In global strategy, we were doing a business case on an Australian wine company. As I was sitting there trying not to yawn (I’m not a wine drinker), I came up with the thought “why doesn’t anyone sell Jug brand wine?” It wouldn’t have to be in an actual jug, though one of those oversized [...]
Furthest Page Read
Feb 12, ’10
5:05 PM
I got a Kindle for Christmas and I’ve ready quite a few books on it since. I also have the Kindle app for my iPhone and it’s handy that they allow me to sync my place between the two, so I can read on my iPhone when it’s dark and on my Kindle most of [...]
Airport Security
Feb 11, ’10
11:15 PM
I was taking a class at Stanford’s d.school last week and the creative project we were working on had to do with airport security. We spent some time breaking down the entire process and discussing what were some of the feelings we might have of each. One of the things that struck me, is that [...]
A Better Use of Your (Reading) Time
Feb 10, ’10
2:11 PM
How about a website that lays an interface over the avalanche of books that allows people to create playlists of books and articles for people looking for exposure to a particular topic.
While that alone would be useful (to me), how about taking it a step further. Why not expose Pandora-like functionality where I enter a [...]
Course Readers
Feb 10, ’10
2:02 PM
I’m in the middle of a year at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and for each course we get a very extensive course reader full of articles, cases and other stuff. This is in addition to or in place of a textbook.
Now, I might be an exception, but in how I learn and what I [...]