EYE OF THE STORM SERIES – Part 3
Part 3 of the Eye of the Storm Series brings us to analyzing influences on a system. A system can be influenced by many external and internal components and these influences can be both positive and negative. Negative influences create chaos and hinder the ability to simplify a system. Removing a negative influence from a
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The Dark (and sticky) side of Social Media
Looks like someone is taking matters of BP’s Social Media presence into their own hands. In less than a week, this account (obviously fake) has gained, as of the time of this post, over 31,000 followers. This post is designed to show three things: What this fwitter (short for fake/faux twitter user) is doing right,
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On Telepresence
Last week at the Xprize fundraiser in San Francisco a new technology stole the show. Two of the guests (Notable Speaker Tony Robbins and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin) were in attendance via telepresence. These robots are called Texai telepresence robots developed by Willow Garage. A site called Singularity Hub actually broke this story, was in
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New Series: TED Talk Tuesday
Without question, one of the most thought provoking sites online today is TED.com (Short for Technology Entertainment and Design… not named after the Airline). We have shared TED videos here before, but there are truly so many inspiring talks that we have decided to reserve Tuesday’s to share the best of the best TED talks.
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EYE OF THE STORM SERIES – Part 2
In the last post on Reaching the Eye of the Storm, I (@MouyyadA) addressed assessing the simplicity of a system. In Part 2, I’ll focus on needs. Many times in business the line separating wants and needs blurs. We often add parts to a system without verifying they are actually needed. Ask yourself: Do I
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A new video to make you t(h)ink
These videos are always mind numbing. The funny thing is they need to constantly update them because everything is moving so fast. Enjoy, and t(h)ink on.
#140conf (meetup) Recap
On Monday tweeps from all over So Cal gathered for Jeff Pulver’s (@JeffPulver) #104conf LA Meetup at the world famous Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. The speakers were thought provoking, funny, and inspiring. Eric Greenspan (Founder of Make it Work and Co-Host of the event) just posted the entire video of the event here. Every
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