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December 28th, 2011
People don’t pay attention unless it’s something they need to know
OK, I’m not a psychology professor. In fact I’ve never taken a psychology class in college. I was up in NYC a few weeks ago talking with a friend and we were talking about how about 90% of what we are talking about goes in one ear and out the other. My takeaways come in
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November 20th, 2011
Googleitfirst
Luke, my friend from college, lives in NYC now and I take residence at his place about once a month when I’m in town. He works as a fashion photographer in the city and he’s a managing partner in his company that employs about 8 people out of a 1,200 square foot apartment across the
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September 16th, 2011
Reflections on creating my first Apple approved product in over 5 years
This week we launched the Kit by Livio in Chicago at the RAIN show. I was driving to the RAIN show from Detroit on my way to the show and it dawned on me that it’s been over 5 years since I’ve launched an Apple product (last one was the iDJ). The same day I
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July 28th, 2011
Office Hours: Good or Bad (for a startup)
As an owner of a small startup operation, I get the pleasure of working half-days. The only problem is deciding which 12 hours of the half-day I want to work. Weekends are the days where I can get s*#t done without getting sidetracked. Sound like you? If so you probably share my dilemma about setting