You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
I enjoy a good presentation that makes it easy for me to learn new things or that transfers a message in an entertaining way. And noone I know of does it better than Steve Jobs. His keynote at MacWorld 2008 where he introduced the MacBook Air is legen... (wait for it) ...dary!
Carmine Gallo even wrote a book about his presentation style named "The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs". And in this SlideShare presentation, he summarizes the key points which push Steve's presentations from good to great.
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
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Interesting, right? I recommend you take the time to watch his MacWorld 2008 keynote (again) and learn how he not only gets his message across, but how he really hammers it home.
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(Image courtesy of Dr. Hemmert)
Another year comes to an end, and it's been a good one. So I say Thank You to all my friends and readers and to everyone who I met and had a good time during this year.
May the blessing of Christmas be upon you! Enjoy the holidays and have a good start into a new year called 2010.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.
Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.
Through the years
We all will be together,
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.
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via starwarsblog.starwars.com
Looks great, don't you think?
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Videoconferences tend to be not very productive.
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The media hype around Google Wave seems to fade a bit, and since invitations to the service spread, people start looking for practical applications.
What's getting clear is that Wave isn't a replacement for email as the Google I/O premiere presentation suggested. Because Wave's more of a mix between web chat and collaborative document editing, it's more likely to replace my team chat on Campfire some day than it's going to replace Google's own GMail.
Will Kelly tried Wave for a bit of client collaboration and posted his findings on 6 Tips For Using Google Wave On Your First Project. To the people that want to try Google Wave with a client, he suggests:
Set suitable expectations.
Do a dry run with a Wave.
Take control of your Waves.
Use folders and tags.
Consider whether to use live editing or attachments.
Have a Plan B.
Since Google Wave still is a preview version, I'd be careful using it for serious project work. The service still has got many rough edges and misses some extensions and gadgets to add useful functionality. But if your team or some of your clients are open for some early adopting, give it a try! It's fun!
(BTW, if you've been sitting under a rock over the last days and/or noone shared an invitation with you so far, I've got some left. Just leave a comment with your email address if you'd like one.)
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I just came across Johannes Kleske's recommendation
and so I took a quick look at the web site of his recommendation, "Business Model Generation". The header says:
Because I highly trust Johannes' book taste, I immediately ordered it. But after going through the PayPal transaction process, I got:
What's the lesson here? Business model is only one part of the equation. The most important part, though, is business execution.
Your claim and your message may be as great as it can be. If you fail at delivery, you're out. (Not that I didn't have to learn this the hard way myself.)
I hope that I'll get the book anyhow and its content trumps their transaction handling.
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I wonder when IPv6 will really be there.
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Before I'll leave for DrupalCamp Vienna on Thursday night, I'll have some preparations left to do. Where should I gather all the stuff — the hotel confirmation, the train reservation, links to places in Vienna I'd like to see? While many items land inside my email inbox, there also are website snapshots and other documents. And then, there's the material I'll collect at the conference itself: photos, notes, slides etc.
It's great timing that Michael Gray just published his article,
How to Use Evernote to Create the Ultimate Post Conference Reference Guide.
Although I'm already an Evernote premium subscriber, that's a use case I haven't thought of until now. But of course: Evernote will willingly store all the stuff I drop into or email to the notebook "DrupalCamp Vienna" that I just created. With my iPhone, I can shoot snapshots of presentation slides with my iPhone and have them made searchable through the Evernote text recognition mechanism. I'll even be able to record sound snippets to transcribe later. This really makes sense.
Thanks for the tip, Michael!
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