tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226087782012-01-24T13:53:03.909-08:00sometimes and somewhat random thoughts and experiences from deep in the so-called digital worldchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-43711731977784259112011-12-01T16:07:00.000-08:002011-12-02T16:09:44.228-08:00

Continuing on in the honesty and transparency theme - and hoping this will also prove to be useful for other entrepreneurs - I figured I'd follow up my "what did I learn from OneTrueFan" post with a new bit of sharing.I recently took a new job with another start-up (the amazing AppFog team). How I got to this decision might be valuable to others.After the OneTrueFan acquisition and my departure,

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-63063001985738016852011-10-03T10:49:00.000-07:002011-10-03T11:09:02.145-07:00

So, in part I of my (slow developing) series on what Agencies can learn from Start-ups, I introduced a whole bunch of issues, lessons and models.As promised, I'm going to start expanding on some of them.First - in an agency it is not okay to fail. Failure is not an option, ever. In a start-up, on the other hand, failing is how you learn and how you get better and how you end up winning. Learning

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-54849041536157291112011-09-28T14:49:00.001-07:002011-09-28T18:00:00.320-07:00

Note: This is not the complete story. This is just my perspective. I'm hoping the other OneTrueFan folks also feel like posting up their learnings - which will yield a more complete perspective. This is simply me detailing what I (alone) learned from my experience at OneTrueFan. I'm hoping it is complete and most of all honest and transparent. I hope it doesn't make anyone uncomfortable. The goal

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-12633643361045092302011-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:002011-09-09T09:09:27.824-07:00

So as I mentioned yesterday briefly, OneTrueFan has been bought. I'm very very excited about this deal. The BigDoor guys are great, there is fantastic synergy between the teams - and at the end of the day I think that the two companies combined have a good shot at being one of the two or three winners that come out of this sector. I don't know if I could have honestly said that about OTF as a

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-81503323240967214382011-09-08T08:49:00.001-07:002011-09-09T09:04:42.625-07:00

OneTrueFan bought by BigDoor.Yup. It's true.Eric and Todd kicked ass. BigDoor made a compelling case. Together the two are better than alone.More soon of course.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-72406344911485890072011-06-27T15:40:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:41:57.237-07:00

-- This is part one of a planned multi-part series --I've been described as a funny-shaped peg. Now... there are a number of valid reasons for this description, but the one that matters for this particular post is that I seem to bounce between the Services world (agencies, consulting firms, design studios, development shops) and the Product world (in particular high tech internet start-ups).

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-35810407260242886582011-06-23T13:05:00.000-07:002011-06-23T13:11:23.842-07:00

Until Design (and designers) can get beyond trying to settle the "Who is in Charge" question there is no future for Design beyond the rigid borders of the discipline.So the question is - what's really more important? Being in control or having an impact.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-36479480525321534372011-06-10T13:41:00.001-07:002011-06-10T14:05:34.919-07:00

-- Full disclosure: I am an employee of OneTrueFan. --Yesterday OneTrueFan released a public preview of the company's Fan Intelligence (aka "Fan-alytics") solution. If you've not seen it, check it out.While this preview is really cool and exciting - I thought it would be interesting to see how much more someone could get out of it with a little more work.In this case, I decided it would be

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-43801144347240539242011-05-23T18:23:00.001-07:002011-05-23T18:23:57.613-07:00

Pundits and experts tell us that the key emotional strength of an entrepreneur is Passion. In my opinion this is untrue. Passion is in fact vital, but I would argue that it is an outcome of the true key strength. And that is Belief. Belief is what allows us to ignore the odds. Belief is what enables us to fight - again and again. Belief gives us strength and allow us to justify the sacrifices.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-79527334087541396382011-05-20T10:08:00.000-07:002011-05-20T10:47:35.076-07:00

Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But uh, until that day - accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day. - Vito Corleone, The GodfatherI come from the East Coast - from the tri-state area.I grew up working back of the house in restaurants.Perhaps this is why I believe that doing favors (and being owed favors in return) is a fundamental

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-63704052455375494542011-05-05T08:15:00.001-07:002011-05-05T08:16:22.774-07:00

Honestly, the only thing I can do is point you in the right direction in this case. The 7 Biggest Lies Out of Digital HollywoodI really wish I'd written this piece. Bravo!

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-60253255042432021692011-04-06T15:26:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:28:49.686-07:00

Sometimes you see something on twitter that just HITS you.This is one of them.The new startup team is hacker + hustler + designer. -- @christineLOVE it.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-75790579275764477652011-04-04T10:23:00.001-07:002011-04-04T10:39:42.426-07:00

-- This has nothing to do with the general topic of this blog --In the mid 80's I played in various bands on the East Coast.Safety First was not the best band I played in. It was too odd, too low-fi, too weird, too amateur to be the "best." I'm not even that confident it was the most fun band I played in.But it was a special band for me - and a special experience. As a band, I think we were as

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-15821946063671140442011-03-07T10:21:00.000-08:002011-03-07T10:51:32.553-08:00

Last week I had an interesting opportunity, and it has brought something to my attention that I think is probably worth sharing.I was invited to speak at an event about how to take advantage of Social Media - and how to address the risks of Social Media. I was on a panel with a whole stack of other folks, representing a wide range of perspectives on the topic.Within the first 15 minutes I

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-53407644725499922282010-12-28T13:44:00.000-08:002010-12-28T14:19:38.830-08:00

A year or so ago I was working with one of the companies in discussions with Google about the design and development of a netbook running ChromeOS. Sadly, we were not selected for the program. Regardless, I was really intrigued by the idea and tracked the development as best I could over time.Given this, it should be no shock that when Google announced a "Pilot program" for testing out a sort of

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-46369906512329928352010-12-14T14:29:00.000-08:002010-12-14T14:46:58.915-08:00

I have a confession to make.When I first saw Twitter I didn't get it.Actually, not only did I not get it - I though it was a dumb idea doomed to fail.The thing is that, like most people who are like me, I was looking at new internet and technology businesses in terms of their utility. I was evaluating them to see how they were going to make my life easier.This makes sense. It's obvious and

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-8498388779782908652010-12-02T12:25:00.000-08:002010-12-02T12:37:14.896-08:00

I was asked this morning, "why aren't you beating up on Rupert Murdoch over this whole ridiculous The Daily thing?"My answer was that it's like kicking a man when they're down. Except, in this case, it's like kicking them when they're dead.Seriously, the publishing industry at this point just makes me sad. If their industry were being disrupted by technology that allowed direct brain interfaces,

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-73459018232148049352010-11-12T10:44:00.001-08:002010-11-12T11:03:34.345-08:00

This has pretty much nothing to do with the normal topics for this blog (though I'll try to relate it in a minute). None the less, I think this is a really important issue and is something that needs attention. Sorry if it's "off topic."I have one thing in common with most other consultants.I travel a lot.This is generally a part of the business of being in services - and especially true for

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-64336778891774195812010-11-01T16:25:00.000-07:002010-11-01T16:45:54.869-07:00

I've tried to love the iPhone.Really... I've tried.I work on Macs. I only work on Macs. I'd probably refuse to take a job that didn't allow me to work on a Mac.I'm not an Apple fanboy -- I just like working with tools that allow me to get the job done.The trouble is that I want to choose how I use these tools. If I think the best way to peel ginger is with a spoon not a vegetable peeler (which is

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-91592735996977013742010-09-27T13:34:00.000-07:002010-09-27T13:52:25.114-07:00

Last week I was asked "what is your philosophy when it comes to consulting?"I gave some sort of glib answer.But the question stuck in my brain. And I realized it's actually an important one.So I'm going to try and dignify it with a more cogent answer - or at least the start of an answer. And I'm going to do so by listing the things I believe to be true (and important) in ethical, effective and

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-69693543178462059372010-09-14T08:44:00.000-07:002010-09-14T08:56:59.528-07:00

One of the primary joys of working with designers is the opportunity to see problem sets from an entirely different angle - to completely change the frame. For me this enables a reshuffling of attributes, components and forces that regularly shakes things loose and allows for a sudden refocusing and more complete grasp and understanding.For this to work - however - I have to be open-minded when

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-77074947597986516122010-07-16T09:51:00.000-07:002010-07-16T10:15:31.469-07:00

The whole infuriating so-called debate over "Design Imperialism" has annoyed me to the point where I've had to try and stop paying attention. (and no - I'm not linking to any of the drivel on the subject - feel free to use Google).That said... I have no choice but to vent a little - but then also suggest a solution to my issues.VentingThis whole design imperialism argument illustrates one of the

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-54841246467389415672010-07-07T15:09:00.000-07:002010-07-07T17:18:30.692-07:00

There are a lot of problems in the Design / Agency / Consulting world.Right now one of the big (and growing) ones is what I think of as "the problem of Gaps."What I mean by this is quite simple really - but it's something no-one talks about. Right now the "Gaps" I'm speaking of exist in two planes.First - when we talk about the temporal process that Clients and Agencies go through in creating

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-85213526234775272762010-06-10T14:08:00.000-07:002010-06-10T14:14:30.285-07:00

I've never really thought of myself as an "Enterprise 2.0" guy.Instead - I think of myself more as the kind of person who can help big companies become more nimble and flexible and forward thinking - and can help small companies become big and aggressive.And then I ended up in the PBworks Top E2.0 Consultants voting.In fact, as I write this, I (@cbtacy) seem to be #12.Being on this list has made

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-11071261501465197782010-06-07T11:57:00.000-07:002010-06-07T12:10:10.872-07:00

That was one of the weirdest and flattest "big hype" technology events of all time.I'm talking about this morning's Apple WWDC keynote of course. I guess - given the level of hype around these things - it was inevitable that sooner or later we'd see one that simply fell flat. And maybe the leaked / lost / stolen phone made this result a foregone conclusion.But to be honest - after the Android

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-48456555911209867882010-05-10T15:00:00.001-07:002010-06-05T13:48:31.322-07:00

I've been spending a lot of time talking with folks in large companies about their "Social Media efforts."I'm seeing a pattern emerging that seems to cover about 95% of all such situations. And I can describe it through a weird sort of analogy...What is a door without any walls? Intellectually and philosophically interesting but at the end of the day neither real nor worthwhile.What is four walls

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-61761491043113084312010-04-08T14:59:00.000-07:002010-04-08T17:29:07.728-07:00

In one of those great bit of serendipity that makes life truly wonderful - in the midst of a week that has been largely about explaining how Brand works and what Brand is - and most of all how Brand has changed; today I received a brilliant illustration of the changed landscape.(About a year ago) Jason Fried from 37Signals wrote a scathing flame-post on the customer self-support service

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-65027115609865536602010-03-06T09:00:00.000-08:002010-03-06T09:24:15.501-08:00

Twitter is doomed because teens don't use itTwitter is for geezers - Why Facebook will winThe media and the pundits seem to be obsessed with (repeatedly) uncovering the "story" that research shows teenagers don't like/use Twitter. Then then interpret this as meaning that Twitter will fail - in many cases because (in their mind) Facebook will "beat" them.So let's quickly debunk this bullshit as

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-67715585578379183222010-03-03T08:43:00.000-08:002010-03-03T08:49:39.072-08:00

"It’s easy to say “preserve the best of the old and combine it with the best of the new,” but in revolution, the best of the new is incompatible with the best of the old. It’s about doing things a whole new way." - Clay Shirky

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-45555676182819014302010-01-01T18:45:00.000-08:002010-01-02T15:58:12.710-08:00

As everyone knows, R Murdoch decided to play a little high-stakes poker with Time Warner Cable the other day. I don't think anyone really thought that it would reach the point where consumers of TWC were not able to get Fox programming - but as a negotiating tactic I can see how it would appeal to Murdoch. It's all very "turn-of-the-century robber baron" which really suits not only his style -

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-59318125954827187862009-12-05T10:49:00.000-08:002009-12-05T11:13:24.878-08:00

I think everyone knows (or at least SHOULD know) that brands should be doing targeted influencer marketing on Twitter. At the same time, it seems like no-one knows HOW to do this (or we could say that few if any are doing it WELL).In a conversation with a good friend, I came up with the following model as an illustration for how you might go about doing influencer marketing using twitter. This (

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-15899134919604530572009-10-15T14:12:00.000-07:002009-10-15T15:12:52.378-07:00

Over the last six months I've spent a fair amount of time responding to people who have made claims to me like: "Venture Capital is broken/dead" "Venture Capitalists are an unnecessary evil" "VCs don't add value"My responses can be summed up as "there is no one 'Venture Capital' anymore (if there ever was) and this sort of generalization is really problematic."Inevitably in these conversations,

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-45328948378310032032009-07-28T12:19:00.000-07:002009-07-28T12:20:43.522-07:00

Facebook is a social network. Twitter is a media/marketing vehicle disguised as a social network. Big difference. And if you don't think it's changing the way that information is dispersed, for good and bad, you're insane. -- Bill Simmons, ESPNI could not have said it any better and as such - I have no additional follow-up comment other than "Right on!"

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-20059556340062467792009-07-24T11:51:00.001-07:002009-07-24T11:52:49.832-07:00

My primary issue with the Design Thinking movement is that those involved seem to think that every other discipline should learn from them - while they don't have anything to learn from any other disciplines.Note: the issue is with the movement, not the theory.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-38873293936613124792009-07-15T21:19:00.000-07:002009-07-15T21:31:23.367-07:00

Miles Nadal (from MDC) had a very interesting point today. He commented that we are, currently, seeing a Darwinian Moment like never seen before in the Advertising Agency world (and in Marketing Services in general).I think this is entirely true. We're not just in a period of enormous change - we really are seeing potential mass extinction of an entire species or two.But I believe that the

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-17670923644742688642009-07-13T09:54:00.000-07:002009-07-13T10:40:33.649-07:00

And just when I think that we here in the US have the craziest, greediest, most arrogant and most ignorant media barons in the world... The Europeans trump us.International publishers demand new intellectual property rights protection to safeguard the future of journalism. "Hamburg Declaration" continues to attract signatures from top media owners. (press release)This insane bullshit from the

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-13887304877528479992009-06-17T15:09:00.000-07:002009-06-17T17:50:56.303-07:00

So my prior post about Media Dinosaurs drew a fair amount of feedback - particularly around my comment that the state that big media was in is the result of "ignorance and/or arrogance."Rather than go into any historical rebuttal - I will offer one simple exhibit to justify this statement.Yesterday, PaidContent.org published an interview with Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal. The interview

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-90221694292041875592009-06-10T09:00:00.000-07:002009-06-10T21:34:45.146-07:00

Fundamentally, I believe that we now have clear indications that many of the large media companies are either fucked (print) or in deep peril (TV). In the case of print, this is largely the result of the steady increase in operating costs since the early '90s (print, paper, postage) and the dramatic decrease in revenues from advertising over the last ten years (largely driven by a combination of

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-91581335947779495652009-06-04T11:07:00.000-07:002009-06-04T11:23:01.939-07:00

Obviously I'm as shocked as anyone that this article appears in Time Magazine.But it's not only the best article on Twitter that I've read - it's also one of the best descriptions I've ever seen on the massive changes that are occurring right now on the internet, in technology and communications and in consumer behavior.Honestly, this could (and should) be turned into something that explores

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-87964783597904309692009-05-28T10:06:00.000-07:002009-05-28T11:46:53.404-07:00

If anyone wants to understand why so many of us think Microsoft is completely screwed when it comes to the internet, the future, etc. - and why (conversely) we all think Google is going to simply own the future... today gave a brilliant and nearly perfect illustration of the situation.Today Microsoft started the launch of "Bing" - their new search engine. This is the (latest) attempt by Microsoft

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-64687715041940464592009-05-21T09:07:00.000-07:002009-05-27T09:49:35.266-07:00

I've always been uneasy with the idea that large masses of people possess greater insight and wisdom than individuals. I understand that this concept plays to something deeply embedded in the American value system - a rejection of the concept of an "elite" and the celebration of the "common man."I've worried that this deep tie to something so non-rational -- something so central to our national

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-59739594607011212009-05-15T09:25:00.000-07:002009-06-10T17:54:56.164-07:00

I wondered the other day - is Social Distribution becoming a source of traffic to rival SEM? Is the power of the Stream something that will change the paradigm when it comes to getting people to your site?Some entirely non-scientific data to support this theory...I checked my blogs. Here is what I found...Traffic to the sites in the last week was:23% direct sourced35% referred traffic42% search

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-29358112901672685902009-05-14T07:59:00.000-07:002009-05-14T08:13:02.541-07:00

In the beginning, the process of finding information on the web was largely driven by a sense of exploration and discovery. As the amount of information grew and this quest became more directed, we saw the rise of sites that provided information about this information. Sites like the NSCA and Cern meta indices became the most valuable resources on the web.The number of sites continued to increase

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-79288267884699967862009-05-12T16:42:00.000-07:002009-05-12T16:48:39.204-07:00

Fundamentally, designing a product is an attempt to create something that people will not only desire but also cherish.So why is so much product design run as if it were a functional (rather than emotional) process with success the result of logic? Why is so much product design a profoundly non-human experience? Even anti-human!This makes no sense.Where this seems worst is in digital

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-23846420038985592742009-03-13T08:39:00.000-07:002009-03-13T09:05:40.067-07:00

I've spent most of my career working in the Bay Area.This means I'm deeply steeped in the culture of high technology business.In particular, I've spent an enormous amount of time working with companies and people that are rooted in or spring out of the traditions and values of enterprise computing. Tech start-ups, venture capital, enterprise software companies... I'm talking about you.Over the

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-89474558316285007112009-03-10T08:36:00.000-07:002009-03-10T08:46:18.105-07:00

As the venture well dries up here in the US... the question is, who (if anyone) is going to take up the slack? And as a related question - do entrepreneurs need this kind of funding anymore?To tackle the second question first... contrary to what folks like 37 Signals think, the vast majority of start-ups do, in fact, need real funding. More than that, however, almost all start-ups need either a

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-41944313935516909812009-03-06T10:42:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:48:33.450-08:00

A lot of folks knew it was coming, but with the explosion of solutions like Roku and boxee and NetFlix and BitTorrent and Move Networks and Hulu - I think it's time to say buh-bye to Blu-Ray.Like LaserDiscs, Blu-Ray is going to become a product for the movie fanatic - the person who simply must own the move/video and for whom the theoretical best possible output really matters. The trouble is -

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-63634237660438547882009-03-05T14:46:00.001-08:002009-03-05T15:12:07.388-08:00

Ironically, over the last few days I've read two articles that each on their own are interesting / valuable / intriguing. Each on their own are, in my opinion, must-reads for anyone who considers themselves a "professional" in the design field.What is really exciting is that reading both together (or in the same time frame) gives me hope that Design will truly start to move forward in a truly

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-85961833004618336832009-03-05T14:37:00.000-08:002009-03-05T14:45:56.653-08:00

I'm very excited.I've taken a gig with Yves Behar's firm fuseproject.This is, to me, both a delight and an honor.I'm going to be spending the next couple months doing Corporate Development - helping to expand the defined service offerings. We're going to elevate the interface / interactive offering.This is, as you can imagine, something I think is very cool.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-85239975182568939672009-02-20T15:16:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:18:16.082-08:00

Sadly, it sounds as if my theory about cable being behind the boxee ban by Hulu might be credible.OK... I admit that at least some of my love of boxee is related to my hatred of the cable apes, but this is still both stupid and self-destructive behavior by the content companies.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-35075112236954734172009-02-18T20:51:00.001-08:002009-02-18T21:00:40.755-08:00

boxee (IMHO) demonstrates the future of "TV".Now... I'm not saying that boxee (the company or the product) are equal to the future - but rather that by looking at boxee and thinking about what it represents - you can see where the medium is going.This has some profound implications.And only a brain-damaged baboon would not see that this change is unavoidable. It is going to happen.Apparently, the

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-57638704271786008522008-12-11T12:34:00.000-08:002008-12-11T12:36:24.967-08:00

OK...So it had nothing to do with consulting, design, innovation, agencies... But none the less - you have to read this.At a bare minimum, there is something deeply unseemly and unsettling about one influence-peddling ex-Treasury secretary using his special access to personally lobby his even more bank-beholden successor for favors.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-73927753698533567102008-11-17T14:57:00.000-08:002008-11-17T14:58:47.966-08:00

Thanks to Stefan...

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-24271672704570643502008-10-29T17:10:00.000-07:002008-10-29T17:17:57.894-07:00

So here are my points of advice.These are for those of us who work in creative and consulting services - and are entrepreneurs. They are for managers and executives and founders.In other words... they're for all of you feeling the pain of the current economic situation.Protect the core value of your business. Yes... you're going to have to cut costs and people are your costs but use a scalpel not

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-61739340878805893972008-09-25T18:21:00.000-07:002008-09-25T18:24:08.006-07:00

Everyone talks about corporate values, business values...Every offsite I've been to has had sessions about values.At times I've described this as bullshit.At other points it's seemed at least interesting.The thing is that the values are, really, always the same. Once you reduce them down, they're Respect, Professionalism, Commitment, Passion and Thoughtfullness.The trouble is...None of those are

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-14940957124259131962008-09-15T12:50:00.001-07:002008-09-15T12:58:02.081-07:00

Bruce Nussbaum on the BusinessWeek site makes a truly absurd claim...He claims that "innovation caused the current financial crisis."OK.So first of all... I suppose I'm too much of a semanticist to find this an acceptable or even vaguely intellectually supportable. And that's just my own issues cropping up.But beyond that... it's an insane statement. Seriously.While his argument is compelling at

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-91253202575982312182008-09-04T08:14:00.000-07:002008-09-04T08:25:16.554-07:00

OK... perhaps the headline is a little bit sensationalistic.But the (accidental) release of Chrome shows that the world of the web as we know it (and for that matter the world of everything that touches the web) is about to change radically.To understand Chrome a little better - read this.The more important thing to understand is this... Google has created a browser the is specifically designed

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-75374846943129863772008-08-27T11:33:00.000-07:002008-08-27T11:40:05.063-07:00

RedOneSample clipsWired articleThis is going to fundamentally alter at least three industry segments and could destroy one of them.And it could forever change the balance of power in the entertainment industry.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-39054804804361576892008-08-18T08:40:00.000-07:002008-08-18T08:46:37.525-07:00

Everyone is excited about location based mobile device services and software.It's not hard to understand why. The created additional (new) business models and revenue streams are extensive and exciting.What I find interesting is that no-one seems to be thinking that deeply about the fact that we're all talking about this being a sort of "localization" of traditional web services - without

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-51787547876876678212008-06-28T17:42:00.001-07:002008-06-28T17:46:15.558-07:00

In my job - and in my life - I've become increasingly obsessed with the human mind's attraction to simplified and/or universal models. And along the way I've become convinced that resisting this attraction provides the key to understanding.all models are wrong, some are useful - George BoxI would actually rewrite this anecdote to read something slightly different. My new belief is that we should

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-1152988388417185002008-06-23T13:36:00.000-07:002008-06-23T13:41:59.991-07:00

So the writing's been on the wall for a long long time when it comes to traditional print publishing. And finally, it's all really hitting.For newspapers, the news has swiftly gone from bad to worse. This year is taking shape as their worst on record, with a double-digit drop in advertising revenue, raising serious questions about the survival of some papers and the solvency of their parent

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-86991464279416846362008-06-13T16:26:00.000-07:002008-06-13T16:35:01.099-07:00

Everyone is acting as if the big loser of the whole Yahoo - Microsoft - Google fiasco is Yahoo (and Yahoo's shareholders of course). But let's be honest... how many people weren't already thinking of Yahoo as a walking corpse already? Yeah... the company is totally fucked now. But they've been pretty much fucked for at least the last 2 years.Regardless... if you look at this from a wider

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-73730003226302887572008-05-23T11:16:00.000-07:002008-05-23T11:18:28.046-07:00

Okay... so it's a puff piece par excellance.It's more marketing than anything else - certainly more than journalism.But it's surely something to learn from at least in my opinion.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-17577157112917464582008-05-23T10:41:00.000-07:002008-05-23T10:48:54.422-07:00

as we continue to grow over here at method world domination head quarters... we keep needing other revolutionaries to help our cause.this week it's an exciting one.we need someone to run our cadre of client services pros.we're looking for someone incredible. we need the cat wrangler with juggling skills who can sell and spin while still knowing that at the end of the day it's all about delivering

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-42387302533758655782008-05-23T10:32:00.000-07:002008-05-23T10:41:06.239-07:00

It seems like everyone is waking up to the enormous potential of locale-based services. iPhone... Android... throw in the new W Gibson novel...Here is my question...Why did it take so long to figure this out?Is it because technologists are profoundly less "real world" locale focused than the vast majority of human-kind?Are there other areas where we continue to be stupid and solve problems "for

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-28460484981575226282008-05-03T06:25:00.000-07:002008-05-03T06:29:02.548-07:00

So the new Method website has launched (let's call in initial beta in the bright new Web Two Point Oh manner).People keep asking me "what does method do?"And "what is brand experience?"Rather than telling people what the answers to the questions are (traditional website of this sort) - this new site attempts to demonstrate what we think they are.I like it.And now, perhaps, people will start

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-59996603573186224742008-04-24T10:36:00.001-07:002008-04-24T10:45:26.970-07:00

Do you think like an Account Planner? Is the moment when the overwhelming fog of data conflicting with goals and objectives clears and the pieces fall into place like crack to you?Do you work like a Group Account Director? Do you love the moment when a client starts talking about "we"?Do you live like a Strategist? Are you restlessly curious - a constant meddler and dabbler and explorer who loves

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-25834010640846237592008-04-11T12:13:00.001-07:002008-04-11T12:55:56.796-07:00

Very (very) interesting post from Fred Wilson...There is no doubt in my mind that he is spot on about many of the underlying forces here (and about some of the issues and likely outcomes as well. But at the same time - I disagree rather vehemently with some of his other points.The Internet is decomposing into a vast array of micro-services that we, the end user, stitches together to make our own

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-2834103315834413022008-04-01T11:21:00.000-07:002008-04-01T11:29:36.211-07:00

One of the most important values for me is a desire to continue learning.More than that, perhaps, it's an appreciation for the importance (and value) of learning.As relates to that - nothing frustrates (and disappoints) me more than people not being interested in learning. Or worse yet... thinking they have nothing to learn.Being here at Method is fantastic in a number of ways.Of these, the one

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-14958578472764621102008-03-17T10:56:00.000-07:002008-03-17T11:07:40.304-07:00

Not that long ago I had an opportunity to write a blog for a "mid-major" media company. When I provided sample copy I was told that my tone was too "snarky."Now... that's not why I turned the opportunity down (that was due to a combination of lack of time and lack of interest in the broad subject being asked for) but it's a funny comment when you think about it. At a certain level - the whole

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-62455423851017106252008-03-05T14:02:00.000-08:002008-03-05T14:07:29.458-08:00

Recessionary times provide ripe opportunities for innovation, especially product innovation. If we are indeed entering into a recessionary cycle, remember it's just that: cyclical. There will be an end, and you'll want to be well positioned when times turn around. -- Ad Age, 5 MarchI'm as cynical as the next guy... okay, maybe just a little more so. But none the less, this article (with it's

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-80426338332987641222008-03-03T17:51:00.000-08:002008-03-03T17:58:53.371-08:00

When Booz Allen Hamilton asked marketers which organizations would become more important to them by 2010, media companies, media planners and communications planners topped the list, with 52% believing they would be more integral. Ad agencies of record? Only 27% thought they would be more integral. -- Ad AgeSo... right now a lot of folks are saying, "damn... media companies must be doing

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-53424207848383562892008-02-25T11:50:00.000-08:002008-02-27T09:54:16.301-08:00

From AdWeek today...Portals rose to prominence based on the theory they were one-stop shops for users and advertisers. But as the Internet has matured, users have increasingly spent time on social networks and niche sites. Now advertisers are following their lead.On the one hand all I can say is "Thanks Captain Obvious."On the other hand... if this helps the advertising world (and our clients)

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-91192730888124474702008-02-21T17:20:00.003-08:002008-02-21T17:20:55.126-08:00

Does "the Big Idea" make sense anymore?Would it be better to focus on "a whole lot of small good ideas"?

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-76186371201156287652008-02-20T09:17:00.000-08:002008-02-20T09:20:17.999-08:00

But cheap interaction turns the tables. The cheaper interaction gets, the more connected consumers can talk to each other – and the less time they have to spend listening to the often empty promises of firms. -- Harvard Business OnlineAgain... not rocket science but there is a mix of some very good incremental thinking here and a really, really well articulated argument.This is a significant

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-75729794116243157892008-02-08T10:17:00.000-08:002008-02-08T10:42:49.664-08:00

OK... So there are some conclusions/recommendations in the new Forrester report on Ad Agencies that I'm (to say the least) dubious about. But I cannot argue with the analysis of the current state of affairs.In Forrester's view, a simple fact is driving the need for wrenching change in how advertising agencies are structured: consumers increasingly do not trust marketing messages. Instead, they

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-82044839666081661422008-02-04T19:55:00.000-08:002008-02-04T19:56:05.541-08:00

How to pitch a VC (revisited).

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-86433425091846405732008-02-04T11:30:00.000-08:002008-02-04T11:36:12.654-08:00

So I've commented before (and probably will comment again in the future) that the traditional agencies are facing rough times. I've talked about the challenges of the changing media markets, the issues with brand touchpoint rankings changing, the demographic changes, the brand control issues. I've alluded to the issues around business models.But a tiny piece from Ad Week today says it perhaps

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-51254114197454684502007-11-09T10:48:00.000-08:002007-11-09T10:51:33.274-08:00

Account Manager - "When will this feature (not component, not task, but complete feature) be done?"Developer - "In 2 hours."Account Manager - "OK, so you'll be able to demo it to the client tomorrow?"Developer (stammering) - "Well... umm... I've got a hair appointment and, ummm..."Account Manager- "When will you be able to demo it to the client?"Developer - "Well... by demo it to the client do

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-55830916138748016942007-10-30T14:26:00.001-07:002007-10-30T14:27:52.217-07:00

right now in mid move craziness.assume at least one more week before i post again.wish me luck.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-10153317889830791672007-10-15T12:30:00.000-07:002007-10-15T12:32:51.783-07:00

Above stolen from Ernie Schenck

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-74971170501974238312007-10-02T10:23:00.000-07:002007-10-02T10:28:08.100-07:00

One of the most surprising things the team found was how many people are starting their online shopping with search -- more than 54% of the study's panel, in fact. The idea that more consumers are coming to brand sites through the side door of search means search engines are starting to circumvent brands when it comes to online shopping. - AdAge.comOh.My.God.You mean Search is important for

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-90090801248262575952007-10-01T18:52:00.000-07:002007-10-01T19:01:42.136-07:00

As anyone who knows me can tell you - I'm obsessed with Talent, and I'm obsessed with people with insight/experience across a broad spectrum of interests and areas.In many ways, I think the rarest (and most valuable) people are those who combine the above two with social skills, communication skills and a high degree of intelligence.Periodically I meet such a person - and my response is almost

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-80518595386010038252007-09-13T13:38:00.000-07:002007-09-13T13:39:57.060-07:00

Oh... I'm going to be out of the country at the World Championships for 2 weeks.For those 10 of you out there who read this blog... I'll post more in October.

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-52345087315818565052007-09-13T11:25:00.000-07:002007-09-13T13:37:54.678-07:00

About twice a month I have someone say to me, "OK, I understand that you're obsessed with an accurate definition of Strategy and agree with you on this... but my real problem is that I can't seem to hire people who actually are any good at Strategy. How can I tell if someone is going to be a good strategist?"When people ask this question, the answers tend to fall into two camps (both of which are

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-10685170219218937342007-09-11T09:32:00.001-07:002007-09-11T09:52:51.717-07:00

The generally accepted truism is that it is always easier to migrate downstream than upstream. It's easier for a high-touch boutique design firm to start offering production/execution/volume services than for a job-shop to start selling strategic insight.But it doesn't seem to stop folks from trying to fight against the current.I've mentioned in the past that there is (in my opinion) an enormous

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-78710746808066265772007-09-10T10:46:00.000-07:002007-09-10T10:51:51.276-07:00

Well... it's been an incredible experience here in Portland. It's a great town... and I'm going to miss it.But I'm moving back to San Francisco.I've accepted a position with Method.As has Valerie.It's really exciting. I've always been a big fan of the people, the work and the vision of the company. I've watched the company grow from a small scrappy studio into where it is now - and now I'm going

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-66326949907158772512007-09-06T09:23:00.000-07:002007-09-06T09:56:31.963-07:00

Spending the last few months "unemployed" has enabled me to regain some lost perspective. When you work full-time within a single company, you end up with a narrowed point of view. That, sadly, is inevitable. Of course, one of the nice things about working in a services business (and the main reason that I continue to be attracted to this industry) is that you get "vicarious perspective" as a

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-40289502783622408832007-09-05T13:27:00.000-07:002007-09-06T09:54:06.544-07:00

Twice in the last month I've had conversations around the challenges of retaining talent in this industry.Obviously, part of the problem is the limited (or perhaps shallow) talent pool combined with the exploding demand for that talent.In talking with David Lai from Hello Design, one thing we came to agreement on was that there is only so much you can do when faced with this particular challenge

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-91886274319454387052007-09-04T10:02:00.001-07:002007-09-06T09:48:24.309-07:00

So I've joked a couple times in the last 9 months about suddenly feeling "valuable" again.And I've shared my projections on valuations for the mid-sized independent (talent-driven) interactive shops.It seems that now we're seeing measurable confirmation of both these comments.If you've been working in "interactive" or "digital" for more than 5 years and have a somewhat senior role - you should be

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-40022354966401773982007-07-15T21:39:00.000-07:002007-07-15T21:48:20.666-07:00

Not working is usually something that causes stress.Sometimes people talk about gaining perspective from the space afforded by not working.Personally, I prefer to focus on learning and perhaps more importantly understanding.I've been spending a lot of time at this task - and it's turning out to be quite valuable to say the least.Now... that being said, I've not exactly been pursuing the life of a

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-62710381419021938642007-06-30T20:52:00.000-07:002007-06-30T20:53:56.240-07:00

"We're moving from a distributor-driven paradigm to a consumer-driven paradigm." -- David Sanderson, Bain & Co Global media Practice

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-6729611231856796812007-06-30T16:25:00.000-07:002007-06-30T16:34:18.424-07:00

Yesterday was my last day at Pop Art.This was a very valuable experience for me. I feel a great sense of satisfaction tempered with a little sadness and some regret (a sort of emotional goulash if you will).When I joined Pop Art it was a small web shop with big dreams, good talent that had been suffering from an identity crisis. About 6 months before I started, they hired a new creative director

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-61063549568469708802007-06-25T15:03:00.000-07:002007-06-25T15:04:26.868-07:00

“The only sustainable source of competitive advantage is superior understanding of the customer.” Robert Lauterborn, Professor of Advertising, UNC Chapel Hill

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-61123792626421394982007-06-03T18:59:00.000-07:002007-06-03T19:05:08.245-07:00

In some ways the fixation on "the internet" is potentially fatal for many companies.It would be far more valuable to focus on "interactive" (or "digital") instead. I prefer the former as it hints at the changes in the control relationship between brand/media/sign and user/audience/ego.What's even more interesting about changing that POV (and "slant") is that it radically accelerates the point at

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-15483820727129398492007-05-30T19:20:00.000-07:002007-05-30T19:22:59.999-07:00

There are, of course, as many types of "strategy" as their are types of "creative." There are an equal number of definitions. Not all, however, are correct. In fact, for both strategy and creative, the majority of definitions are incorrect.If you want a good illustration of a correct definition of strategy, read this.It just so happens that it's also a brilliant piece on how to do effective

chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07259964812670851159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22608778.post-4315185010893766272007-05-04T10:39:00.000-07:002007-05-04T10:47:59.579-07:00

The Creative Services industry is now entering a pivotal period of change. This change is largely being driven by the rise of the Internet as a medium for mass marketing. What's behind the change? No surprise: the internet. U.S. interactive-agency revenue rocketed 23.1%, driving the increase in marketing services. But digital is more than interactive shops; it's an integral part of

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I recently traveled to the Bay Area for some consulting work - and to spend a birthday weekend in SF.While on the flight down, I read a book recommended by Russell Davies.This book is, in my opinion, an absolute must-read for anyone involved in creative services of any sort.More than any book I've ever read, this takes an incredibly pragmatic and realistic and level-headed look at creativity and

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"I don't remember being forced to accept compromises, but I've willingly accepted constraints." - Charles EamesI've been fascinated by the work of Charles and Ray Eames for a very long time.Partially, of course, this is the result of the quality of the work. But (for me) there is also a sense of astonishment when it comes to the success rate (seemingly 100%) the clients they worked with and the

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I've been reading a lot of books about/by people who have profound impact on design as implemented in the market (think Charles Eames as an example).There are two themes that seem to run through the lives and successes of these individuals.The first is what I would, in this case, call Applied Talent. Yeah... I'm inventing a term I know.What I mean is that these people possess a breadth of

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