vincentfry’s posterous

vincentfry’s posterous

Vincent Fry  //  

Nov 27 / 11:59am

I'm officially old. This is a horrible day

I'm officially old. I just had a conversation with an adult where I made reference to "Risky Business" Their response was, "I have not seen it - all I know is that Tom Cruise did that dance." I knew this day would come because I can't stay out all night anymore without paying for it for several weeks. Moreover, my body aches in ways it never did before and my mind frequently fails me. I've tried to block out the inevitable, but that statement has removed all pretense. I'm going to take a nap.


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Nov 11 / 4:54pm

Solving leadership problems during a downturn doesn't take fancy technology - just character and courage.

Leadership problems come up again and again in a downturn. Solving them doesn't take fancy technology - just character and courage.

By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large

 

  1. My leader won't lead.
    This is a classic recession problem: employees frustrated that just when they're most afraid, their leader seems to be disappearing rather than stepping forward.

  2. Our culture won't let me adapt. 
    The economic recovery may be faint at the moment, but the best companies adapt to a changing world before the change is obvious.

  3. We can't get rid of C-players.
    It's tough to eject poor performers when almost everyone's a genius. The solution? Honesty in evaluations: Encourage a culture where anyone at any level can tell the truth. It may not be popular, but explain you're facing reality.

 

 

 

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Nov 7 / 6:21am

Bad advice or bad climate? A Creigh Deeds retrospective

via politico.com

Deeds memo damning in hindsight - Jonathan Martin

"It’s all evidence of what Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley observed nearly a century ago: Politics ain’t beanbag."

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Filed under  //  Consultants   Creigh Deeds   Elections   Politics   Polling  

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Nov 4 / 5:01am

Obama: A movement or a moment?

via politico.com

'Change has come' ... or has it? - John F. Harris

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Filed under  //  obama   politics  

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Nov 2 / 5:18am

Inattentional blindness = Out to Lunch. One study says that e-mail is more corrosive to your I.Q. than pot.

victim discovered it on her computer when she got home.

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via newyorker.com

Texting while driving and not paying attention : The New Yorker

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Oct 31 / 11:46am

Turns out, a recession is like a sabbatical from an early grave.

 


Fewer deaths during a recession

The death rate went down as unemployment rose - a lesson for companies: overworked employees can be bad for business.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/health_recession.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009102809

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Oct 23 / 7:05pm

Public Wave on a Friday nights is going to become a bit like Times Square in the 80's. Some of everything will be going on. Not boring

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Oct 23 / 8:26am

China, in the words of Sir Larry Wildman, "I could buy your ass six times over" Ni hao baby!

It's China's world. (We just live in it)

 

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After a shopping spree for natural resources, the Chinese are shifting to automakers, high-tech firms, and real estate. Where will they strike next? 

 

http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm

 

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Oct 18 / 11:31am

Testing Wave App for Posterous III

Testing Wave App for Posterous III ((tags: wave))


Wave/Posterous combo is bananas

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Oct 17 / 5:04am

Who says Wave is useless? Wave + Pulp Fiction = Big Fun. Now, if only I could do this.

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Filed under  //  Google   Wave  

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