Why I Got a Xoom

by Chris on March 4, 2011

I’ve been interested in a tablet for a while now (since iPad was announced last year), but I’ve held out until now. Why? 1st Generation Apple Products Leave Me Wanting More The original iPad was (and still is) a great device. I’ve got many colleagues who own and love them. However, as with the iPod [...]

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Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA

by Chris on January 5, 2011

This is a series of Startup Myths. I’ve been hearing lots of people talk about starting their own businesses recently and would like to quell some of the misinformation that I’ve heard circulating. You Need an NDA The Myth: You need an NDA to protect your intellectual property.  Some unscrupulous person could steal your idea and make [...]

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Can You Teach Innovation?

July 23, 2010

As I was checking Twitter this morning, I saw this come through the pipe: I told Mark that I didn’t think you could teach innovation at all. He then asked for clarification, maybe a list of qualities that led to innovation. So I did a quick search of some of the articles I’ve read and [...]

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Tungle.Me for WordPress

July 6, 2010

One of my favorite companies/products, Tungle.me recently released a plugin for WordPress, which you can see in the sidebar on the right there (RSS Subscribers have to visit my site, neener neener). Tungle has freed up a lot of time for me.  Seriously, how many times do you try to meet with someone and it [...]

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Announcing the Launch of Roundhouse Support

July 1, 2010

Last week, Drew Blas quietly announced the launch of his newest venture, Roundhouse. Roundhouse is a service that allows web developers to focus on code rather than your software stack. I’m not a developer, but I deal with them everyday, and I can honestly say that they/we spend an inordinate time dealing with software stack [...]

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If You Can Fake Sincerity, You’ve Got It Made

June 30, 2010

I was sitting in a marketing lecture the other day, when the presenter (whom I have tremendous respect for) said something startling to the audience. “Being truly sincere is the best way to be a good marketer.  If you can fake being sincere, then you’ll be a great marketer.” That really disturbs me.  Maybe he [...]

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Presentation Tips #1

June 21, 2010

From time to time I’ll be posting tips on how to make your presentations better, both by posting what to do as well as what not to do. Here’s the first (therefore most important): DO NOT READ YOUR GOSH DARN SLIDES TO ME!!! IF I WANTED TO READ THEM I WOULDN’T HAVE BOTHERED SHOWING UP [...]

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Garyvee at RailsConf 2010

June 18, 2010

Warning: There’s a LOT of NSFW language in this video. But there’s also a TON of really great thoughts.  If you want to be a good presenter, take notes.  Gary doesn’t use a single slide.  He just talks to the audience.  No bullet points, no charts, no graphs.  Just him and the audience.  Notice how [...]

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Why I’m Bad At Blogging (And How I’m Going To Get Better)

June 18, 2010

I realize that I don’t post very often.  And I’m about to tell you the secret reason why. First though, a few things that aren’t reasons for my lack of writing (but I hear them from other people and I think they’re BS): 1) “I’m busy!” – BS!  We’re all busy and you make time [...]

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One Big Game – Jesse Schell

May 5, 2010

I’ve come across this video twice now, most recently it popped up on Brad Feld‘s blog (one of my favorite, btw).  And so I thought it was worth reposting here.  Jesse gives a great talk, and I think everyone who uses Facebook would do well to watch it.  If I can muster up the time [...]

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