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The Refuge
To be a refuge for others. Key Buddhist concept. Buddhists are defined in Buddhism as anyone who seeks refuge in the triple gem of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
Social Media in 2011 and 2012 – Hype and Productivity
There is a lot of hype around Social Media, as if it is really something new (it isn’t). However, that should not undermine the real productivity in terms of advertising and word-of-mouth. 2011 and 2012 will have a more hype and more productivity.
Social Media in 2011
In a post on Seven Social Media Sites for 2011, there were of course some successes and some failures of prognostication. Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn (with an IPO), and The Blog are going strong, and in fact had huge gains.
Customer Service Policy & Practice
Don’t be a legalistic idiot. Business is not about getting money from people who don’t want to give it to you or want it back, for good or services that were never provided. Who would come up with this as a definition for business, much less good business? This sounds more like a government taxation department or extortion, or simply fraud.
Forgive my nonsense
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. —Robert Frost
Network Effects, Multiplatforms and the Cloud
Apple sees most clearly how integration between devices and the cloud, with the cloud as the memory system between devices, is a competitive advantage. Network effects are not only in terms of more users of a system or platform, but more uses across systems for a single user. This means that the Mac OSX notebook becomes more valuable when it and the Iphone are connected via Cloud, and it also means that the Ipad is more valuable when connected with Iphone and Mac OSX (Lion, specificially). We see now that the ipod touch is a part of this platform as well, and is targeted to be the mobile gaming platform of choice (with the Ipad likely to compete in this space as well).
Android Multilingual and Swiping Keyboards
There is a plethora of keyboards available in Android (as opposed to the iPhone), and some have the innovative swiping feature of dragging fingers across the keys instead of individual typing of each key. That is great, and the original Swype is available for free in Beta. However, if there is a need for multilingual keyboarding, that is switching between different keyboards, then Swype is of no use. However, there are two other options:
Devices and Platforms, Some Thoughts on Mobile and Tablet
Here are some thoughts, somewhat random, but should be mentioned. This post won’t be timely in the sense of the future, but perhaps for a little while in the present.
Evidence of Competence, and Lack Thereof
This is a point I’ve been confused about for a long time. For one thing, I fully buy into the idea that you want people to grow, as your organization grows, so they should have a level of incompetence for new and developing challenges which they will encounter. If they are fully competent at everything, it will all be quite boring and they won’t last long, and certainly won’t have their heart in it at the beginning.
That said, the employee, consultant, contractor, what have you, is being hired to perform. They need to be able to do this. What kind of evidence should we consider, and what is not relevant? Those are the questions. I’ve had a lot of trouble lately, and so this is a message to myself and an attempt to learn some lessons, and not simply experience chaos. The hope is that some of this can be avoided in the future.
Two Hours Per Day to Jackpot in 7 Years
There is an interesting news item on how a Stanford Statistics PhD may have beaten the odds through a systematic approach. Total winnings from four scratcher jackpots beginning in 1993 adds up to $21 million.
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