I had the weirdest comical back-and-forth with someone trying to sell their bike to me, I thought it would be funny to share it. Here’s the quick backstory: I saw a posting for a bike for sale at the university that I teach. I tried a number of times to phone the number posted but [...] Read more – ‘How Not To Sell A Bike’.
This year I read the bestseller book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Along with a fair share of buzzwords and hype are some great bits of advice for entrepreneurs. Here’s a summary of the book broken down by chapter. Chapter 1: Good is the Enemy of Great The profound point that Collins makes is [...] Read more – ‘Going from Good to Great’.
When you set out to create a business the first step should be inspiring, thoughtful and fun. Although most proper businesses have all started with the creation of a business plan they tends to be a slow and tedious process. But it can be done differently, a business plan can be exciting, emotional and filled [...] Read more – ‘Planning a business creatively’.
This little PhotoWall project is an effort to understand more about the Flickr API and also see what is possible with Javascript and CSS3. Read more – ‘Photos From Flickr’.
This is one sadly neglected blog. I’d like to apologize for not keeping up with this publication. Let’s just say I’ve been busy. I do have big plans for this site and I hope to roll them out soon. In the meantime sign up for the mailing list and I’ll let you know what I’ve [...] Read more – ‘sorry for the absence’.
Last year the International Documentary Association put out a list of the best 25 documentary films ever made. My interest in documentaries has been growing steadily compared to my disinterest in Hollywood flics. If you’re at all interested in docs then this list is a great place to start. 1. Hoop Dreams (1994), directed by [...] Read more – ‘Documentary Movie List’.
I’ll be presenting a talk on a new topic for me at this year’s Content Convergence and Integration Conference on March 14th. The subject I’ve chosen is Service Design – a new term for designing and integrating all the various touchpoints of a brand into a new networked service. It’s a fairly new approach to [...] Read more – ‘CCI CONFERENCE TALK’.
I’m curious about genealogy. Maybe it has something to do with being Armenian and having your family tree cut off after only a few generations, but I’ve recently been looking into software to enable genealogy tracking. What I’ve found is the following software: Family Tree Maker (PC) Legacy Family Tree (PC) RootsMagic (PC) REUNION (Mac) [...] Read more – ‘Tree in a Forest’.
This is just a reminder for me to start doing some major cleaning up. It’s been a really busy year and in many aspects there has been a lot of loose ends left behind. The clean up starts now. The list starts here: My Dreamhost account: lots of stray orphans here. It’s time to round [...] Read more – ‘Clean Up Time’.
As part of the London Design Festival I attended a new opera called “The Corley Conspiracy”. The event was cowritten by a friend and collaborator Sean Starke, who is also part of the MIRROR project that I’m involved with. Based on a true story that unfolded on Usenet bulletin boards in the early 90’s, the [...] Read more – ‘The Corley Conspiracy’.
