Simple, Yet Powerful Email Subject Usage

December 2nd, 2009

With the endless amount of spam swirling around the internet, the subject line becomes one of the most important parts of the email.   Afterall, each email is competing with every other email for my attention.
There are keywords like viagra, prescriptions, free, trial, etc that are immediate turn-offs that get deleted.  But every now and then, [...]

How Smartphones Have Personalities

November 17th, 2009

Today, I stopped by my local Verizon Wireless store to check out the Motorola Droid.  I will tell you that it looks better on paper and in pictures than it does in real life.
I then looked at the Blackberry Storm2 for comparison.  While it looks really cool, it sings to a different tune that many [...]

Community, Huh?

October 27th, 2009

Communities can take on numerous forms. Whether it is a community of athletes, a community of scientists, or even a community of geographic location, similar interests bring people together.  In fact, one individual can be a part of many communities at the same time.
From the Maya civilization to the British Empire and the foundations of [...]

Balance, Don't Forget It!

October 23rd, 2009

Balance is one of those things that I think a lot of people go through life without. It applies to just about everything and can be hard to achieve. In fact, we often forget to look for the balance in every situation.
Here are some examples:
1) Horseback Riding – The rider must balance their weight on [...]

Immersion, The Good, Bad and the Ugly!

October 20th, 2009

Immersion is the concept of surrounding yourself with a given subject to concentrate on learning it.
The GOOD
The good is that immersion is a very efficient way of learning something. You can jam pack a lot of information in a very narrow window of time. Picking up the basics of a new language or skill is [...]

Collaboration, Do You Have It?

October 15th, 2009

Collaboration.  It is a powerful word.
Cities are built on Collaboration.
Business rely on Collaboration.
The future of your career depends on Collaboration.
According to Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, some of the most intelligent people go untapped because of their isolation.  It seems the truly successful outliers were well connected with those that helped them take the steps toward world [...]

What Do You Know When You Don't?

October 13th, 2009

Knowing something is half the battle. Communicating that something is the other half, but that is the subject of another post.
Knowing how your customers use your product and how they want to interact with you is a great thing. Two major steps toward becoming customer oriented.
But then you realize that what you know, might not [...]

Being Genius

October 6th, 2009

Being genuis is not hard.
Being genius takes patience.
Being genius does not make you better than anyone.
Being genius requires you to listen, and listen well.
Being genius needs great communication.
Being genius is not what you are, but what you do.
Being genius means you do it just a little bit differently.
Being genius can be you!

Between the Brick Wall & the Cliff

October 2nd, 2009

You look up and see brick. You look left and then right, but can only see brick. You realize that you are standing in front of a brick wall so large, that its edges can’t be seen.
You look down and see blackness. You are standing on the edge of a cliff with [...]

YouTube Is For More Than Laughs

September 8th, 2009

When I saw this article by Medical News Today, I did a classic double take of the headline:
Clues To Brain Injury Symptom From YouTube Videos
When I talk about patterns and collecting data, finding new, cheap, and creative sources of data is often what separates the truly remarkable from the ordinary research projects.   Conducting brain injury [...]