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Basecamp Starting Over
Below is an interesting article about a very successful software companies starting over on their best selling product. I’ve underlined a few comments that stirred a little something in me. Source: http://www.inc.com/magazine/201202/jason-fried/starting-over-get-real.html Starting Over Sometimes, the best way to improve something is to begin again from scratch. Even if it’s your top-selling product. By Jason [...]
Bob Campbell Memorial Service Videos
Below are three videos from the memorial service for Bob Campbell. The official obituary if viewable here. Picture Tribute (4 min 15 sec) Played at the memorial service. Sorry for the ads on this video. It was the only way I could use the songs. Just click on the “X” to close them. Memorial Service [...]
A Tribute to Robert Campbell
Official Obituary Below. Videos from the Memorial Service are available here. Dec. 16, 2011 A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT M. CAMPBELL Gifted Entrepreneur, Industry Leader, Devoted Husband, Father and Humanitarian Robert M. “Bob” Campbell, one of the most influential leaders in the California commercial real estate industry for more than four decades, passed away on December [...]
Time to Get My Core Rhythm Back
It seems like every few months I need to be reminded about healthy rhythms and routines. Fortunately I do have a few things built into my life that remind me. One is subscribing to various blogs — one of which is The Energy Project. It was The Energy Project author, Tony Schwartz, that inspired me [...]
User Friendly View of the Federal Budget
Regardless of personal feelings on the Fed budget, Jess Bachman took on the initiative to map out every Federal department and their spend (including what they spent last year), and created a user friendly visual depiction of the Feb Budget. Worth checking out for a couple reasons: As far as the author knows, this is [...]
EffectiveUI and 15 Million Elephants Help ‘Fight the Famine’
Below is a press release from EffectiveUI and 15 Million Elephants. As many of you know I’m working for EffectiveUI. I’m also friends with one of the founders of 15 Million Elephants (15ME). 15ME is a great new platform that is helping large charities raise money. EffectiveUI and 15 Million Elephants Help ‘Fight the [...]
A Googler Rant: Platform vs. Product
Oct 12 this rant from Steve Yegge (ex Amazon and current Googler was posted on Google plus). Since no one actually uses Google plus I figured I would post to my blog and share via Facebook and Twitter. It’s definitely worth the read. Here’s the link to Steve Yegge’s entire essay/rant: https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX Here are a few [...]
