I have a number of books on my Kindle for iPad and while I was writing on the Mac I thought I’d refer to them for research. It was a bit clumsy to have to go back and forth to the iPad, there should be an easier way to do…
If you’re planning on attending this year and you’re deep in the tech side of things – please take a moment and consider presenting. This might be a stretch for a lot of people but consider this… You’ll get more people to talk to you after your topic then ever.…
Great organizer’s meeting last night at The Grape to get BarCamp Tampa Bay up and running. A lot of great folks are working to bring this together this year. @gavinstark has now got the sponsor’s page up so if you’re in the Tampa area and looking to get in front…
Social Media Club Tampa Bay will be restarting soon. It’s been some time (way too long!) since the last chapter meeting, even though there’s been a lot of local interest. See the Facebook page for latest updates. We are currently re-forming and booking venues. Please feel free to post recommendations for…
This year BarCamp Tampa Bay will be at KForce Tampa, dates are September 25th and 26th. Last years event was a tremendous success and we’re looking to improve on it again this year. The 25th will be Media Day which explains blogging, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms to…
The July-August 2010 edition of Harvard Business Review has an article called “How to Stop the Innovation Wars” which discusses a common misunderstanding that the ‘innovation’ side of the house must be separate from the ‘operations’ side largely because innovation is something done by a few people and without accountability…
Critical to any organization that is attempting to grow is a flow of ideas through that organization. This first hit me when I was reading “One Up on Wall Street” by Peter Lynch several years ago. Somewhere in there he describes that if he made 1000 investments, ten would break…
Often overlooked when putting people together, the ability of individuals to communicate and cooperate often times determines the success of a venture more than their work experience. In many environments ‘teams’ of people are assembled with the assumption that ‘team work’ will carry the day and something useful will come…
And sometimes not. In 2008 I was at Caeser’s in Vegas, sitting at one of the roulette tables. I sat down just before 10AM and had the entire table to myself. For the next three hours, whenever we’d hit red, red, red, the fourth spin would always be black. I’d…
I’m not sure who at Cobb Theaters put “dinner” and a “movie” together but I freakin’ love Cinebistro! The service program is a little awkward and you don’t have a lot of time to get seated and order, but I appreciate the convenience of the overall concept. The theater in…
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer) by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith
Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation by Phil McKinney