Leadership
Randy Pausch got a role in upcoming Star Trek movie
A few months ago, I (along with most of the rest of the blogosphere) was moved by Randy Pausch’s last lecture at Carneige Mellon. Pausch, you may recall, has a terminal diagnosis from an aggressive cancer, and has just a few months left.
Not surprisingly, many people were moved by his lecture. Here’s the transcript, it’s […]
Randy Pausch
Not really sure that there are words that would do justice to Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”, given at Carneige Mellon recently. Randy’s home page has a number of links to recent media coverage, but here’s the short version: he’s 47 years old, a legend in computer science (particularly in video game design and virtual reality), […]
Memo to Intuit PR
Listening to this piece on NPR yesterday, I had one reaction to Intuit’s spokesperson’s claims that Intuit’s problem of handling tax filings on the evening of 4/17 was the fault, in the words of Harry Pforzheimer, of “late” filers and “procrastinators”.
Hey, Intuit: here’s a few other words I’d use: “customers” and “on time”. As in, […]
Ask the wizard
One of the gifts of working in a small company is the opportunity to interact with every aspect of the business. Not only is it rare for someone to look at a different part of the company and remark “That’s not my job”, but if the culture’s right, it’s actually frowned upon. I like that […]
Is this being blogged?
Fascinating conversation over at Andrea Weckerle’s blog about the firing of a Goodwill worker. Andrea not only reports the orginal story, but followed up and spoke with several people at Goodwill. Subsequently, a number of concerned Goodwill customers forwarded a link to her blog through Goodwill’s corporate site, resulting in a discussion of the matter […]
Props to Lenovo
Less than two hours after my post on Tuesday about my laptop dying, I had a phone call from David Churbuck, who’s the global head of web marketing for Lenovo. I’m always amazed when I hear that people read my blog — I suppose I shouldn’t be, given the business I’m in — and when […]
San Francisco to ban video cameras
OK, San Francisco isn’t actually banning video cameras. But perhaps there should be an IQ test before obtaining one. Remember the 49ers video debacle this summer? (If not, there’s some background from Cyberjournalist.net here.)
With that fresh in their minds, you’d think that San Franciscans would be a bit gunshy about pulling a similar stunt, just […]
Vice chairman of GM on his blog: We’re playing for keeps
Love the new Fast Lane blog by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz:
Given the industry’s somewhat spotty record of taking concept cars to production intact, your concerns are understandable. … [T]he Sky, of course, isn’t a concept car at all. That is the full, no-excuses, what-you-see-is-what-you-get production vehicle. We’re playing for keeps.
Now that’s an authentic voice. […]
Heroism, pure and simple
Jason Dunham is a hero. This story from Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal is a remarkable work of journalism. It’s a story of dedication, duty, honor, courage, and loss. It’s about a man who may be the first Medal of Honor recipient in more than 11 years.
And it’s about the brutal choices that war forces us […]
It’s gotta be… the towels?
I wrote the other night about Mark Cuban’s post on success and motivation. Interestingly, his post was titled “Part 1.” Tonight he followed up with part 2, and shows that his business strategy can be summed up in one word:
Towels.
That’s right, towels. (If you don’t see the connection, read part 2 again, then read this […]
