Here’s an idea

June 4, 2013

Android, Apple, Microsoft and any other mobile software companies should allow API access to their Phone applications so that companies can change the numbers on the screen to actual buttons that make sense. Instead of pressing “7″ to delete a voicemail, how about a “delete voicemail” button on the phone. Or instead of pressing 0 [...]

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The most overlooked leadership skill #blindpost

June 3, 2013

HBR has a May article titled, The Most Overlooked Leadership Skill, and I thought that would make a great blindpost. I thought long and hard about this one. It’s hard to find a leadership skill that people overlook. Confidence, competence, the ability to delegate, the ability to get the best of their people…these skills are [...]

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I think I’ll start believing fortune cookies now

June 3, 2013

I mean, come on.

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How to recruit rockstar talent #blindpost

May 31, 2013

This is a blindpost from this article. This one is so easy. Want to attract rockstar talent? Create a great company. Ok, technically that is VERY hard to do, but the answer to how you attract great talent is to create a great business. A second answer could be the best way to attract great [...]

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The Pebble Watch after two months

May 30, 2013

Pebble Smartwatch 2013 video from Pebble Technology on Vimeo. This one surprised me. I was one of the first people to order the Pebble watch on Kickstarter back in April of 2012 and I couldn’t wait to receive it. But I haven’t worn a watch in probably ten years and was pretty sure I wasn’t [...]

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My Android journey continues with the Samsung Galaxy S4

May 29, 2013

I love this phone. I believe the Samsung Galaxy S4 (and possibly the HTC One, which I’ve only played with for a few minutes but seems very comparable to the S4) is the greatest phone built to date. And yes, its an Android. I switched to the Nexus 4 Android phone in early April, mainly [...]

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My Samsung Galaxy S4 Homescreen and apps

May 28, 2013

Now that I’m an Android phone* guy, I figured it was time I shared my homescreen and talked about some of the apps I’m using. I’m really hoping that some of my Android friends will share the apps that they love as well, because I’m really only a few months into this whole Android thing. [...]

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AdVenture: a terrific book about entrepreneurship that everyone should read

May 24, 2013

“If you are passionate about entrepreneurship, jump starting the economy or inspiring a new generation of enterprising young people, read and share my new book: AdVenture.” That was the note that I received from one of my favorite people in business the world, Moira Vetter, about her new book. I pre-ordered it of course and [...]

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I enjoy social media, but Louis CK has a point…

May 23, 2013
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Why the Yahoo acquisition of Tumblr is great: Focus

May 22, 2013

I’ve talked about the need to focus before on this blog. In fact, its advice I gave the younger me in a post as I reflected on what I’ve learned over the years. The ability for leaders to focus is what allows them to accomplish great things vs. produce a lot of mediocre things. After reading this [...]

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