People, Process, Technology
- Start Cooking
Passing this on. Guy’s right, this site is an excellent example of the use of video, not to mention the all around excellent interactive experience. I especially like their attention to copy and link detail.
You quickly go from http://startcooking.com/ to my favorite, http://startcooking.com/blog/82/Deviled-Eggs, in two short clicks.
(Via Guy Kawasaki: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/03/a-lot-to-learn.html)
- Seth Godin Knows
Having dabbled a bit in the music business around here, we were pleased to read Seth Godin’s latest thoughts on the (r)evolution of the music industry. Tribal Management, yeah.
“So if I put all this together I’m going to come up with what I call the Merchant Solution. It has nothing to do with stores, it has to do with Natalie Merchant. (laughter) So, Natalie Merchant shows up in the New York Times last week saying not only do I not have a record label, I’m not going to make records anymore because I just figure out how to do it. And that is the biggest opportunity times 10,000 because Natalie doesn’t want to be in business, Natalie wants to make records. Thirty years ago Natalie couldn’t put together the scratch to record an album because she couldn’t afford a recording studio. Thats what you guys did for her. She couldn’t come up with the time and energy to go out to California to sell and pay for shelf space at Tower, thats what you guys did for her. The point is, now she needs somebody to say “let us take care of your tribe”. Let us figure out the business model that says you get to do what you’re great at, write songs, perform them, find people who love you, not like you, and they are A LOT in the case of Natalie Merchant, and we will figure out not how to exploit that, not how to write a contract that you’re going to regret for the rest of your life, but to sit next to you and say guess what, there are all these people in the tribe [and] we need to figure out how to make stuff for them.”
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/03/the-live-music.html
- From Around the Web Today
175+ Data and Information Visualization Resources
http://meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/Everyblock keeps track of what’s going on in your neighborhood. No Portland, yet.
http://blog.everyblock.com/2008/jan/23/launch/Mark Pilgrim has attachments
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/01/24/attachments-2$33K (and counting) will get you into TED this year.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayBeanstalk helps you keep track of your beans.
http://www.beanstalkapp.com/
- Making the rounds today …
A nicely done timeline of web browser history by Eric Meyer.
Caveats apply: Structured Timeline
Or straight to the timeline: Timeline Structured
- EchoSign. Web Signature Service
For small businesses, freelancers, independent contractors, and smaller agencies, document management can be a nightmare. Handling contracts, statements of work, change orders, NDAs and other project documentation sometimes leads to pieces of paper falling thru the cracks.
We ran across this tool today. We haven’t used it yet, but we’re sure going to give it a try.
According to their website:
“EchoSign is the fastest, easiest way to get contracts signed, tracked and filed. Unlike virtual fax or e-signature software, EchoSign offers an end-to-end solution by automating the entire contracting process from the request for signature to the distribution and filing of the executed agreement. EchoSign instantly shows you what’s out for signature, what’s been signed, when and by whom. All documents are converted to a PDF and automatically routed to all parties. In addition, archival copies of all your signed contracts are automatically stored in your EchoSign account with no scanning, inputting or effort required.”
- MacWorld Expo
While we’re platform agnostic in most cases, we can’t help but be wowed by the new MacBook offering from Apple. The MacBook Air features a razor thin case, 13.3″ display, full keyboard, and a nifty automated wireless backup called Time Capsule . This is the computer we wanted twelve years ago.
- Welcome to 28 Burnside.
28 Burnside helps people increase revenues, improve operations, reduce costs and improve customer relationships. We have designed, built, and delivered innovative business and technology solutions since 1995. We believe that ideas, people, and technology can work together more effectively in support of your business goals.
Client success is the highest priority. Our service is how we contribute to that success and our relationship with the client is the most important element in that service. Always. Business is about people. A robust and successful business relationship is fostered out of a recognition of the essential humanity inherent in commerce. Our clients are people, not companies.
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