March 2007

Samsara – a film by Ron Fricke, the sequel to Baraka – hopefully released in 2007?

Finding the job for your product

Clayton Christensen wrote an [interesting article](http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2007/spring/01/) ([full article](http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2007/spring/01/48301W.pdf)) in the MIT Sloan Business Review about “finding the right job for your product”, where “job” is the actual task people are using it for. Drucker chimes in: > Peter Drucker got it right: “The customer rarely buys what the business thinks it sells him.” Companies almost…more

Warren Buffett’s 2006 shareholder letter – really a fun read; thoughts on lots of topics

Aero Aces back in stock!

Polyurethane Foam and Resin – source for polyurethane foam, 2 lb density

High-Water Marketing – washingtonpost.com – “Cause marketing soothes the compunctions of a mass-consumption culture at the same time that it contributes to that excess. It allows us to be giving at the same time that we are selfish.”

Situational Creativity

I’ve been sick for the past few weeks and struggling to stay creative amidst the coughing and wheezing. When you’re sick, it’s tough to just get by, much less do anything “extra” like “being creative”. All that energy to take pictures, sketch, write, and “notice things”…it just seemed like too much. But everything flipped around…more

Black & Decker InfraWave Oven | Uncrate – finally, a smaller oven! 90% of the time you don’t need all the space in the big one…