You might have noticed that you're seeing a lot of environmentally-related posts around the blogosphere today. Today is Blog Action Day, coordinating tens of thousands of bloggers to create posts on one broad topic: the environment. Why I support The WILD Foundation My favorite environmental group is The WILD Foundation up in Boulder. They have … [Read more...] about Blog Action Day
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What Problem Do You Solve?
One of the more useful ways to look at the world through your customer's eyes instead of your own is to ask what problem you're solving. If you're Apple, you can create a product that solves the "I don't have that object, and now that I've seen it I desperately want it" problem. Jimmy Choo solves that problem … [Read more...] about What Problem Do You Solve?
Welcome to the brave new world
Remember that little Meatball Sundae post I made, about how you do something that isn't very smart and it's spread enthusiastically by millions of typing monkeys all over the Internet? If only I'd had the benefit of this example. (With thanks to Burns Auto Parts for the pointer, and their link.) Well-known site steals an image from Flickr … [Read more...] about Welcome to the brave new world
What Happens When an Agnostic Follows the Bible Literally for One Year?
Wildly off topic, I know. (Then again, what's on topic here?) But you can't deny it's remarkable."What was the hardest for your wife to put up with?" "The bible says you shouldn’t sit in a seat where an “impure” woman has sat. My wife didn’t like that, so in retaliation, she sat on every seat in our apartment. I was forced to do a … [Read more...] about What Happens When an Agnostic Follows the Bible Literally for One Year?
