Why Give Employees Freedom

Google And The Wisdom Of The Clouds So one autumn day a year ago, when he ran into Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt between meetings, he floated an idea. He would use his 20% time, the allotment Googlers have for independent projects, to launch a course. It would introduce students at his alma mater, the … Read more

Kiss The Sky

Kiss the Sky I hold my head up just enough to see the skies And when we go we won’t go slow we’ll put up such a fight When they fade into dust and into ash But all children know for sure this pain will surely pass Strong and wise… and you are love And … Read more

Why personal corporate blogging will fail

Fail – After six years big business still has no idea what to do with this blog thing. 1) His take is very trendy and young This is how the blogging world views corporate America. Clueless and scared of what they do not control. 2) Notice how much of his thoughts focus on control Everything … Read more

Who comes to my site and why should I care – the case for user personae

What are personae? User personae are archetypes of typical customers. They are based upon our research of your services and the information you have given us about your customers and their habits. Personae consist of personal information about the user as well as their mindset and technological comfort level. How does YVOD use personae? YVOD … Read more

Card Game: Rich Man, Poor Man

Rules for the card game: Rich Man, Poor Man This is a game we learned while visiting the Wall-Johnson’s over Thanksgiving. It is simple to learn and fun to play. Each game takes less than 5 minutes but you will want to play it for hours. It is easy enough to understand that children as … Read more

To Kindle or Not To Kindle

Kindle Newsweek Review I don’t see it. $400 is a bit steep and the thing is ugly. I do not get the whole “colorless” thing. Why not make the thing a portable hard drive to facilitate the transfer of files? Why make this a wireless-only thing? What advantage does that give? And what is up … Read more