An Online Elephant Never Forgets
I make lists. Top 10 lists, lists of things to do, and lists of things that I ought to do and haven’t gotten around to doing yet. Recently I started using Evernote – a cloud-based note-taking system available on my…
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If you don’t launch the product, the kitten gets it!
Office kitten Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Sometimes, the world of the lean startup feels like the world as experienced by a kitten — everything’s exciting, we make big movements and try to catch every shiny thing that comes our way.…
What’s on your mobile device?
Your mobile life and what you can do in the rest of your life I’ve had an iPhone for almost a year, and am astonished at the changes that it’s made in my productivity. The main difference is that where…
Escaping the Echo Chamber
I’m headed this week for GlueCon in Denver, where I hope to escape the echo chamber and talk to potential customers, interested partners, and people just plain curious enough to listen. I’ll be talking about Gist, to be sure, but…
We should all ride more buses
We should all ride more buses. Seriously. Since I started riding the bus full time, I’ve had more time to read, been more responsive to email, and had some time back in my day to just watch the world go…
For creative tasks, use different incentives
In a great speech from TED global 2009, Daniel Pink discusses the issue of motivation and incentives. See the speech here: [youtube=] Pink describes the “candle problem” as a classic model of when incentives work and when they actually hinder…
Are you open to new ideas? 3 Ways to Make Sure.
Neon Open Sign Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Are you open to new ideas? Do you spend some of your time every day thinking about divergent or weird things? Have you challenged yourself to question the ways things are done lately?…
The Big Short – Michael Lewis on Why We Looked the Other Way
I recently finished reading Michael Lewis’ excellent book The Big Short, and I’m left with two emotions: surprise at how long the party lasted for securities with no underlying value, and shock at the lack of questions we all had…
Will it Blend? Apple Brand Cannibalization and New Opportunities
It’s a crazy internet meme — you’ve probably seen the Blendtec guy already — but when I saw him destroy an iPad today, it gave me an idea. Blendtec’s literal blending of an iPad made me think of the way…
See New York City like you haven’t seen it before
View from Empire State Building Originally uploaded by gregmeyer If you want to see New York, you need to see it from the Empire State Building. I recently took a tour and viewed the city from the observatory on the…
