Susie and I are getting ready to celebrate our tenth anniversary. We’re at T-30 days. We’re (surprise surprise) actually going to be in airports traveling on the actual day, but we plan to take a little holiday before or after our chronological anniversary, just the two of us somewhere within driving distance but far enough away to feel like a real escape. As is often the case, we have put off planning, and we’re just now starting to look at our options.
I had a great conversation that led to a new idea of a sandwich maker that imprinted famous faces. When that idea turned out to be already done, I wasn’t discouraged…
I’d like to play Ultimate this season, and yesterday was the first day of registration for individuals. However, if anyone has a team that I’d fit in on, please let me know.
Today was a Flickr day. I took pictures of feet. I also decided that my offical “tag” for all tagging purposes is “travissmith”. Now I’m going to take a nap before bed.
“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”
After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.
“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)