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Great Thinkers

• 02.02.08
  Yes We Can
  Great Thinkers
  
  
• 12.20.07
  Top 5 Social Media Bookmarkers
  Great Thinkers

  Apologies for my blogging absence. I have been cranking away on a few projects that have involved a bunch of travel and unfortunately its left me with little time. I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite bookmarkers on Del.icio.us. These folks are really my lifeblood for inspiration. They are my private research army. Just as many people check their Google Reader daily, I constantly check my Del.icio.us network for updates. Often times these links and comments become the starting point for conversations and/or blog posts. Without my network, I would be decidedly less knowledgeable. I could go into detail ...
  
  
• 12.10.07
  We Feel Fine: More Than Meets The Eye
  Great Thinkers

  Jonathan Harris has launched his new project, The Whale Hunt. I love Jonathan’s work, particularly We Feel Fine, a website I believe to be not only a digital art masterpiece, but also one of the most complex and sophisticated prediction applications in existence. Most people don’t understand why when I initially explain so I thought I would explain via a blog musing. Although Jonathan never intends for the his site to be used as I will propose, I think the future possibilities for such technology are simultaneously frightening and exhilarating. Before reading further, I highly suggest playing with We Feel Fine ...
  
  
• 09.03.07
  Counterculture 2.0
  Great Thinkers, Social Media

  There are some very interesting posts going around that are starting to touch on something that became very apparent to me yesterday ’“ history is repeating itself. Normally I consider my parents a lost-cause when it comes to social media and web 2.0, but this weekend my father blew me away with some off-hand comments about what I had thought were the latest in innovative '2.0 thinking' and architecture. When my father was younger he was a hippie -- one of many. My dad was so swayed by the ideas of the then 'counterculture' that he packed up his bags ...
  
  
• 08.12.07
  Best Books for an MBA
  Great Thinkers

  As the New York Times recently highlighted, a business student (or CEO’s) best friend is a well-constructed library. The following are the books that I highly recommend to any current, aspiring, or ’damn, why did I go to law school!’ MBA student. Certain titles may be a bit 'atypical' at first glance; indeed they are anything but. [Note: each title links to the listing on Amazon.com] The Power of Productivity Atlas Shrugged Against the Gods The Little Prince WSJ Guide to Understanding Money & Investing Wikinomics The Art of War The Long Tail George Soros on Globalization When Genius Failed Guns Germs & Steel Beating the Street The Pyramid Principle Innovator’s Dilemma Art of ...
  
  
• 06.22.07
  What Type of Blogger Are You?
  Great Thinkers, Social Media

  I have come to the conclusion that there are three types of bloggers: Proactive, Reactive and Insight. Proactive bloggers are people consistently posting original and innovative ideas. They may post about personal observations, research, develop theories, or keep online journals. A good example is Noah Kagan from Okdork. I enjoy Noah’s blog immensely because he doesn’t write about the same stuff everyone else does ’“ he develops original content. Reactive bloggers are the people who provide value to readers by aggregating and hyper-linking. This is probably the least popular form of blogging because it provides (IMO) the least value to readers. The ...
  
  
• 05.31.07
  Theory Week: Mahalo Principle
  Brands and Marketing, Great Thinkers, Social Media

  I have been reading a lot of Duncan Watts recently and I’ve been getting into network analysis theory. Duncan wrote Six Degrees, a book I will review at a later date, and he also penned a recent article in the New York Times discussing ’cumulative advantage,’ or the idea of the rich getting richer. The point of this post is to suggest renaming this concept the ’Mahalo Principle.’ Here is why’ Undoubtedly you have heard someone allude to the ’rich keep getting richer’ - It sure seems that way. Turns out that there is a factual basis for this relating ...
  
  
• 05.30.07
  Theory Week: The Peter Principle
  Great Thinkers

  The Peter Principle, formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, states "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." The gist is that employees of a business or organization are normally promoted to their highest level of competence, after which further promotion raises them to a level at which they may become incompetent A key concept is that an employee's incompetence is not necessarily a result of a higher-ranking position being "more difficult." Instead, the cause may be that the new position is sufficiently different to require separate skill sets, which the employee may not possess. A common ...
  
  
• 05.28.07
  Theory Week: Say’s Law
  Entrepreneurship, Great Thinkers

  This week I plan to talk about some theories I have come across recently and that I think are worth mentioning. The first one that comes to mind is Say's Law, which states ’Demand cannot exist without Supply.’ I was thinking of Say’s Law in the context of an encounter my best friend had with someone just the other day. When the two met and started talking shop, my friend introduced himself as an 'entrepreneur' whereas this individual introduced himself as an 'inventor.' What’s the difference? To me an entrepreneur is someone who sees a void or an opportunity that currently exists in ...
  
  

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