The Hire

Sat 5 May 200102:38 AM

Many Mouths

Fri 20 Apr 200107:52 PM

My friend at Eshibui.com turned me on to TheFutureofSoftware.net, a site with an awful name but a smattering of decent “Expert Insights” on where software is headed. There are some big names there, including Alan Cooper and Bruce Tognazzini — though hardcore geeks may be disappointed by the lack of depth in these pieces. Worth a peek nevertheless.

The Lucky Number

Thu 19 Apr 200104:35 AM

Wireless infrastructure player Seven got a great mention in The New York Times Magazine two weeks ago, in a fluff article about “inventing a brand name”. What’s more, their Web site is beautifully designed, making clever, pleasing usage of the eBoy style of pixel-happy illustration. And their logo is probably the best IT startup logo I’ve seen in recent memory. Tip of the hat to their communications team.

Quotability

Sat 14 Apr 200102:31 AM

I’m working on becoming more quotable. Dropping pithy, semi-humorous observations seems to be one way to survive the selective amnesia of modern society.

Design is a method employed by artists to impose a tyranny on the world

Expect the Unexpected ASPs

Sat 7 Apr 200108:48 PM

It’s possible to shoehorn just about anything into an ASP model. That includes brand asset management, I guess, as evidenced by Artmachine.

A Place for Everything

Fri 6 Apr 200104:46 PM

Orgagencyfish

Tue 3 Apr 200106:47 PM

The Internet consulting industry’s incredibly awkward puberty continues. Megabig advertising group Omnicom Group announced today that it will form a “holding company” with Pegasus Partners II L.P. in order to consolidate their fast-detriorating Internet properties. Which means they’re going to try and fuse together Agency.com Ltd., Organic Online and Razorfish — three major Internet consulting companies. Everyone duck.