September 2008
14 posts
August 2008
45 posts
Bunchball - The Science of Engagement →
Bunchball started as a game developer but stumbled on something larger with points and social rewards.
indexed →
Index card drawings about just about everything
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Executive Advice: Don't lose your cool
I used to be a huge hot head. I was known for being somewhat explosive. Like most “up-and-comers” I had more passion for our company than I knew what to do with. When people made mistakes, or people didn’t get “it”(whatever “it” may have been) I would lose my cool and raise my voice. I would almost always dismiss this person’s ideas.
You really...
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“The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if...”
– Ernest Bevin
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“Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming...”
– Paul Arden - It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool...”
– Thomas Jefferson
““Monkey brains and baby human brains add what they already know (the past) to...”
– Via Joeshua Excerpt from “STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS” by Daniel Gilbert.
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still...”
– Jerry Seinfeld
In.Dev (8/23/2008)
In.Dev is a running list of advice / tips I’m working on to post here:
Best Practices for Anything
Calm, Cool, Collected
Quit smoking
Love your sales group
InboxZero & Action Based Email
Getting Things Done / GTD for me
responding to…everyone
This is a Someday but not Maybe list.
“On average, men use 60 characters when texting each other, women use 80”
– Playboy Magazine - August 2008
New URL: badexec.com
I decided that I liked the whole “bad executive” thing enough to buy badexec.com for this site. I think it’s such a funny play on words. There is such a fine line between a bad-ass and just plain bad. I think the URL is much more the former than the latter.
Anyway, http://badexec.com.
Hi-tech is turning us all into time-wasters |... →
Distractions from our primary tasks can cost us up to 28% of our total time to actually get things done.
NYT: Businesses Fight the Email Monster They... →
Really interesting stats on time wasting and procrastination and it’s opportunity costs that come as a result
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Shout Factory Releasing Hunter S. Thompson’s Lost...
Rollingstone.com
The Gonzo Tapes, a five-disc set of unreleased recordings by Rolling Stone’s own Hunter S. Thompson, will be released on October 28th. Compiled while filmmakers were producingGonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the audio on The Gonzo Tapes was recorded between 1965 and 1975, with Thompson using the tapes to capture his thoughts and descriptions of what was...
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The eternal battle of light vs. dark...
I made the mistake of listening to a focus group that told me that they overwhelmingly preferred a white / light website with dark / black text over a dark site with white / light text. It was way more than 2/3 majority. It seemed, according to this group at least, one of those “no brainers”.
So we launched a white website. Super clean and bright. I loved it as did everyone who...
Amsterdam Travel Guide and Travel Information -... →
decent guide to amsterdam with database of locations / activity on ineractive maps
Sentenc.es - A Disciplined Way To Deal With Email →
five.sentenc.es is a personal policy that all email responses regardless of recipient or subject will be five sentences or less. It’s that simple.
Inbox Zero →
How to Change the World: The 10/20/30 Rule of... →
no more than 10 slides, no more than 20 minutes, no less than 30pt type = win
Beyond Bullet Points →
telling better power point stories to effectively get your point across
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Executive Advice: When Eating in Other countries
joeshua:
So a little advice on world cuisine.
1) Try the local fare as it may be the only time to have something authentic. 2) be adventurous. What have you got to loose besides your lunch?. 3) Do NOT force the local fare out of the colon. You may pay dearly later. 4) Last but not least, McDonalds are everywhere and so is Burger King. Don’t worry.
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“I refuse to spend time thinking about stupid people, so I’ve manicured a handful...”
– Merlin Mann - Inbox Zero: Five sneaky email cheats | 43 Folders
Foo for Bar: Kicking Ass with Outcome-Based... →
When asked to distill everything down to [GTD’s] most powerful concepts, I came up with three, and here’s how I’d summarize each:
Outcome-Based Thinking. Articulating in the most specific terms possible what a successful outcome looks like for any given use of your time. Or as I like to put it, “How will I know when I’m done with this?”
The Next Action. Knowing that you don’t need to track...
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Executive Advice: family comes first
I was reminded of an important lesson tonight: your family comes first.
Make no mistake! Your time, sweat, blood, tears, thoughts, efforts and labor belong to the company…but everything else, you owe to your family. By family I mean wife, husband, partner, significant other, kids, parents…or all of the above. Keep your family happy at home and your days go faster, your reports are...
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How do I make a limited profile on the New...
They changed it all around, I had to re-educate myself on how to do it. It used to be so easy, there was just a Limited Profile you could add people to. Now it’s far more complicated. Ok, you go to friends tab from your profile. On the left you will see FRIENDS LISTS, and below that a button for MAKE A NEW LIST. GO ahead and make a new list, I called mine PEOPLE I DON’T FUCKING...
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Addictomatic: Inhale the Web - FUN! →
I thought Addicto-matic was really fun. I was looking up tumblr themes and importing twitter tweets and found this. I think i’ll use it for popular searches and their web2.0 page
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F*CK, the movie
Just watched F*ck the movie. It was actually really informative. There is an deleted scene entitled “Favorite Curse Words”. I found this to be a must see piece of the movie and am baffled as to why they left it out! Hunter S. Thompson’s was PigFucker. I think that’s fairly fitting for him.
Oh well, back to the Olympics…
“Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing...”
– Samuel Johnson
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Disclaimer
What the hell am I doing here?
Mostly I think I’m trying to figure it all out just like everyone else. As a young new media executive, I realized quickly that no one really teaches you how to be a good executive. Most people fight and push incredibly hard to get there only to realize they have no idea what they are doing once they are there. Some are completely lost on what to do next...