Where would I like to work? Natural light, easy access to outside, clean air, natural noises only, good view, quiet places to walk, quiet places to talk, quiet places to be alone, standing/walking desk, good internet, big wood table that is empty; full of possibilities.
This is a great interview: Clayton Christensen: The Theory of Jobs To Be Done Here are some of my favorite quotes: “For me, this is a neat idea,” Christensen writes of the Theory of Jobs to Be Done. “When we buy a product, we essentially ‘hire’ something to get a job done. If it does the […]
I just found this great quote by Dee Hock, founder and CEO of VISA. I ask each person to describe the single most important responsibility of any manager. The incredibly diverse responses always have one thing in common. All are downward looking. Management inevitably has to do with exercise of authority — with selecting employees, […]
When I was a little boy my Mom had me memorize this little poem: Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;Beginners are many, but enders are few.Honor, power, place and praiseWill always come to the one who stays. Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;Bend at it, sweat at it, smile […]
Business Week’s recent cover story on Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X300 laptop caught my attention. Can you imagine spending 2 years working on a super thin, super light laptop for release in February 2008 and then have Apple announce the MacBook Air on January 15th? What a commotion must have been had at Lenovo after Jobs’ […]
If the folks over at Gear Live have the scoop on the newest iPhone firmware update, it looks like it will add some very cool features. My favorite will absolutely be the “Locate Me” feature added to the Google Maps application. Gear Live servers are slammed right now, but here are some of the small […]
The general manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft is Craig Eisler. He’s been here now for just over 4 weeks. It’s been fun to watch him step into his new role and if nothing else watch as everyone adjusts to a new dynamic leader. Craig seems to be just that, a high energy, […]
Today Apple announced that all songs from EMI will be available free of DRM (digital rights management) limitations. In the past it was like this for EMI music on iTunes: $0.99/song $10.00/album AAC at 128 kbps All music with DRM (only playable on 5 computers, can’t burn in same playlist over 7 times, only playable […]
This is part 2 in my “Blogs I Read” series. I hope you find it useful. Unitus Microfinance Blog – Unitus Employees – Feed Unitus is a very cool company that focuses on alleviating global poverty by increasing access to microfinance. What I like best about this company is that they are proving that “doing […]
This is kind of a test, since I don’t know what kind of expertise exists with you my faithful reader, but I need some advice, or rather, I need some advice for my Dad. He’s 55+ and looking at getting back into the workforce and one option that has piqued his interest is web development. […]
David Weiss 