12 1 / 2010
Guantanamo Guard and Detainees reunited via Facebook...
New to Facebook, Brandon Neely was searching the site for acquaintances in 2008 when he typed in the names of some of the detainees he had guarded during his tenure as a prison guard atGuantánamo Bay, Cuba.
11 1 / 2010
Aim For the Bullseye
It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I’m all right now, though, lovely, I’m throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I’d make a bloody fortune. - Eric Bristow, British Darts Champion
Besides revenue, the most significant difference between small and medium-sized businesses is resources. What I’m referring to here is pure body count. The benefit of being small is inherent agility. The caveat with being small can also mean that everyone, including the principals, have to get their hands dirty with day to day operational chores. When you’re in charge of strategy and you’re busy cutting up comps, or writing actionscript, or dealing with payroll, you don’t have the time (or energy) to spend on the big picture.
A while ago I was speaking with a friend regarding the problems of size vs. strategic efficiency, I found his response pretty intriguing:
Consider a bullseye with 3 rings, with each ring representing time:
- The outermost ring represents things that are extremely urgent, but not AT ALL important.
- The middle ring represents things that are BOTH urgent AND important.
- The bullseye represents things that are NOT AT ALL urgent, but extremely important.
Most of us (including me) spend our time in the outermost rings while we should be spending it in the innermost. As LOLZ has grown over the past 3 years, we’ve managed to mentally transition our brains towards the center.
I look at it like this, when you are chasing deadlines or up to your neck in rush work, you’re usually in the outermost ring. When you are working with clients, going to meetings, and writing proposals, you’re in the middle ring.
When you’ve finally got the time to focus on strategy, creativity, and capability… you’ve hit the bullseye.
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19 1 / 2009
My wardrobe is now complete, and I’m sure the ladies will love it. What do you think?
Rock Star Pajamas are our “NEWEST DESIGN” Tattoo Inspired Sleep wear. Brought to you by Jumpin Jammerz the superior leader in Footed Pajamas!
18 1 / 2009
I don’t hang out in williamsburg much (sorry tumblrverse), but I’m definitely going to be watching this.
I’m so in love with the neighborhood today….
First, as I walked outside I noticed it wasn’t ball freezing cold like it was the last two days. In fact, it was kind of nice! So I walked up Bedford and grabbed a non-Starbucks coffee (for only $1.50!) at Oslo and headed over to the new butcher shop Marlow & Daughters. There, I showed the butcher a picture of this dish I was trying to make, and he dragged out half of a pig carcass and hacked a Frankenstein pork roast together for me. He told me to grab whatever herbs I wanted from the display case and I picked and chopped them and threw the mixture between the pork belly and pork shoulder. He tied it all up for me and it was super cheap considering how much work and meat went into it.
Off I went to get some wine next door, but not just any wine store, the D.O.C. Wine Shop which only sells Italian wine. I pretty much only drink Italian wine, as French wine is for giant assholes. I told him what I was looking for and told him that my budget was flexible and he said his new favorite thing was a $12 bottle from Sicily. He could have easily ripped me off for way more, but he didn’t. The end.
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16 1 / 2009
Art & Copy Film / Welcome
Working in the ad industry… this is kinda cool yet makes me want to puke.
16 1 / 2009
I love this - made me feel like a kid again.
Le ballon (via Make the Logo Bigger)
