The fifth and final post over at Powell’s — if you can only read one post from the week, read this one. I’d love to get some communal thinking going on this issue. If you have thoughts, please email me or post a comment.
Archive for February, 2007
Why don’t we know more about Iraq?
Published by February 23rd, 2007 in Concreteness, Curse of Knowledge, Emotion, General and Simplicity. 4 CommentsWhat do you do when the rat isn’t gross enough anymore?
Published by February 22nd, 2007 in Concreteness, Emotion, General and Unexpectedness. 0 CommentsToday’s post on Powell’s asks the question that’s been on the lips of so many people, for so long: What do you do when your giant inflatable rat just doesn’t inspire the same feelings of revulsion that it used to?
Wednesday at Powell’s
Published by February 21st, 2007 in Book news, Concreteness, Emotion, General, Simplicity and Unexpectedness. 0 CommentsOur guest-blog post over at Powell’s books today asks the question: Can a billboard be too scary?
We also discuss sticky & non-sticky terror-preparation tips. Hope you enjoy.
Are cats left-pawed or right-pawed?
Published by February 20th, 2007 in Book news, Concreteness, General, Teachers and Unexpectedness. 3 CommentsThe answer to this question, and more, at the Powell’s site where we’re guest-blogging this week.
 I was pleased to be able to include this sentence in today’s entry: “A study on toads found the creatures mostly used their right legs when removing a plastic balloon that researchers had wrapped around their heads.”
Do people really oppose the cervical cancer vaccine?
Published by February 19th, 2007 in Book news, Emotion, General and Unexpectedness. 0 CommentsWe’re guest blogging on the Powell’s Books website this week. We’re thrilled to be working with Powell’s — they’re such a great supporter of books and authors.
The question posed by the first entry at Powell’s: Are there really a lot of people who oppose the cervical cancer vaccine for moral reasons? Or have [...]
Talking Strategy Manifesto
Published by February 12th, 2007 in Concreteness, Curse of Knowledge, General, Simplicity, Story and Unexpectedness. 2 CommentsOur friends at ChangeThis just published our manifesto, Talking Strategy: Three Straightforward Ways to Make Your Strategy Stick. Chip and I believe that most organizations do a lousy job communicating their strategies internally.  Most execs seem to believe that formulating a strategy is 90% of the battle.  If you’re a sole proprietor, [...]
Idea Sandbox’s TV-style elevator pitches
Published by February 6th, 2007 in Concreteness, General, Simplicity, Story and Unexpectedness. 5 CommentsPaul Williams at Idea Sandbox has written a fantastic piece on the admirable simplicity of TV-show intros. As he says:
It can be challenging to boil down what you do into a short blurb… For inspiration, I suggest paying attention to the 30-second narrations at the beginning of TV shows.
At the start of each episode [...]
Via Guy Kawasaki and Electric Pulp, there’s now an “Asshole Rating Self-Exam” (ARSE) for Bob Sutton’s new book The No-Asshole Rule. And what a brilliant first question: True/False: You feel surrounded by incompetent idiots.
Yesterday I did a 30-min online chat session for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. I didn’t imagine it would unfold this way. Good times.
