Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. He is also the author of The Art of Social Media, The Art of the Start, APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur, Enchantment, and nine other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
“This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
Western Union internal memo, 1876
Easy as shooting fish in a barrel: viewing a web page with jpegs.
NOT as easy as shooting fish in a barrel: installing some unknown proprietary-format photo viewer that you figure you’ll never use again, just to see something that you don’t know if it’s worth all the effort.
Even easier than shooting fish in a barrel: not viewing the damn pics at all.
Guess which option everyone wishes they had, and which option they are going to pick.
The film loop on tequilla alone was work the effort.
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January 25, 2006 at 3:02 am - Reply
How to ensure that training is NOT a waste of time!
Yesterday I shared my not so subtle opinions about why training is often a waste of time. I mentioned a couple common problems: 1. I think the focus of training is often wrong. 2. I think training methods don’t facilitate
“This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
Western Union internal memo, 1876
Easy as shooting fish in a barrel: viewing a web page with jpegs.
NOT as easy as shooting fish in a barrel: installing some unknown proprietary-format photo viewer that you figure you’ll never use again, just to see something that you don’t know if it’s worth all the effort.
Even easier than shooting fish in a barrel: not viewing the damn pics at all.
Guess which option everyone wishes they had, and which option they are going to pick.
amen, charles!
The film loop on tequilla alone was work the effort.
How to ensure that training is NOT a waste of time!
Yesterday I shared my not so subtle opinions about why training is often a waste of time. I mentioned a couple common problems: 1. I think the focus of training is often wrong. 2. I think training methods don’t facilitate