Archive for May 2008

Content Competition — Google Reader Feature Request

Rss feeds are plethora. The time has come, lets make this RSS thing a competition.
I read 100’s of rss instances most every day. Some of them are great, some of them are… well… to my mind, so-so. Maybe this feed is that way for you, I don’t know. I want, and maybe you do to, a graphical [...]

Digital Porch

It seems that back in the days when porches were the architectural norm we in America had far less anonymity on a whole than we do now. I wonder if it has anything to do with porches and neighborhoods and lifestyles all being set up to support a community of people living together in a [...]

Match Up: Fear v. Embraced Awkwardness

Coldwell Banker v. Edina Reality (Twin Cities Market)
Coldwell is taking a threat and fear approach. Edina is taking a user oriented human approach. First, Coldwell. Why do they think this will motivate me? Apparently they think I will have a feeling in the future and that because of that they think that I should act? [...]

Imagine an Active Imagination

Technological change is accelerating, and frankly, our day dreams just aren’t keeping up with it. — Seth Godin

What’s crazy and seems totally unfeasible to you right now? What ideas do you have? What does your preferred future look like? Do you actively daydream? Do you intend on imagining? 
Are you so overwhelmed with the drastic change occurring around you like many I know that you [...]

Innovation: Lessons from the Military

“That’s the thing about the Military, you learn to never do anything the same way twice. If you do, the second time the enemy recognizes the pattern and the third time they are waiting for you.”

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting and talking with a WWII Aviation Mechanic, Paul, at my Brother In-Law’s groom’s dinner this weekend. [...]

Blogging — it’s like being in school

Blogging is like being back in school again. When you are blogging you have to discipline yourself to sit down and intentionally write and produce content, to think in text. It changes the way you see the world because you are looking to create and think about content. Thus, blogging is like education for you [...]