I was recently replacement-part shopping for my broken grill, when I saw just how many different grills there are to choose from. And choice is good. Right?
When it comes to trivial choice, I’m not sure it’s good. In the US when you go to elect a president you get 2 choices. […]

Niti gave a great speach at the CII last week. Even Bruce Nussbaum noticed — looks like our nascent global initiative is getting noticed.

It has been a great trip, but today is the last day. We have a few things to try to squeez into the waning hours. All in all its has been fantastic. BA is a great city, and in 2 weeks we just started to get to know her. I’ll post […]

It looks like if you want simple, its going to cost you. KitchenAid has a new blender out that’s super simple. On this unit you will only find only one retro style switch that offers three choices: up for on, down for pulse and center for off. And that’s it.
What […]

Hype bothers me. Bullshit bothers me. Self promotion bothers me, especially when its made of equal parts hype and bullshit. As an example I’m going to pick on 37 Signals’ Basecamp product. Afterall, they’re certainly big enough not to care about what I say, and since every action has an equal […]

So I’m in Buenos Aires right now. Doing a little sight seeing. I’ve notice that when I travel I never visit a country–I alway visit a city.
I rarely leave that city unless my trip is over. So, I’ve visited Barcelona, not Spain. Rome, not Italy. Cuzco, not Peru. […]

Once upon a time claims like “content is king,” or “cash is king” were heard all over the net and in disposable hype-mongers like RedHerring and Fast Company. Everyone was saying this or that was king.
Well, if all the 2.0 stuff has shown us one thing its that people are king. […]

It has been just under two months since I left my comfy corporate career to return to Vancouver and start up my own innovation focused design firm. I’ve taken some of this time to travel around visiting family and friends. I’ve also taken some of this time to begin building a modest little […]

Why on earth do all coffee mugs come equipped with that little (and sometimes not so little) puddle receptacle on the bottom? What purpose does it sever other than to collect enough water to make a mess on the floor every time I empty the dishwasher?
This is a part rhetorical, part serious questions, I […]

Well this is the day before my big move from San Diego back home to Vancouver. I’ve been a little swamped with packing up the house, and trying to finish up a number of projects here. I do seem to move a lot–5 cities in as many years. Hopefully I’ll get a […]