The Toxic Nature of Email
I haven’t written a blog post in a week. I travelled for a couple of days for work and decided to get some sleep on those days rather than staying up into the wee hours as I often do when I travel. …
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App is Crap: APPsolute Power Corrupts
I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. These phones were so over hyped. They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.” Gag. I …
New Nielsen Study Shows 75.6% of All Statistics are Fake
The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. Stats sell. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. People then parrot them around like they’re fact when most of them are complete bullsh*t. People throw them around at …
Bad Sales Tactics: Crocodile Salesman
When I worked in London there were a ton of Aussies. I love working with Aussies because their outlook on life seems very similar to what I grew up with in California. Pretty laid back and non-hierarchic. I also loved learning all …
Winning the Muggles: Designing for the Mainstream
Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “Techies and Normals” in which he defined “Techies” as people who are not just “early adopters” but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Normals (or “Muggles” as Catarina Fake called …
4 Steps to Becoming Healthy with Digital Assistance
Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. That’s always stuck with me. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the …
Productivity Hacks: Three Simple Tricks
I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest). Like many of you, though, I’m always struggling with productivity drains …
Establishing Social Media Friending Etiquette on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
I sometimes think that certain advice is BGO (blinding glimpse of the obvious) and doesn’t warrant mentioning. But then people’s actions tell me otherwise. I wrote recently about etiquette when you meet people at conferences or events so now that I have …
LeWeb09 Advice: How To Re-Introduce Yourself
Right after Techcrunch50 Michael Arrington wrote this great post on how to interact at business events and conferences. If you haven’t read it, I’ll give you the summary version: When approaching somebody at a show be polite / respectful of time, try …
What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI
I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In case it’s not obvious, it’s a play on the Nike slogan, “Just Do It.”) I believe that being successful as an …