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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. All are known creativity drivers and are covered in the book mentioned above. For others they swear by music.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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Hulu is the leading player for streaming television. Frankly, I’m surprised Netflix doesn’t buy Hulu. In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). Incumbents can’t react.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

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This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. ” Many people in Internet TV talk to me about “ Torso TV ” or “ Why Hulu is like OPEC. Save your over-intellectualizing for your book club. People generally don’t like people who seem exaggerated.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. If there were no advertising on Google we would have no Gmail, no Google Maps, no Android, no Google Books. That was a kerfuffle too. So did the media.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. The book is an incredible accounting of the history of MySpace. Hustle & Chutzpa.