Archive for June, 2008

Posted on June 11, 2008 - by Jeffrey

No Power = Sad Geek

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These past few days I have been without power. Wow is all I can say. It was actually quite enlightening to see how different things are without the use of electronics and internet. It was relaxing, yet boring as hell.

What would happen if we had to go without power for weeks or even months at a time? Do we even have enough power infrastructure to keep us going with the exploding use of electricity?

As soon as I make enough money, I will have to invest in an industrial generator able to power my house for weeks at a time when the world is crumbling.

Posted on June 4, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

This statement used to make sense to me, but lately I feel it only applies to certain parts of life and business. The basic idea (if it wasn’t obvious) is that if you spend your time trying to learn everything, you will be moderately good at most of the things..but never a master of one of them. I have a different approach to this. My feeling is that if you have a reasonably high IQ and pretty good street smarts, you can be a master of three (3), not just one. Say master one thing, then expand to a new subject while concentrating on the other still, then eventually incorporating a third.

Managing it All

This isn’t an easy process and concentrating on up to three projects at once can get a little “hairy”, but if you are a die hard capitalist then this will probably fit right into your current schedule. I have to stress that when I am working on three (projects, ideas, companies) things at once I usually don’t even think of doing anything else. I may come across a niche idea and do an hour or two of research on it, but it will take a lot of compelling information to make me drop something I am currently working on.

Choosing Your Three “things”

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Posted on June 3, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Stand out with a cool Twitter Template!

Now that I have started to keep track of my experiences (kind of like a life blogger, but not really), I realize the importance of having a nice integration with all your services online. In addition to incorporating the functionality of these 3rd party services, it is also important to style and theme these accounts (if they allow it).

With that said, I decided to customize my twitter account with a nice looking template. In addition to that, I made a few other twitter templates and decided to offer them to anyone who might find them here.

I got the idea for these themes from croncast’s twitter account, nice job man!

I have included all of the Photoshop PSD files below so you can tweak them further if you like.

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Posted on June 2, 2008 - by Jeffrey

People don’t want to think anymore

You would be surprised how many people in high up positions don’t have the vision to be innovative. It’s like everyone is so worried about loosing their job and making a mistake that no one wants to ever take a chance. Companies are all watching each other to see what the other is doing. One company in the space makes a move, then the others all follow like sheep.

This is why it has become so easy for small companies to forge ahead these days. It takes very little to move a herd of 4 people in a different direction as supposed to moving a 4000 person herd to a new concept. I understand how this works, but why?

How do companies ever expect to be the best and stay at the top without innovation from within?