“Might be of interest to investors, readers, writers, designers, marketers, etc. Or not… Two months ago, I got a Kindle. It’s a fascinating device, unlike almost any other launched by a significant tech company. Here’s why: 1. It’s for women…”
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“You, a type designer? Of course you are. You are if you make presentations in PowerPoint or Keynote, or if you have a resume, or create signs or brochures or ebooks or even a blog. And sadly, it seems that…”
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“I like reading magic books. I don’t do magic. Not often (and not well). But reading the books is fun. It’s a vicarious thing, imagining how a trick might work, visualizing the effect and then smiling at how the technique…”
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“Owen Wilson starred in a really bad movie that came out a few months ago. Most notable: he didn’t go out to shill for it. No Colbert, no Daily Show, no Larry King. Perhaps he’s nursing a bad cold, but…”
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“Are you better at what you do than you were a month or two ago? A lot better? How did you get better? What did you read or try? Did you fail at something and learn from it? Does that…”
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“You probably get feedback from customers. Sometimes you even get letters. Occasionally (unfortunately), it’s negative. Two weeks ago, I left my car at (an expensive) parking garage in midtown New York. When I got back four hours later, I discovered…”
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“You can improve your writing (your business writing, your ad writing, your thank you notes and your essays) if you start thinking like a blogger: Use headlines. I use them all the time now. Not just boring ones that announce…”
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“Yesterday’s post led to some good email about Human Resources. Understand that in days of yore, factories consisted of people and machines. The goal was to use more machines, fewer people, and to design processes so that the people were…”
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“A quick glimpse at just about any profession shows you that the vast majority of people who succeed professionally also went to college. This could be because college teaches you a lot. Or it could be because the kind of…”
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“In the last few days, I’ve heard from top students at Cornell and other universities about my internship. It must have been posted in some office or on a site, because each of the applications is just a resume. No…”
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