Tips for a New Job
July 20, 2010
Brad Lomenick:
- Show up early. As I tell our team all the time: If you are on time, you’re late. If you are early, you’re on time.
- Always have something to write with and write on. This is crucial. Don’t go strolling off to a meeting without pen and paper, unless you are planning to take notes on your phone, on your iPad, or on your laptop…
Criticism and Pigs
July 19, 2010
Michael Hyatt:
Don’t wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs like it.
Having the Right Tools for the Job
July 17, 2010
In reading through T.F. Torrance’s Mediation of Christ, this section stood out to me. It’s very important to keep in mind the significance of having the right tools for the job. One could argue that moving forward in a situation like the one described below involves creating tools to push along discovery and then developing new tools based on those new discoveries, ad infinitum. Considering this in terms of studying science, history, sociology, or really any other topic could lead to some big conclusions.
A few years ago I had a meeting with a group of research scientists in industry, some of whom were engaged in the work of devising and making very sensitive, complex instruments. I was quite astonished when one of them explained the kind of tools he was making for a university department of high energy physics, for it was quite clear that in order to make those tools he had not only to know as much about high energy physics and the physicists who ordered the tools, but had himself to engage in a good deal of original research and make fresh discoveries in order to provide those physicists with the kind of tools that would really advance their research. I thought a lot about that, for it brought home to me the fact that, while science and technology are not to be confounded, all science and not least pure science, is engaged in the construction of appropriate tools with which to shape knowledge and understanding of what is being investigated.
Why Simplicity is King: A Blog Redesign
July 15, 2010
As you may have noticed (RSS subscribers may want to click through), I’ve recently redesigned my blog to emphasize the content. By that, I mean that I’ve totally done away with anything other than the plain-text posts.
Here’s why: creating complex and beautiful posts with individual formatting and stunning images—while cool—was just way too much work. It generally takes me about ten minutes to write a short post and a half hour for a longer one, but by forcing myself to find and edit images (sometimes more than one), I easily doubled my workload. Continue reading . . .
6 Thoughts on the Success of Google Me
June 29, 2010
Briefly, here’s what I’m thinking about the instant legend that is Google Me:
- There’s hope. The reality is that we’re seeing lots of influential people who are more and more disenchanted with Facebook (while not necessarily an influential person myself, I fall into the disenchanted category). People don’t like Facebook’s past, and they’re often scared about its future. If someone will beat Facebook, now’s the time.