This is Jamie Quint's blog covering technology, entrepreneurship, economics, and anything else interesting.
LinkedIn claims to let you “stay in touch with your network”, but what does that mean? If keeping lists of names and numbers is staying in touch with your network I’d say most people do an excellent job, but lists of names and numbers are meaningless. Valuable personal networks are built on meaningful relationships. You […]
I came across this video of Steve Jobs yesterday, its a sort of tribute to his most used phrases in his keynotes. What I found most fascinating was the second to last one, “Wouldn’t it be great…” Apple has embraced this to great success. How can your business make people’s “wouldn’t it be great if…” […]
I read Made to Stick last week, an excellent new book by Chip and Dan Heath about why some ideas stick and others do not. There were a lot of great takeaways on a practical level of how to make ideas stickier but one larger concept really stuck out. It is a recurring theme they […]
My company recently posted an ad on craigslist looking for a designer for a product we are planning to release mid-year. I have some ideas for who I would like to do the site, but I figured I would check out the local talent first.
My ad was simple….
Skills Desired:
-Strong knowledge of CSS and Web Standards
-Clean/Simple […]
The MPAA and RIAA seem to be on the frontpage of Digg at least every week, lawsuits in hand. Most recently for the RIAA it has been suing sites where users post guitar tablature, and now the MPAA is suing a small company that sells iPods pre-loaded with DVD movies (Of course you should have […]
I usually don’t talk about myself on this blog directly, but today I have some especially exciting personal news that I wanted to share. I’ve incorporated for my consulting business. All the papers have been filed with the State of Oregon and the IRS, and I should be a legal entity by sometime next week. […]
I was at the 37Signals “Getting Real” Conference this week in Chicago, and while I had already read the book I found a lot of interesting insights into the world of being agile. The web has definitely ushered in a new world not simply because of the way we interact with information, but how its […]
Have you ever noticed that most of the people in the gym don’t look like they need to be there, or those people you know that eat healthy could maybe squeeze in a few more calories and still be fine. Things often seem that way, but how do you think those people got to the […]