The Idea Blog

If it bores you for me to post 1-2 sentence statements about what I'm reading or have read and then ... » Continue reading "Sunday reading"

By the title, "living simple," I don't mean living "simply," although there's an entire culture of books and articles and, ... » Continue reading "Living “simple”"

I drive a lot between Greensboro and Charleston - between home and Burris's international HQ. My iPhone allows me ... » Continue reading "I don’t recommend this …"

New York Times article on Wal-Mart.com's new "Customer Contact Reduction" program. » Continue reading "We keep our prices low, by not talking to you."

I think we are living in an age when design has more to do with us, with humans, than its ... » Continue reading "Design is centered on us"

Someone asked me last night about the furniture business, if it's being impacted by the mortgage crisis. Yes, it has ... » Continue reading "IKEA’s new ad"

It's working for me. If you saw my recent post on managing email (it's here), you wonder how I'm doing ... » Continue reading "Follow-up: Inbox Zero"

Eric asked me a couple of things about my media habits today, and among the things I reported was ... » Continue reading "The digital Renaissance man"

My brother Brad sent me this YouTube presentation, and he heard about it from Gordon Dalgleish. Yes, "shift happens," and ... » Continue reading "Shift happens"

This past weekend I was up at the Cape enjoying a weekend of golf and beer with my best friends. ... » Continue reading "Going Green at the Grocery Store"