2007
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25 Things Your Future Colleagues Won’t Know About
As we approach the end of the year, I thought I’d make a post about the incredible technological progress we’ve made. Here’s my overview of things that will draw blank stares from your future colleagues. Media: Vinyl records / VHS tapes / Cassette tapes / CDs / LaserDisc / MiniDisc and their playback equipment 3.5” [...]
You Get What You Pay For
When selecting a product or a service, price tends to play an important role. Except price sometimes plays an important role for largely the wrong reasons. Price is equated with cost and not with value. Lower prices mean lower costs, but (long-term) benefits, such as value (in quality and/or speed) and a good relationship, might [...]
Don’t Think Outside The Box
I hate the term “think outside the box”. I cringe when people use the term and throw up in my mouth when people use the term to describe themselves. Maybe I don’t understand it, but what exactly is “the box”? The problem with the phrase is that it has a different meaning for everyone because [...]
The Future Of Press Releases
I’ve recently been given a book which describes how to write a press release. I have to admit that—until now—I never paid much attention to press releases. Maybe ignorance was bliss, but I do feel grateful for realizing that most of them are basically full of crock. This is roughly the basic layout for a [...]
Will Internet Kill The Video Star?
I’ve basically stopped watching TV for the last two years or so. Most of the TV time has been replaced by the Web. The Web has provided with more value than TV, both from as source of information and source of entertainment. So is the Web supplanting television in the same way television replaced radio? [...]
The Redundant Human
Advancement in information and industrial technology has resulted in many new solutions that make human involvement unnecessary. Take travel websites for example. Websites like Expedia, Orbitz and—my personal favorite—Kayak are able to search the web for you to find the best deal for your next vacation. Where does the good old travel agency come in? [...]
Exit Strategies
Things stop working. Your TV for instance. That’s when we move on and buy a new one. Similarly in business, products/services stop working. Not everyone can be a Coca Cola, living off the success of a single, unchanged concept for decades. Products/services come to an end for a multitude of reasons. Most common ones include: [...]
Think In Processes
The terms Business Process Reengineering, flowcharts and Microsoft Visio are enough to make most people throw up. In some cases, rightfully so, but there are useful purposes in charting your processes. They give you an overview, either when you’re already in business or before you enter an initiative. Process diagrams give you an indication of [...]
