Secrets of Simplicity – Presentation by @gilescolborne on Design and User Experience
He’s Barack Obama & He’s Come to Save the Day – JibJab’s Funny New Music Video
Since China, Russia, India, Europe and Japan no longer seem to have much appetite for U.S. government debt and “Quantitative Easing” being forced on the Federal Reserve by the Treasury to pay for the out-of-control budget deficit without the political hazards of raising interest rates, I found this new video from JibJab pretty timely… and hilarious!
The Onion News Network Video of What It’s Like to Take Your Toddler to Work … if You’re a Congressman
Congressman’s Son Won’t Shut The Hell Up During Hearing
Is Microsoft Finally Denting Apple’s Mac Armor?
According to this article at FastCompany.com, “data released by BrandIndex reveals that ad lab Crispin Porter + Bogusky has finally helped Microsoft turn the corner, and that Apple may need to rethink its derisive response to Microsoft’s new “Laptop Hunter” ads.” Judging from the Apple ad above, I’d say they’ve got their attention; it comes off a little more defensive than usual to me. Here’s another quote from FC:
A BrandIndex survey of 5,000 people shows that among the 18-to-34 year-old demographic (that’s right, young people) Apple’s “value perception” has taken a nose-dive. BrandIndex rates a brand on a scale of -100 to 100 (zero meaning the brand is getting equal positive and negative feedback) by simply asking customers whether they feel they get a good value for their money. Apple enjoyed a value rating of 70 as recently as last winter but has plunged to 12.4 since then. Microsoft, meanwhile, has rebounded from an indifferent zero in February to 46.2 today, indicating that its latest attempt to portray Apple as overpriced is hitting home with customers.
7 Minute Abs from There’s Something About Mary – Inspired by #SCIP09
After spending last week at SCIP09 in Chicago, I was reminded of how competitive intelligence people in corporate roles are often confronted by the same sort of executive myopia we see in this infamous scene from the Farrelly brothers’ classic “There’s Something About Mary“.
The lead character, Ted (Ben Stiller) picks up a hitchhiker (Harland Williams) who explains his breakthrough idea designed to reshape the landscape of the personal fitness industry by improving an existing competitor’s value proposition in a way that makes the current offer obsolete – “7 Minute Abs“… enjoy:
What struck me funny was, if you transpose the hitchhiker as CEO and Ted as CI practioner, you get some valuable takeaways for how not to manage the function… or maybe companies should just start by not picking up hitchhikers and making them CEO.
Negro y Azul by Mariachi Band Los Cuates de Sinaloa Opens Breaking Bad Tonight
Buzzr Demo Video – Making Drupal Usable
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