I’ve been a reader (and fan) of Inc. magazine for over a year now. I really respect their publication and enjoy reading each issue as it arrives in my mailbox. The other day I got and email from Inc. Here is a screenshot of a potion of the mail. Notice something missing? (click for larger […]
Archive | 2010
PDF Print vs. Save As
Just noticed something odd about converting a Word 2007 document to PDF. If you have a Word document that contains links and want those links to be active in the PDF file, you’ll need to use either of these two options: (1) click “Save As” then select “Adobe PDF” or (2) click “Acrobat” then select […]
Excuses
I’ve been thinking a lot about excuses recently. About why people make excuses and how we use some internal rationalization or misguided logic to craft the excuses into reasons. “I didn’t make that phone call because…” “I didn’t speak up at the meeting because…” “I didn’t raise my hand to answer the question because…” “I […]
Fundamental Attribution Error
I’ve observed this phenomenon before but I never knew it had a name: the fundamental attribution error. If I tried to explain it I’d probably screw it up. Here’s what Clay Shirky had to say about it in his new book Cognitive Surplus (affiliate link): In short, it’s the name given to tendency of people […]
Buttons of Hope
I got a package in the mail today. It was a book. I didn’t think it would come. But it did. It was a book I had bought and received a few weeks ago. I already had it, but I gave it away. I gave my book away to someone who needed it more than […]