Insight. What is it really? How does it work? Is it valuable—or do we live in a world so techanized and data driven that nothing but algorithms and digital code has any value.
Archive for March, 2007
Monday, March 19th, 2007
Balanced Diet
So what is the wisdom for this week?
Internet trumps all?
Mobile is the new super platform?
Print is dead?
TV is passé?
Mail…? Forget about it!!
Newspapers? Don’t make me laugh….
And on and on it goes.
- [...] year after his Al Wadi find in Bedford. Michael, who unquestionably knows his hummus from his babaBalanced Diet the weekly rambleFran Lebowitz. And there you have it. No matter what the eating/dieting fad of the moment, at the [...]
- The funny thing about research and statistics is that they can easily be manipulated to say whatever you need them to. In the right demographic, any book is a best-seller, any disease is the number one killer, any brand is the favorite, and any form of media is preferred. I was in debate in high school - talk about opening ...
- Funny I almost used the lies and damn lies quote as a follow up to this one -- and as Mark says its all about listening
Monday, March 12th, 2007
Sword
How often have you had to fall on your sword? You know what I mean—put your entire career and life on the line to get across (to sell-in some parlance) an idea, a thought, a campaign, a desire or a wish.
- Showing that you are ready to use it is a confirmation of conviction -- but like a Samurai if you pull it out without bloodying it -- you have a problem -- remember like the kid who cried wolf. And guts are great when you have substance to back them up -- and that is my point -- if you have ...
- But then again, sometimes you need to have the guts to fight for something you believe in, and not fall back to "I have so much to loose". What's the worst that can happen to you, really? Based on that question my assessment of how far I'll go begins.
- I know what you mean... My hand is on the sword, a lot. I don't always pull it, sometimes I just draw it out so the sun catches the blade. I have a question ...the samurai will show the handle, and appear ready to pull it if you cross the line. I feel this way sometimes - like I just want someone ...
