Productivity. and Pinterest.
I had my hula hoops in the infield at the 2016 Clyde Fest, Bynum ballpark, on Saturday. When you’re in a 10 x 10 tent at an event like this, lots of your friends will stop by and talk to you. I got on the topic of 8020 with one of my friends. He was […]
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Once more, with feeling. You go into Facebook for some business reason. It’s your job. You see something in the feed… you click… and five minutes later, you need a string or a trail of breadcrumbs to figure out what it was you were actually supposed to be doing. I need to write stickies to […]
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I needed to install a new monitor so I could test it and write a review. Using a stand-alone monitor meant I needed a separate keyboard; couldn’t use the one on my laptop. Bought the keyboard. Tested it. Fine. Opened the monitor box; carefully slid the Styrofoam packing out of the cardboard and onto the […]
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(Admitted, I spend too much time on Quora, and now I’m trying to at least get some business value from that time.) Last week, I saw this question: Am I right to remove competitors from a company event? No, dear heart, you are not right. My answer: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. […]
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Several friends met on Thursday to listen to presentations from undergraduate business majors in the NCSU Jenkins School of Management, MIE 410: Business Opportunity Analysis class, aka “Pitching.” It’s fun. Today, on Quora, I found this question: What is your advice for two 21 year old entrepreneurs? This is easy. My answer: In short? You need a […]
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A client asked me about how Facebook decided how to display images in posts. Sometimes it worked right, and sometimes it didn’t. I had noticed the same thing, but I’m selling products, not running for office, and getting a politician’s pictures displayed correctly is more important. A little bit of research led to Daniel Coleman’s […]
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NCSU’s Technical Training Solutions unit was asked to develop a Social Selling class for Red Hat’s sales employees. Martin Brossman, Greg Hyer, and Karen Tiede worked together to develop a six-hour course, with an additional set of homework to be completed outside of class. Holly Sullenger, director of TTS, travelled with me to Palo Alto […]
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The 80/20 rule says that 80% of the water distributed during a dog washing exercise will be distributed by 20% of the dogs. Wooster stepped up to be the water distributor extraordinaire. I was dry until his turn. (He’s a dog who shakes while he is being sprayed.) Pound for pound, he’s closer to 26% […]
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In July, I wrote about cutting a bolt of fabric into three equal lengths, draping it over an existing curtain rod, and calling the “make curtains for the guest room project” DONE. However, there was that fringe-y bit. Even more eventually, I’d love to buy and apply the beaded fringe from the Cloth Barn discount […]
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