Something beautiful is happening here in Dublin, Ireland. The death of credit has made way for the re-birth of value.
Wipe the slate clean
One hazard of working in a busy consultancy is the endless waves of projects that hit your desk. They limit your time to digest what you’ve been through, to reflect, to learn new skills, or even to just prepare yourself properly for the next project. As a result, you can fall victim to to all sorts of cognitive biases, or in laymans terms you start to make bad decisions because of a burnt-out mind.
Three to tango
Why do massive corporations with large web budgets often end up with bad websites? Why do great web companies’ portfolios contain some masterpieces and some also-rans? There are three key parts to a successful project, and only one of them is in direct control of the agency.
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Your app has launched, now what?
“As I type this post, there are four people in my twitter stream “marketing” their application by posting tweets saying “Guys, I’d love feedback” or “Check out xyz.com for all your xyz needs”. A link monitoring service like Bit.ly shows you exactly how bad this approach is. It’s the online equivalent of storming into a nightclub and screaming “Okay ladies, who wants a drink?”, and it’s about as effective.”
An extract from an article I wrote at ThinkVitamin, Your web app has launched, now what?.
The Need for Speed
The web has been littered with “get fast quick” articles following Google’s recent announcement that site speed can affect page ranking. Web site performance is suddenly a KPI for many businesses.
On decisiveness
Growing up I was always taught by parents and teachers to take time to carefully and thoroughly consider important decisions. And as an adult, I’m constantly tempted to “sleep on” a decision. People put stock in decisions that have been considered for a long amount of time.
Our music lives on
Comhaltas Ceoltoirí na hÉireann is a group dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional Irish music. As part of their preservation, they have amassed a massive collection of recordings: both video and audio, photographs, sheet music, lyrics, and scanned books.
Ten times better
Your app needs customers. To get customers, you need to convince non-customers to change—from a competitor’s product or from using nothing.
How to compete
Sport and business are often compared. But there are as many bad comparisons as good ones. While professional sport provides us with fantastic insight into highly efficient, motivated, goal driven team work, I believe it provides a poor metaphor for how business competition works. Simply beating a competitor is not necessarily an indicator of good business.