October 2008
12 posts
“A NASCAR race burns less fuel than just one NFL team flying to an away game.”
– Overheard from Brian France, CEO NASCAR (via zachklein)
While this one fact is likely true for the cars on the track, this discounts the fact that each NASCAR team each has at least one 53-foot trailer for the vehicle and parts, one motorhome for the driver, then approximately three 53-foot...
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Jason Fried at Business of Software 2008
I love this, especially the stuff about spec docs and planning.
Even if you don’t write software (or care about it), there’s something about Jason Fried’s talks that just feels right. It’s smart, impactful and (maybe most importantly) has attitude.
Krusty, by Papa M.
I Can't Believe That's A Company Name
Pre-internet brand names generally didn’t stray far from the norm: one unique name (Barbie, Nerf) or a simple adjective-noun play (Frosted Flakes, Foot Locker). Of course, that changed with the internet and the domain name game — or perhaps a lack of simple domain names — which created a flight to creativity. Now, of course, we’re used to strange but effective long company...
“It took France 115 years to double its number of 65 year-olds. It will take...”
– Tim Brown on ageing and the data released at Summer Davos. His note about service innovation in this post is particularly insightful.