As I mentioned earlier, one of my goals for this year is to launch 2 revenue-generating projects. I took a couple hours this morning and started the ball rolling on 2 of the potential candidates to fulfill that goal. Here’s the checklist I use to lay the foundation for a project: Declare a descriptive code …
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Rule 1. Success Metrics are Things Robots Can’t Do.
The funny thing about metrics – the wrong one distracts more than it helps. And in this modern age, a technological hack can be built (if it doesn’t already exist) to give you the desired numbers. Bernard Madoff Click Fraud This is why I’m not a big fan of measuring the success of a website …
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“I’m so busy, where am I? I don’t know. I’m so busy”
Back in college we made this joke (usually around finals week) about being so busy you have no idea where you are. After fighting with technology all day – I noticed; It’s the third week of February. My inbox just passed 100 again. My current approach on resolving this: A good night’s sleep. Focus.
creating is always an option.
just thinking about the lyrics “here we are now, entertain us” makes me want to smash guitars as well. I don’t care if it’s Media Meaning Cake or Happiness Being neutral or destroying aren’t then only options. Nor are they the preferable ones. We all have the capacity to make. and not just martinis. Elsewhere: …
Twitter as Trusted CraigsList
A couples weeks ago or so, I made my first purchase off Twitter – a Nokia E71. I had been eyeing it on Amazon for weeks, but never had a reason to click purchase. Then late one Friday night Dino mentioned a friend of his was selling. Notice Dino isn’t selling the phone. A friend …
Trends to Watch: Landfill Mining
When I separate my trash, how do I know I’m putting the ‘recyclable’ bits in the right bucket? Without being an expert in waste handling, I don’t really know. Plus, if there’s an innovation in the waste processing – and something previously bound for the landfill can now be re-processed, the non-waste-handling experts among us …
Give Me $5 For Follow
Since the beginning for 2009, I’ve been ‘following’ 1 Dunbar of people on Twitter. Since not everyone in that 150 posts at the same frequency, things are pretty quiet (arguably a good thing). I’d like to add a few more of you to the mix, but I don’t know who. So, I thought I’d put …
First Crack #118 – Shef Turns the Tables on Garrick
Shef Otis grabs the mic from Garrick and asks him about podcasting, Cullect, coffee roasting, and parenting. [43 min].
Cullect in 3 Minutes
Here’s a quick 3 minute snippet from the latest First Crack podcast where Idescribe what Cullect is and how I use it. Cullect in 3 Minutes .mp3 The full conversation is at First Crack #118 – Shef Turns the Tables on Garrick
First Crack 117. Paul & Scott from 45th Parallel Spirits
A couple years back Scott Davis and Paul Werni founded 45th Parallel Spirits, a distillery in New Richmond, WI – just a quick 45 minute drive from northeast Minneapolis. While there are number of craft brewers in the region, 45th Parallel is the only still I know of. Paul, Scott, and I talk about the …
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