Things worth noting, not for nothing, according to Sam Dresser.
Drummer, keyboardist, and singer, Louis Cole, has been at it for a while. Whether it's releasing music under his own name, with the band Knower, or as a rumored member of the mysterious and masked duo, Clown Core, he's been keeping very busy making…
1 min readAs we head into the new year (Happy New Year! 🥳), hot on the heels of my own decision to re-commit to a personal blog and owning my own content, The Verge has…
2 min readI've been a fan of jazz music for almost as long as I can remember. Whether it was dancing to the improvisations of Vince Guaraldi while watching Peanuts and…
4 min readIn case you haven't heard, popular password manager LastPass released an updated statement on December 22nd with some terrifying details to anyone who uses…
3 min readYou may have noticed that things look a little bit different around here. I decided to make a few changes. Maybe this is the result of holiday boredom, or…
3 min readYou may have noticed that things look a little bit different around here. I've moved, and I have some things to share. Stay tuned.
1 min readCame across this BuzzFeed News article by Katie Notopoulos and it really resonated with me. The gist is to essentially treat email more like text messages.…
2 min readI really enjoyed this article from the Wall Street Journal (warning: paywall ahead) about getting burned out at work and following your passion. It gave me a…
2 min readJackson said: “The 55 hours of never-before-seen footage and 140 hours of audio made available to us ensures this movie will be the ultimate ‘fly on the wall’…
1 min readNo doubt you're aware of the now infamous Fyre Festival. You know, the one that ended up as a complete disaster? The story is so fascinating, that both Netflix…
1 min readNot long ago, I finished Stephen Witt's phenomenal book, How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy.…
1 min readNilay Patel is the editor in chief at The Verge and recently faced a predicament that many tech-savvy children of less tech-savvy parents face: Getting them a…
3 min readIn case you missed it (which I did, apparently), there's been some recent press speculating about turnover at Zappos. Greg Ferenstein got an interview with CEO…
1 min readI realize the irony of someone who let several months go by without updating his blog posting about time management. Let me defend myself by saying that, had I…
1 min readA simple customer service technique I learned during my time at Apple was to say "thank you" instead of "sorry." The most common scenario was when we were…
1 min readThis is the part where I apologize for not writing here in a while. Glad we got this out of the way.
1 min readI tweeted this article out a few days ago, but wanted to link to it here as well. He treats employees, vendors, booking agents, publishers, and everyone else…
1 min readThe idea of breaking down the incredible book, Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, has proven to be a daunting effort. I am not here to write a…
2 min readVery interesting read on how Disney's MyMagic+ MagicBands came to be. As someone who's visited Disney World and used one, it seems so obvious to me. However,…
1 min readAs we've discussed before, your mind can only handle so great of a cognitive load—people can only hold so many items in their working memory before they start…
1 min readI've been away for a bit, but while I've been away, I've read two phenomenal books that I plan to write about here. The recent book I finished on vacation was…
1 min readStellar products are seldom just about usability and usefulness. They go a step further and strive to delight their users. Slack does this time and again, and…
1 min readAccording to statistics provided by Bain and Co. in the Harvard Management Update, 80% of companies surveyed said that they offer superior customer service,…
1 min readThis article is almost a year old, but still a great read. This is exactly how I feel. Working for a music-centric company, I like to think of IT as the…
1 min readWhile we're on the topic of virtual assistants, this one seems particularly intriguing. We have trained operators standing by 24/7 to answer every one of your…
1 min readI’m seeing a ton of evidence that IT leaders recognize this too. I hear story after story of IT rollouts that result in poor adoption. These failures are no…
1 min readFurthermore, all of this takes place via email, using human-friendly language, as if Julie is a real person. This isn't the first virtual assistant application…
1 min readArticle author Jon Kolko, regarding traditional enterprise software: This category of software is typically characterized as “feature-rich.” In fact, these…
1 min readAfter this week, new episodes of What's Tech? will appear every Tuesday. And we're flirting with the idea of special episodes for big, important topics and…
1 min readSecure Your Home Network: - Change all default usernames and passwords on all devices connected to your network. - Enable Wi-Fi protected access if available,…
1 min readSling TV launched its streaming service on Monday, saying that it will soon add AMC to its basic $20 online bundle of channels, which would make it the most…
1 min readAdobe Kickbox delivers an actionable process for discovering new opportunities, validating customer engagement, and evaluating new business potential. It…
1 min readSamsung may collect and your device may capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and…
1 min readFun interview with Branson. This tidbit is his response to people stealing their salt and pepper shakers. Instead of trying to prevent people from stealing…
1 min readThat's typically how these things start, right? I want to begin in the same way every young man or woman should begin when meeting the parents of their…
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