"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."
- Rex Harrison
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Effective
Sometimes there are pearls of wisdom inside all of this business spam that I get.
“No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.”
— Peter Drucker
“No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.”
— Peter Drucker
Monday, July 27, 2009
How to find generals
"The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. "
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Hunting
Microsoft's Laptop Hunter ads
I think this is a really good ad, even though I'm a Mac guy myself. Probably the first halfway effective Microsoft ad I've ever seen.
And Apple is upset enough about the ad that their lawyers have contacted Microsoft about it.
I think this is a really good ad, even though I'm a Mac guy myself. Probably the first halfway effective Microsoft ad I've ever seen.
And Apple is upset enough about the ad that their lawyers have contacted Microsoft about it.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
No, really
I liked this anecdote reported on Yahoo Finance. #8 in a list of 10:
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107261/dumbest-moments-in-business-2009-midyear-edition.html;_ylt=Aubt8tBgOlOVXdJTsAktdxK7YWsA?mod=career-leadership
8. U.S. Debt is 'Safe.' Seriously. Stop Laughing
Following a speech at Peking University on his first trip to China as Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner was asked to share his thoughts about the safety of Chinese investments in the United States. They are "VERY safe," he quickly asserted.
At which point the audience burst out laughing. Apparently, the audience was amused not only by the answer's substance, but by the flat "don't worry your little young heads about it" certainty with which Geithner insisted that China's U.S. debt holdings were A-OK. Because as even a group of Chinese college kids understood, that's just not as clear as the Treasury Secretary insisted it was.
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107261/dumbest-moments-in-business-2009-midyear-edition.html;_ylt=Aubt8tBgOlOVXdJTsAktdxK7YWsA?mod=career-leadership
8. U.S. Debt is 'Safe.' Seriously. Stop Laughing
Following a speech at Peking University on his first trip to China as Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner was asked to share his thoughts about the safety of Chinese investments in the United States. They are "VERY safe," he quickly asserted.
At which point the audience burst out laughing. Apparently, the audience was amused not only by the answer's substance, but by the flat "don't worry your little young heads about it" certainty with which Geithner insisted that China's U.S. debt holdings were A-OK. Because as even a group of Chinese college kids understood, that's just not as clear as the Treasury Secretary insisted it was.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Who watches the Watchmen?
The smiley face on Mars:
http://jennifersaylor.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/face-on-mars-revealed/
http://jennifersaylor.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/face-on-mars-revealed/
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