Once upon a time, I had a 1966 Chrysler 300. A durable goods item from a vanished age it was. This Chrysler, in addition to having a 383 cu inch engine (an engine, which, in and of itself is bigger than than a Toyota Prius) had something called torque-flight suspension. I won’t bore you with…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Where do ideas come from? August 4th?
So I just finished my slides for the 1st Ignite Charlotte. And I couldn’t be more excited about my talk, “Where do Ideas Come From.” The event is free if you RSVP here: http://www.ignitecharlotte.org/rsvp-tickets/ If you don’t know about Ignite, you should. It’s a collection of short talks, 20 slides, 15 seconds a slide. I…
Writing a lot of television spots today.
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At lunch I read the future in floating grains of rice.
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Don’t ever use this word.
Even if you don’t respect the language, at least have some respect for yourself. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean’s Posterous
Captain Ahab: Old School Badass
I’m re-reading Moby Dick. Happened to pick it up this weekend and it sucked me right in. (The fact that I picked it up on a Kindle and also got sucked into buying a Kindle will be the subject for another post, I’m sure.) But here is one of my favorite passages: That’s more than…
You want to know what professionalism is?
I think Penn Jillette has the answer: No matter what, you perform. http://bigthink.com/ideas/20807 Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean’s Posterous
“Be sure of this…” What a great line.
Re-reading Moby Dick on a Kindle. I forgot how magnificent this book really is. (I’m enjoying the device as well.) Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean’s Posterous
Oh, TerraCotta Buddha hears you…
…he just doesn’t TerraCotta care. Posted via email from PatrickEMcLean’s Posterous
Real-time and other kinds
A friend emailed me with a slightly snarky usage question about the compound adjective “real-time”. He asked, “Is there any other kind of time?” Of course, he’s absolutely right, it is a pretty hollow and meaningless lump of letters, but it did get me to thinking. Off the top of my head I came up…
The Universal Error of Our Technologically Hypnotized Age
We like to focus on the tools we use to communicate more than the messages we are trying send. We don’t say, “I’m going to spread my message,” we say, “I’m going to send an email,” or “I’ll make a call.” It is the universal error of our technologically hypnotized age. And it makes things…
