Random Articles

• Conversion Rate on Joy We caught the “Heretics” episode of the This American Life last week on the drive back from Wisconsin. A superb listen - about Reverend Carlton Pearson and his New Dimensions church - best I’ve heard from public radio in quite a while (not that I’ve been able to stand listening that much). Pearson’s philosophy
• iPollution As soon as I got my new phone, I turned the ringer off. I’m alerted of new messages and calls via BluePhoneElite - not disturbing anyone else in earshot. It’s quiet in the house during the day, no constant tv or radio. Interupptions of all kinds are reduced to a minimum. Elsewhere, TVs are blaring, satellite
• Low Hanging Snark “An inexperienced picker would pick the low-hanging fruit first” - Albert Pell quoted in Fast Company In the instances where I’ve heard the phrase ‘low-hanging fruit’ the above is true. Rarely does picking the easy stuff solve anything than checking something off a list. The real important, long-term actions take the commitment of getting a ladder. Or
• Everywhere You Want To Be From a development standpoint, there’s huge benefit to developing applications in for HTML - if simply because the barrier to entry is much lower than other development platforms. In addition, there’s no vendor behind HTML. In front of - yes. Behind - No. This means a website written a decade ago still loads in today’s
• Putting My Wife on ICE After the London Bombings, Jen said people were should make an ICE (short for ‘In Case of Emergency’) listing in our respective phones. It took about 10 seconds to update her speed-dial label my Treo. Thanks to Iconoculture’s ‘Who You Gonna Call’ article for reminding me of it.