From the category archives:
Singularity University, brainchild of Ray Kuzweil and other industry leaders (Nobel physicist George Smoot, for example, and Tom Byers of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Google leaders Vint Cerf and Chris DiBona, SIM City creator Will Wright; quite an impressive list), is up and running now at the NASA-Ames research center in Moffett Field, CA, [...]
{ 1 comment }
Pictures, words, ideas. If one picture equals 1,000 words, how many ideas does it generate? Is there a transitive property there? I had time over the weekend to pick up two unrelated pictures. Each covers something entirely different. Both are full of ideas.
The first, a chart by Seth Godin:
This is one of those things that [...]
{ 2 comments }
That’s right: it’s a doggy washing machine, not a faked photo, at least according to the write-up at www.davison.com in a hilarious collection called dangerously dumb designs. (Editor’s note: That page has been removed from the Davision Creators’ site, subsequent to the publishing of this post.)
The description says:
Yeah, that’s right, a dog washing machine. Traumatic and automatic. Dumb, [...]
{ 0 comments }
Try this exercise with a group of people: take out a piece of paper, take three minutes to list uses for a brick. Be creative. List as many as you can.
After the three minutes are up, share your results.
What’s this about? It turns out that most experts agree that creativity is about quantity [...]
{ 3 comments }
Committees don’t make great software. It takes a single person, an author. Maybe he gets some help. Teams don’t do it. Nobody sees the whole elephant.
I’m pretty sure I heard that basic sentiment first in about 1986, from Dave Winer, who was then the author of a Macintosh outlining program named More (now he’s better [...]
{ 1 comment }
One of my favorite quotes, by Adam Osborne talking about product development, gives way to Seth Godin talking about running your business.
Adam was a writer first, and a personal computer industry pioneer later. I met him when he spoke to my class at business school, then followed his nova-star company, Osborne Computers, as it rose and [...]
{ 2 comments }
When I saw that Bob Sutton called it “the best talk on creativity I ever saw,” I had to see it myself. He’s the author of several books I really like, a Stanford University prof, and his Work Matters blog…
{ 0 comments }
Thanks to Garr Reynolds on Presentation Zen. I don’t feel like I need to add anything, just watch the video. You can click here for the YouTube source page.
{ 0 comments }
I found this interesting. It was in David Pogue’s column last week. He’s the New York Times Technology writer: Q: David: I’ve noticed this for a year, and have not been able to get Microsoft to change it: Type “Obama”…
{ 2 comments }
I like this label. My wife bought this cheese yesterday at the local farmer’s market that runs on Tuesdays in the summer. I apologize for the quality — not the best scan — and in case you can’t read it,…
{ 1 comment }
New in My Videos: Tips for Business Plan Competitions
President and founder of Palo Alto Software. Founder of bplans.com. Most recent book is The Plan-As-You-Go Business Plan.
For more info click here ...
To contact me click here ...
Please follow me on 
Up and Running Planning Demystified
This fresh take on the planning process is my first book for Entrepreneur Press.
My step-by-step guide to starting a new business fast.
My business plan software has been the #1 best-seller for nearly a decade.
Use the Duct Tape Marketing method to create a marketing action plan and grow your business.
Manage incoming customer email easily with our low-cost Web email management tool.
