Overheard

“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

“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.”

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

Comments

I was just thinking, "Boy, it's been a while since Travis blogged anything. I wonder what's he's been up to?" Then, lo and behold, you give us a post chock-full of things you've been doing. Thanks!

(And in case I'm rude and forget - Happy Birthday!)

Posted by Jason
  at 9:48 am on Oct. 9, 2008

I'd love to help organize Northern Voice 2009. I helped with the organization of BarCamp 2008.

Posted by Raul
  at 1:39 am on Oct. 11, 2008

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