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First principles and philosophy: mental models, worldview, frameworks for understanding

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Sms Scams – What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service…

26 Jun 2012 · 2 min read
Security

Sms Scams — What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service…

16 Jun 2012 · 2 min read
Hot Takes

Auction Sniping 101

This is a quick little how-to that will hopefully save a few people some pain. I’m going to presume you know what…

13 Dec 2011 · 2 min read
Building

Invention Is a flower, Innovation Is a Weed

“Here’s the difference between a visionary and an entrepreneur. Both have visions, which are a dime a dozen. But an entrepreneur has, in…

17 Oct 2011 · 1 min read
Building

Definition of an Entrepreneur

entrepreneur (n): a person who’s prepared to work 16 hours a day for themselves to avoid working 8 hours a day for someone…

12 Oct 2011 · 1 min read
Building

A Little Less Conversation – the Ascending Close

An interesting trend in Internet marketing is to deliberately under-inform prospects re what your product is about. You provide just enough info to…

10 Oct 2011 · 1 min read
Hot Takes

What Is a Board

The word “corporation” was originally a shipping term – A group of people would pool their resources to fund and form a corporation which was…

12 Sep 2011 · 1 min read
Policy

Privacy and Confidentiality — Yours or mine?

WARNING: Mild rant ahead. I’m writing this post to out a particular behavior that I am seeing more and more often lately. Example…

21 Jul 2011 · 3 min read
Thinking

Unsubscribe Me

Here’s a fresh challenge for a lovely Wednesday afternoon… I don’t know about you, but I get sent a lot of marketing…

04 May 2011 · 1 min read
Building

What Have You Planned Tomorrow to Bring Your Idea to life?

The worst possible thing you can do is nothing. If you think you’ve got an idea that you think can change the world,…

13 Apr 2011 · 1 min read
Building

Myths from the Four Hour Work Week

Anyone who knows me, or has read more than a few posts on this blog, will know that I love Timothy Ferriss‘ book “The…

30 Mar 2011 · 4 min read
Building

Idea Validation — a Simple Framework

So you’ve had your light-bulb moment, there’s stars in your eyes and your new idea is making everything seem bright and…

21 Mar 2011 · 1 min read