Learning Everyday
I’m a big fan of musicals and chocolate so naturally Willy Wonka is one of my favorite movies. I subconsciously began humming a song from it about a week ago and I looked it up on YouTube. There are some good business lessons to be learned from this short 2min scene so I outlined just a few below. 1….
Smartphones rule the world but even they have a master – data. Smartphones without data are just dumb phones – bricks you use to text and hangup on the Redcross with. Smartphones have shackled their users to data and the carriers are taking advantage of the situation. #141476527 / gettyimages.com Cell carriers now shape their plans around data – not texts or…
Without any context the term “cord cutting” is a bit gross but in reality it’s a beautifully difficult idealist term. The cord being cut is the cable cord – cancelling cable or satellite at your home. Being a cord cutter is filled with struggle and triumph. Cord cutting, in my mind, is about ridding ourselves of the…
Meet Maria. A former collegiate golfer from Spain. She spent four years in the United States without a cell phone plan. As much as we hate our cell phone plans and their carriers we’re chained to them for two years at a time. Dealing with mystery fees and throttled data we continue on with our lives…
Found this post sitting in my drafts folder from July 2013. I don’t necessarily agree with the 2013 version of myself but the post was already finished and new blogging ideas are hard enough to come by. Enjoy! #164404527 / gettyimages.com For the past few weeks I’ve been reading “The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History…
Weekly Flex Trip highlights the best flex trips across the globe through user submissions. We aim to give insight into the best places to eat, play and stay in each city we cover. About two weeks ago I was given Click Millionaires by Scott Fox for some light reading. I demolished the book in three days…
Trademark pending… The Lean Packing Manifesto: We are uncovering better ways of packing clothes for a four-day travel week by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Function over form Overhead space over checked luggage Light weight luggage over clothing options Planning over procrastination That is, while there…
In an effort to subsidize the costs of WiFi at hotels many have taken to partnering with local newspapers. When a guest checks into the hotel and signs in through the portal with their name and room number they’ll be taken to the default landing page of the online paper. What a great way to…
#172727407 / gettyimages.com Throughout my “formative” years teachers would write notes on the board for students to furiously copy down. We would then be tested on said notes every few weeks. Then in college students were expected to copy down the important pieces of information that spewed for teachers like alcohol from sorority girls on…
That’s what I was taught growing up. It made identifying objects high on shelves difficult but nonetheless it was the rule. It’s also a good rule to bring into the work place, especially during a crisis. Over the past few weeks my current project had a few bumps in the road. By sitting back and observing…