February 26th
8:10 AM
8:10 AM
Wonkish Bearings
I’ve begun posting links, quotes, and thoughts over at my new site Wonkish Bearings. Feel free to subscribe or bookmark there.
— Ogilvy & Mather, Corporate Culture
January 27th
3:50 PM
3:50 PM
"We get to make things. Things that nudge the world a little bit in what we hope is the right direction."
— Wilson Miner, When We Build
2:14 PM
"At times of change, the learners are the ones who will inherit the world, while the knowers will be beautifully prepared for a world which no longer exists."
— Alistair Smith, from Wilson Miner’s talk When We Build
— Marshall McLuhan, from Wilson Miner’s talk When We Build
11:08 AM
Great Product Design
Knowledge of wants is the stuff of focus groups. The result is the Edsel.
Understanding of needs is the stuff of Apple. The result is the iPad.
1. Understanding what most users NEED.
2. Prioritizing and focusing on the most important of those NEEDS.
3. Using this UNDERSTANDING to exceed user expectations.
Brilliant, simple insight, and it’s coming from the first comment on an equally great post.
(Source: randsinrepose.com)
— Clint Eastwood
(Source: twitter.com)
9:34 AM
The problem with engaging in class warfare
If [Warren Buffett’s secretary is] really paying a marginal rate of 35%, she’s earning over $379,150 per year in taxable income, which places her in the top 1% of income earners nationally.
American Glob comments…
That’s surprising, isn’t it? The way Obama talks about her you’d think she was eating cat food spread on the heels of a loaf of Wonder Bread each night.
Facts are stubborn things, indeed.
— Malcolm Reynolds, “Serenity”
— Boston Red Sox Owner John Henry in Moneyball
