TweetLast month I read In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing and am finally posting my thoughts on this book by Matthew May. First of all, it’s a well-written book that applies its message to itself. I’m glad that I found it after my previous read, since it covers similar ground [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Inspiration'
In Pursuit of Elegance
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Ideas, Inspiration, Non-fiction, Reading
Outliers
December 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ideas, Inspiration, Lessons, Life, Non-fiction, Open source, Random, Site
TweetSince reading Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, I’ve been looking forward to Malcolm Gladwell‘s next book. Outliers: The Story of Success didn’t disappoint, and I recommend reading it yourself. As the book’s title suggests, Gladwell’s text is about success and outliers; [...]
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Imagination
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Inspiration, Life
TweetKids are the best. This evening at the dinner table my six year old son offered an outstanding definition for imagination without actually saying the word: “When you close your eyes, you can see pictures. When you open your eyes, they go poof.” To this I might add that vision is the ability to see [...]
EMC Innovation Conference – day 2b
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Content management, Ideas, Inspiration, Technology
TweetContinuing from the first half of my day two notes… Steve Santini (internal EMC link), CTO, Bank of America Securities spoke next as the day’s featured guest speaker. Steve shared his perspective on how how Bank of America (BofA), as a very large company, organizes itself for successful innovation; the bank’s vision for the future [...]
EMC Innovation Conference – day 2a
October 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Content management, Ideas, Inspiration, Technology
TweetContinuing from the good start on day 1 (10/21/2008), the second and final day of the conference (10/22/2008) began with a world tour of EMC’s Centers of Excellence in China, India, Russia and Ireland. It was great to see a large remote gathering at each site via live video feed. The leadership of each center [...]
