Entries published in
June 2008

More photos here and here

You're looking at a batch of Gregories, the froggiest iPhone Cozies around. As noted before, Gregory is a finalist in the Next Big Thing design competition at Fred Flare. There are 27 finalists in total, and they are being presented one a day at the Fred Flare Blog.

Ross Perot launched website about U.S. economic crisis, with many charts: perotcharts.com

Image based on Moody intro window.

That's my interpretation of the situation. Next to all the other metadata from which to create playlists, Moody's 4x4 grid offers an intuitive and fast shortcut to selecting songs.

As a follow-up to my previous tweet, retwittered by Saul Colt, i'll point out why none of the software—Harvest, Blinksale, Billings, FreshBooks, can move me away from Excel, even though i find the offers very enticing. Without regard to special differences between the apps and usability, my observations come more from a strategic angle.

There's a glaring lack of cool invoicing software (Harvest, Blinksale, Billings) for ppl who do what i do. That's why i'm an Excel man.

I am comparing participatory pricing to advertising. #shflsmprice

A while ago I wrote about my dissapointments with sloppy hairdressers. I got a little worked up. I pointed out that hair saloons operate on lousy business models to the disadvantage of customers and employees. I still see this, and the situation certainly won't change, unless somebody seizes the opportunity to make a difference. In a recent article about barbershops, Brett & Kate McKay echo the madness:

“If you're like most men these days, you're probably going to some unisex chain salon like Supercuts. I used to do it too. Most of the time, I'd walk out of these places with a crappy haircut.”

My giveaway for Twitterers: Give-away for Twitterers #giveaway #promo #shflsmprice