general population in the US.  I often presume that because I know about...

I have been a customer of Gmail since 2004.  Since that time, nearly all of my email has been stored with Google.  It’s something I fret about from time to...

I realized this past week that I have been guilty of not trying to build a company, but rather building something that might sell someday.  It’s not that selling your...

I came across this comparison chart today that reminded me of the early days of the browser wars between Microsoft and everyone else.  If you don’t follow such things, Microsoft...

I remember being on a plane ride back in 2002 or 2003 where a good friend of mine and I got into a lively discussion about how to save the...