April 14, 2011 · 11:05 am
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How about a little music this morning to provide the soundtrack to our daily business discussion? I think most of you are familiar with the basic rock beat of thousands of songs. You might be tapping your feet to that 4/4 beat as you read this. Or maybe you prefer 3/4 time – a typical waltz. If we add in 2/4 time – kind of a baby brother to 4/4 – and 6/8 time – maybe a big brother to a waltz – we’ve about covered most of the music on your iPod.
Then there are those who think differently and use 7/4 time. You’ve heard it – “Money” by Pink Floyd and “Estimated Prophet” by The Grateful Dead are the two best known examples. This is a time signature that feels familiar and yet it’s just a bit off. Sound like something you can use? Continue reading →
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May 5, 2010 · 9:40 am
The recent events in Times Square brought to mind a line from the Dead and a thought about business.
NYC’s bacon was pretty much saved by street vendors. Like security cameras, they are constantly surveying the area near them. Unlike those cameras, they are able to interpret what they’re seeing and make immediate notes of what’s different or out-of-place, which is what happened over the weekend. So of course, this came to mind: Continue reading →
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April 8, 2009 · 7:29 am
Way back in the day on the web, we’d go “surfing” – gliding from site to site, going with the flow. There wasn’t enough “stuff” to take up too much time, a lot of it was drivel, and it was all NEW!
Things have changed a lot in 15 years. Users don’t surf any more – it’s mostly task-oriented work. That’s way making content “discoverable” is so important. I think getting content organized for users is just as important and another new, pretty good example of that opened up the other day. Continue reading →
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