23 Dec
2008
Deanne Storey - Little Person (from the Synecdoche, NY Soundtrack)
"At its core, Synecdoche, New York is a brilliant, gut-wrenching plunge into the painful work of facing the decisions we make and choosing to either continue onward, or live in regret. It's a powerful reminder that the choices we make each day matter—not just in our own lives, but in the lives of those around us."
(download)
20 Dec
2008
She said, softly, ‘It’s the age of the empty suit.’
exerpt from “Who We (Still) Are” by Peggy Noonan
11 Dec
2008
Nice informal chat with Mr. Kawasaki. “One of the lessons of entrepreneurship is that it is about grinding it out.”
10 Dec
2008
Malcom Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce
Two things:
1) I feel like I’ve been bombarded lately by the dangers of blindly accepting convention. Good old fashioned gut and intuition have given way to seeking the proven way of doing things. The problem with this mentality is on a long enough timeline THINGS CHANGE (see GM, Chrysler, etc). The story about Howard Moskowitz’s breakthrough is inspiration to always mind the jaded (lazy?) lense through which we view the world.
2) Presentations utilizing the power of narrative are magic. I was listening to a webcast on an interesting subject last night and I could actually hear them reading from a (boring) script. Their work had compelling results for people with compelling stories yet their “pitch” was almost totally void of any emotional value or inspiration. If you want to convey a multitude of details use a white paper. If you’re presenting I believe your goal should be to leave the audience with an emotional impression about your product or purpose that makes them want to read the white paper.
8 Dec
2008
This was an extremely eye-opening installment of Frontline, which maybe the best program on television. It details how Pakistan will be a major factor going forward, which you’ll start hearing more and more about.
Click the photo to watch online.
5 Dec
2008
lala.com is awesome.
I think this service will be freaking huge in 2009. I’m hardly in my iTunes library anymore, and it’s amazing how much great new stuff I’ve discovered being able to follow people with similar tastes.
5 Dec
2008
Cool story out of the UK. This seems like something every district should do.
Click on the pic to read about it.
