Sometimes, the words we choose communicate things we didn't mean - and sometimes they end up being more honest than we wished. Here's an example, from Clearspring, which develops products for developers who develop widgets: We are building … [Continue reading]
My Other Brother
Posted on April 18, 2007 Written by
Didn't know I had yet another one out there. And no, this is not an indictment of my parents for "not telling me something." I've recently started swapping e-mails and conversations with a fellow communicators - a nice guy named Michael … [Continue reading]
Proof of Concept
Posted on April 17, 2007 Written by
Have you ever had one of those ideas that you thought were really cool, and inspired -- and you were certain would never work? Maybe it's the complexity, such that execution is never perfect. Maybe it's the sheer number of things that could go … [Continue reading]
Crises
Posted on April 16, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|There are only two things worse than managing a crisis; not managing a crisis, and being forced to manage a non-crisis as though it was something truly important.}} … [Continue reading]
Lesson Learned
Posted on April 16, 2007 Written by
Time for another brief lesson in communications from ORACLE: The message that worked yesterday might not work today. Case in point: trying to get my kids to pick up their toys, on the pretense that I might remember the color of the living room … [Continue reading]
Rarity of Maturity
Posted on April 13, 2007 Written by
{{myquote|Ninety percent of the world never leaves high school - they just leave adult supervision.}} … [Continue reading]
Multiplication Subtraction Division
Posted on April 9, 2007 Written by
Saw this on a commercial recently (and it's here on the web), and it made me wonder: "one study found that up to 70% of people who had genital herpes got it from their partner when their partner had no signs or symptoms of an outbreak." Now, call … [Continue reading]