January 31, 2011 · 12:08 pm
I love it when people suggest topics for the daily screed. Not only is it way easier to write to a prompt, but it lets me know what sorts of things are on your minds out there. Today’s topic was suggested by my old friend Eric, who found a treasure trove of heckler clips on YouTube. To quote:
For great YouTube action search “Heckler” to see how comedians silence idiots. Last night Daniel Tosh told a heckler he’d pay for her funeral if she would “Pls jump”, from her balcony seat. Tons of clips of a very unusual, sadly common situation.
I agree but maybe there’s a positive in there. Continue reading →
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January 28, 2011 · 12:31 pm
What a week! Meetings disrupted, things rescheduled and more snow on the way. Fortunately, in the near term it’s Friday so we can celebrate another installment of Foodie Friday Fun. In all candor, at this point I’d take a Monday in May right now over a weekend with snow in the forecast.
The second half of the quick-fire challenge on Top Chef last week was interesting. Having succeeded at cutting fish to Le Bernardin‘s supremely high standards, the winners were asked to cook using the waste materials. That, of course sparked a business thought. Continue reading →
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January 18, 2011 · 11:31 am
Today’s screed is about dumbing it down and how it can improve your business thinking as you grow dumb. I’m pretty sure you’re aware that I’m not an advocate for the willfully stupid among us. They might be spending too much time behind the wheel of the car in front of you to be reading this anyway. However, I do find myself trying to reduce things to their most basic elements a great deal of the time. It’s not that I don’t care about detail – sometimes there’s a lot of important stuff in there. But I find that the details tend to clutter up one’s mind when you’re trying to have a basic understanding of something – it’s like worrying about what color the room will be before you’ve figured out the square footage and the amount of paint needed so you can budget properly. Continue reading →
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