Oh, Canada
Our June 7 event at Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is shaping up to be a blast. Be sure to get your tickets sooner rather than later. (Click below. Then scroll down on the resulting page for more info. )
Flat is beautiful
A few weeks ago, I had a chance to talk with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman about everything from mutant supply chains to professional golf. You can eavesdrop on the conversation in this month’s Wired.
Innovators and artists
Computerworld reviews A Whole New Mind‘s key lessons for software programmers.
Seattle slew
If it’s Wednesday, it must be Seattle. And that’s where I am — the home of grunge music, good coffee, and the triumphant Supersonics. We had a packed house last night for a book event at KOMO-TV organized by the talented and indefatigable Liz Kiley of Longer Lunches. This morning, I got a tour of
Hammer, sickle . . . and iPod?
Today’s must-read is Rich Kaarlgard’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Vladimir Ilyich Jobs” (Subscription required). Karlgaard discusses the two sides of Steve Jobs — nasty and vindictive vs. brilliant and innovative — and concludes: “One can only speculate what the two-sided genius potential of a baby Steve Jobs, dropped by a stork into Russia or China
Ideo, therefore I am
People often ask me which companies have already moved into the Conceptual Age. There are several, but the companies I almost always mention are Target, Whole Foods, Vistacare, and Ideo. What a treat it was, then, to visit Ideo last week as part of the firm’s Know How lecture series. Spread out across their handful
The manhole deficit
Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users has a fascinating post about the differences she’s observed between manhole covers in the U.S. and those in Japan. (I won’t step on her punchline. Read the whole thing.)
Smart prescription
Today’s must-read is a New York magazine story about a young designer’s effort to re-imagine the prescription drug bottle. “[T]he standard-issue amber-cast pharmacy pill bottle has remained virtually unchanged since it was pressed into service after the second World War,” the article notes. And confusion, poor labeling, and bad design were causing all manner of
New event in San Francisco!
I’ll be in the Bay Area at the end of the week, but between press interviews and company speaking engagements, we’ve got a dearth of public events. So we’re pleased to announce the following new, wide open, and incredibly informal event: WHAT: A Whole New Book Breakfast WHEN: Friday, April 29, 8am to 9:30am WHERE:
Mom’s got game
“When it comes to online games, women over 40 play the most often and spend the greatest number of hours doing so, even beating out teenage boys,” reports the Washington Post. Meantime, in a story about the growing use of games in corporate training, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) writes, “Evidence suggests adults learn