Monthly Archives: March 2011

Science of Laws

“While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill — little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.” John Adams The value of the science of laws is the same

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Launch Early

Launch early. Unless you’re Steve Jobs, you’re most likely partially wrong about what your theory was. So launch early and often. Launching early attracts customer engagement, and it’s the customer who’s going to tell you what’s wrong so you can

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14 Things I liked About In50hrs

The weekend marathon event In50hrs is behind us now. But the ripples continue. A few blog posts, tweets and retweets, facebook pictures and comments are still trickling in. Here is what I really like about the event. I liked the

Posted in Ideas, Impact, Innovation, Inspiration, People, Products, startups

Innovation Opportunities

Thinking in terms of time and attention will quickly start to change the way you think about products and services, customer behavior, even business models. This is the great frontier for innovation for the next decade, this author believes. Companies

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8 things I Know Now, I wish I Knew in College and a Few More

The importance of relationships. How much writing matters. Why I need “soft skills.” The skills I learned outside the classroom were more important than the ones I learned inside it. Money doesn’t matter as much as you think. That I

Posted in Learning, Lessons, Life, Reflections

Generalists – A Crying Need

Systems Thinking isn’t new. It’s a tried and true process of seeing the entire ecosystem and how all of its different parts impact each other. It allows us to see how if a butterfly flaps its wings in one part

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Reaching One Billion Minds

Human potential is universal; opportunity is not. MIT OpenCourseWare began with the vision that the teaching tools of the world’s top learning institutions should be freely available to all humanity: to study, to share, to build upon. In our first

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Beautiful Code: PDP-11 Bootstrap Loaders

PC Paper Tape or Teletype The paper tape bootstrap is a two stage process. First the bootstrap loader must be toggled in at the appropriate location (set table for xx). A special bootstrap tape (Absolute Loader) must be in the

Posted in Beautiful Code, Programming

Niche Business Opportunity: Mining a Niche for Gold

One of the fastest ways to make money is by tapping an under-mined business niche. Some of the biggest success stories in history come from people who went looking for an answer to a problem, and when they couldn’t find

Posted in Ideas, Opportunities, Products

Blog Shift – It happens

The reason I blog changes a bit all the time. Initially, it was a way to jot down the important parts of my learning. It was my Learning Memory and a bonus was to start a few conversations. Now there

Posted in Blogging, Ideas, Learning
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