Seth’s Blog

It turns out that the light fixtures a builder used in my kitchen a few years ago have all begun to fail. One by one, each one stops working. My guess is that he has no idea, and continues to…

Stupid and lazy

via Seth's Blog(Is it that you can't do it or perhaps you don't want to do the work?) When I was in college, I took a ton of advanced math ...

The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation

via Seth's BlogThe typical person speaks 10 or 12 sentences a minute. The atomic method requires you to create a slide for each sentence. For ...

Open conversations (or close them)

via Seth's BlogA guy walks into a shop that sells ties. He's opened the conversation by walking in. Salesman says, "can I help you?" The ...

No one goes there any more, it’s too crowded

via Seth's BlogIt's also true that most of your friends have more friends than you do. The law of large groups is at work here. This explains ...

Talker’s block

via Seth's BlogNo one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say and sits quietly, for days or ...

The alternative to failure

via Seth's Blog“What would you have me do instead?” To the critic who decries a project as a worthless folly, something that didn’t work out, ...

Do it tomorrow

via Seth's BlogStupid advice, certainly. But free. I didn't charge you anything for it. There are very few categories where there is less ...

The shower of data

via Seth's BlogWhen I was a kid at summer camp, a letter was as precious as gold (or perhaps candy). If you got five letters in a week, you ...

The facts

via Seth's BlogA statement of fact is insufficient and often not even necessary to persuade someone of your point of view. [I was going to end ...

A little empty

via Seth's BlogI guess this is how a sports fan felt when Joe DiMaggio retired. Business didn't used to be personal. Now it is. Computers ...

When ideas become powerful

via Seth's BlogWhy are we surprised that governments and organizations are lining up to control ideas and the way they spread? When power ...