Finding Focus at Odd Hours Of the Night

August 2, 2009

I’m not a morning person. I’ve always believed I’m most productive after about 8pm — something that I have tried to change a few times, but to no avail. However, reading Paul Graham’s most recent essay was an eye-opener and, I believe, explains my nocturnal habits. Simply put — people who are at least partially [...]

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My Twitter Links: Week of 7/27

August 2, 2009

[16 links shared this week] -New book ‘extreme architecture’ has some amazing images (via coolhunting) http://bit.ly/IxteZ -Support Iran by donating old thumb drives http://bit.ly/kG8Zc -These donuts look amazing! (Psycho Donuts by PSFK) http://bit.ly/16Cskq -George Dyson on Economics, People and Machines | Leveraging Ideas http://bit.ly/XjWbu -11 Famous People Who Were in the Completely Wrong Career at [...]

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Decision Making and Communications at Goldman Sachs

July 30, 2009

…Another thing that makes Goldman different from other firms is not that all Goldman bankers agree but that they are free—and, in fact, encouraged—to disagree. Anyone who has read accounts of Goldman’s knockdown, drag-out fights over going public will understand this, as will anyone who has read two great books about Goldman: The Partnership and [...]

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George Dyson on Economics, People and Machines

July 28, 2009

George Dyson: Theory of Games and Economic Misbehavior (EDGE #295) …the current misbehavior of our economy, however much it reflects misbehavior by human individuals and institutions, is more a reflection of the behavior of self-reproducing machines and self-replicating codes. We measure our economy in money, not in things. In the age of self-reproducing automata, we [...]

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No One Wants Your Crappy Web App

July 20, 2009

My friend Peter delivered a great talk at Ignite Baltimore titled No One Cares About Your Crappy Web App. Watch it. Then go read Tim O’Reilly’s Work on Stuff that Matters,  watch Tim’s interview and checkout the response by ReadWriteWeb. Finally read some of Umair Haque’s stuff writings, including: A User’s Guide to 21st Century [...]

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A Twitter Haiku

June 14, 2009

tweets connect afar other substitutes be damned I’d choose a handshake

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Recognize Sunk Costs and Move On

May 27, 2009

I am re-posting a few paragraphs from my friend Michael Karnjanaprakorn’s most recent post: A New Path. Michael’s doing some exciting stuff with All Day Buffet and I wish him the best! …A couple of weeks ago, I had breakfast with Annie Duke (professional poker player) who told me a great life lesson and story [...]

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Streams: Layers and Data

May 25, 2009

This past week TechCrunch jumped on the stream meme. Erick Schonfeld published an article that generated some noise, citing a recent post by John Borthwick. Playing with Facebook this week got me thinking more about the role of data within streams. Specifically, I have a few follow-up thoughts to my last post on the value [...]

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The Consequences of Real-Time Information

May 12, 2009

Real-time is the new black. Everyone from Facebook to the New York Times is pumping any feature they can slap a real-time label on. While I’m a big proponent of the real-time movement, the media’s incessant focus on the *consumer web* has failed to probe the consequences of what it means to manage real-time information [...]

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Plan for Your Competitors’ Vision, Not Their Reality

May 11, 2009

From day one Workstreamer has been very focused on the process of Customer Development. We’re competing in a very large market filled with a variety of legacy products as well as an increasing number of new entrants looking to re-segment and disrupt old ways of doing things. In a highly competitive or burgeoning market it [...]

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