books

I am in a Dip and I am going to Stick.

April 17, 2008

I just completed reading Seth Godin’s, “The Dip.” An interesting little read that presented mostly things that I already knew in various pieces from a variety of sources. However, it is all distilled into a simple, quick, and easy read. What I got out of this book was some clarity. I suspected I was in [...]

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Less Than 12 Hours Left To 2007…

December 31, 2007

2007 was a professionally prosperous and personally challenging year. I am glad it is about to go into the history books. In business I learned a great deal about attention, focus, and negotiation. I made more money than I have any other year. I worked more hours on projects AND on non-billable projects. I learned [...]

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Visualization Methods

October 11, 2007

I am a big fan of Edward R. Tufte who is hailed as one of the world’s leading analysts of graphic information. I’ve seen his lecture in person and it is worth attending. I own all four of his hard-cover books and have read the first three—the last is the next read on my list: [...]

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Design Thinking

October 8, 2007

The title is a topic I read about every so often in the blogosphere and sometimes mentioned in books. Fortunately this topic is gaining more attention in the mainstream business world. The idea is that designers of all kinds: graphic, web, industrial, interior, fashion, information, etc., play a critical role in society and business. Designers [...]

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Rock-em Sock-em Information

September 14, 2007

I have two pieces of conflicting information that are applicable to my business life right now. It’s time for Rock-em Sock-em Information. Representing the blue robot is this blog post from Tim Ferris author of the 4-Hour Workweek (which incidentally is a great read and comes highly recommended). His post gives this post gives five [...]

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