6th Sep 2009
Rise of the 5-9 entrepreneurs ★
An interesting read from The Times on entrepreneurs who start ventures in their spare time whilst keeping the day job working for ‘the man’.
26th Aug 2009
IKEA changes typeface to …. Verdana?! ★
IKEA have turned their back on 50 years of Futura and are using the hyper-ugly Verdana typeface in their 2010 catalogue – apparently because it includes additional characters such as those required for Asian-language character sets. Surely they could have found something better for their catalogue? Even if they used Verdana for the body copy of the website? Which of course is crazy in itself when you have Helvetica and Arial (for the less fortunate non-Mac users)…
22nd Apr 2009
Less Business ★
I stumbled across this article from Matthew Homann on how to trade unfulfilling business for self respect. It resonates well until point 5 which seems kind of unachievable in a down economy.
19th Feb 2009
“Multitasking is the fastest way to mediocrity.” ★
Jason Fried hits the nail squarely on the head with this short post on the dangers of trying to keep too many balls in the air at the same time.
17th Feb 2009
Can you afford to buy cheap? ★
Belatedly linking to this post from Andy Budd which makes perfect sense to me.
28th Jan 2009
Greatest ever letter of complaint? ★
The Times report on the unfortunate case of one man’s trip from Mumbai to London on Virgin Atlantic and his subsequent letter of complaint to Sir Richard Branson. Truly very funny and apparently worthy of a response from Sir Richard himself.
7th Jan 2009
Make it easy for potential buyers to request a proposal ★
I think this link has been around for a while but Greg Storey and Airbag Industries have a great method for making it simple and easy for a potential customer to leave enough details to start a sales dialogue. This kind of thinking is a great way to make yourself more appealing during tough times.
1st Jan 2009
In New York 15 year olds are foodies not hoodies ★
Whilst most 15 year olds would be spending their summer job earnings on Xbox games, one American student decided to bag a table at a top New York restaurant.