Here’s a mistake that is easy to make, and one that I’ve made myself many times. If a company does a part of their business really badly, it sometimes leads people to believe that this certain part is a big problem for them. And that if you did that part better than them, then you could compete with the company by having a competitive advantage in this area. Although there are many examples where this […]
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, back when I was 23 and newly out of school, is this: look around and figure out who you want to be on your team. Figure out the people around you that you want to work with for the rest of your life. Figure Out Who’s On Your Team « John’s Blog
This building is being copied and built in another city at the same time, by a separate developer. At an even faster rate than the original. Without permission. (via Photo Gallery: Copying the Masters in China – SPIEGEL ONLINE – International)
This building is being copied and built in another city at the same time, by a separate developer. At an even faster rate than the original. Without permission. (via Photo Gallery: Copying the Masters in China – SPIEGEL ONLINE – International)
Seinfeld’s work habits were stringent from the start. Studying communications and theater at Queens College, he arranged an independent study in stand-up, trying club sets, analyzing others’ sets and writing a 40-page paper. When he scored his first appearance on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show,” in 1981, he practiced his five-minute set “200 times” beforehand, jogging around Manhattan and listening to the “Superman” theme on a Walkman to amp up. Great story on Jerry Seinfeld in […]
The variation in the molecular weight of the raw plastic material alone results in variation that makes those sorts of tolerances pure hype or fantasy. If you look at the Lego design you see it is very forgiving, allowing for variation while still maintaining function. Also the acrylanitrile butadiene styrene material has a rubbery component that gives the blocks additional resilience and maintains a good feel while accommodating variation. Think if all comment threads were […]
This so incredibly interesting and thoughtful that I want to empty my RSS-reader and start over with blogs like this. I’ll be coming back to his post several times for sure. Economies of Scale, Economies of Scope
Instead of asking, “How much do I value this item?” we should ask “If I did not own this item, how much would I pay to obtain it?” And the same goes for career opportunities. We shouldn’t ask, “How much do I value this opportunity?” but “If I did not have this opportunity, how much would I be willing to sacrifice in order to obtain it?” A method to not get stuck in your ways, […]
The other day, I tweeted that all emails should have an unsubscribe-button. It was a frustrated reaction to an overflowing inbox filled with persistent sales people and CC-conversations with limited relevance to me. After giving this some more thought, it’s actually not a bad idea. Email is a moderately good communication tool, given that you use it the right way. Its downfall is that its efficiency relies on a third party to use it correctly. […]
thecatscan: Frank the cat and her spotted belly (submitted by babybearface) State of the internet, 2012.
