Chance Bliss

I quickly realized after looking at this amazing collection of gaming consoles that color is needed. Take a look at these images (via Coudal Parnters) and tell me which ones stand out? Which ones seems inviting? Fun? Something that screams for you to touch?

Color is pretty much what is missing today in all electronics. Everyone, including Apple, wants to play it safe with the brushed silver, sleek black or cool white. Grow some and try the rest of the color wheel.

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Excellent analysis by Graham Ericksen on why we make project plans:

“I’m suggesting that project plans are the same thing: artifacts of rituals meant to quell anxiety about the unknown.”

To all CEOs, it’s not enough to say that your company is going to be great. To have any chance at being great, you need to need to go much further and at the minimum have simple answers to the following questions?

1. What is the company going to be great at? The answer should not be everything. You must be able to complete the following equation: Company = X (e.g. Google = Search; Walmart = Low Prices;  Zappos = Custom Service). If you are writing five paragraphs with words like “solutions”, “integrated”, “full-service” or “monetization”, go back and start again.
2. What is the definition of great for your company? The answer should not be “a really big company that makes a lot of money”. Yes, making a bunch of money is great, but you are not going to be next Google. If you had just 1% of Google’s 2009 revenue (23 billion), you would be making $230 million. Lets not get greedy now.
3. Who and what do we need to be great? The answer should not be acquisitions, outsourcing, capital or more executives. It should be a list of talents, skills and infrastructure needed to support your employees.
4. Who are trying o be great for? The answer should not be our shareholders and investors. The answer should be a specific type of customer, not everyone. Also, don’t forget your employees!

One other quick point. You will not be determining whether you have reached your goal of being great. Your employees and customers will. Try asking them.

I wonder if this chair actually works?

Gaiam Balance Ball Chair

1. Never be afraid to ask for help.
2. Never iron clothes. Send them to the cleaners.
3. Don’t buy cheap meat. It will be tough and you’ll end up throwing it out.
4. Don’t buy cheap liquor. You will get a terrible hangover.
5. Never drink then smoke pot. You will get the spins.
6. Buy one good car and drive it forever.
7. Start working as soon as possible.
8. Don’t get an advanced degree in the liberal arts or business.
9. Learn to play an instrument that you can carry around.
10. Learn how to sing.
11. Learn to draw.
12. Never buy warranties. They are scams.
13. Learn to type.
14. Learn a second language.
15. Never smoke tobacco.
16. Find a career where you are creating something, not selling or marketing something.
17. Never use nails in drywall to hang anything.
18. Travel to other places as much as you can.
19. Don’t fight with mean people, just leave or ignore them.
20. Do not get emotional about business or money.
21. Do not buy cheap things, they cost you in the long run.
22. Save money, but don’t be afraid to spend it. Money is of no value unless you spend it.
23. Spend money on events (traveling, concerts and parties) not things. You won’t remember the things.
24. Throw parties!
25. Never ride a motorcycle. You will crash.
26. Never believe predictions or projections of the future.
27. People are pretty much set in their ways by the time they reach 24 years old. Rarely do they change dramatically.
28. Don’t buy any furniture made of particle board.
29. First impression are usually correct, but give people a second chance (only one chance).
30. Always buy 2 things of toilet paper when you are at the store. Same goes for soap, tooth paste and anything else you use on a daily basis. It stinks to run out.
31. Never take on a dare. The other person is risking nothing.
32. Stick to black or brown when buying coats, shoes, hats and belts. It will never go out of style.
33. Stay two years behind any technology. It will cost less and the bugs will be worked out.
34. Leave a party when you are having the most fun. It will only go downhill from that point on.

A random list of things that should be wiped out of existence.

• Project Plans
• Microsoft Office
• Fractions
• Boxing
• Printers
• Opera
• Carrot Top
• Answering Machines
• Land Line Phones
• Outsourcing
• CD/DVD/Blue Ray Players
• Operating System
• Printed Checks
• Bank Branches
• Swiping your Credit Card
• Radio
• Fax Machine
• Your Signature
• Owning a Car
• Movie Rental Stores
• Video Game Stores
• Movie Theaters
• Local Disc Drive
• Brief Case
• Ties
• Real Estate Agents
• Cuban Embargo
• Family Values
• Wrist Watch
• Jay Leno
• Newspapers
• Yellow Pages
• Mail
• ABC/NBC/CBS
• GM
• Sarah Palin
• Steve Ballmer
• Dog Jewelry
• U.S. Education System
• Scantron
• TV Guide
• LOL
• Mullets
• WWW.
• .COM
• Username/Password

..not a website at all. Don’t tell me how creative, cutting edge or tech savvy you are. Show me.

(via Michael McWatters)

If you are looking for inspiration, this is an excellent source for all web designers and developers.

I always wanted to create a functioning Rube Goldberg web page. Here a sketch I created while waiting for a CD to burn.

Someone ask me the other day what my Zodiac sign was and I reluctantly said “Aquarius”. Why did I hesitate? Because Aquarius is the weakest of the symbols. Other people get cool stuff like bulls, lions and scorpions. What do I get? Essentially, a water boy and a really bad show tune “Dawn of the Age of Aquarius”.

So as my birthday approaches, I decided to change the entire Zodiac wheel and replace “the water bearer” for Destro from GI Joe. No more fetching water for the other signs! Now I wear a mask forged from Beryllium Steel and create conflict in order to sell weapons.

Destro Stats (January 20 – February 18)

Strengths:

• Strong sense of honor
• Calm demeanor
• A head for business

Weakness:

• The Baroness
• Rust
• Inability to shoot and actually hit a member of GI Joe

You are compatible with:

• COVERGIRL (Hot!)
• LADYJANE (Hotter!!)

You are incompatible with:

• FLINT (Such an ass kisser)
• SERPENTOR (Wannabe Cobra Commander)
• BARONESS (It’s a love hate thing)
• DEEP SIX (Dude lives in a bubble)

New Zodiac Chart

• GI JOE (Aries: March 21 – April 19)
• COBRA COMMANDER (Taurus: April 20 – May 20)
• COVERGIRL (Gemini: May 21 – June 20)
• SERPENTOR (Cancer: June 21 – July 22)
• ZARTAN (Leo: July 23 – August 22)
• BARONESS (Virgo: August 23 – September 22)
• LADY JANE (Libra: September 23 – October 22)
• PYTHONA (Scorpio: October 23 – November 21)
• SNOW JOB (Sagittarius: November 22 – December 21)
• FLINT (Capricorn: December 22 – January 19)
• DESTRO (Aquarius: January 20 – February 18)
• DEEP SIX (Pisces: February 19 – March 20)