A non-law abiding citizen

I'm normally a pretty law abiding type of guy. Sure I get the occasional speeding ticket for 30 over the speed limit but I'm haven't say committed any federal crimes lately.

Today I saw a device that makes me want to take that risk. We've all been there knee deep in a heated meeting. Debating the finer points of acronyms that I don't even understand. When suddenly the meeting leader gets a phone call that derails the whole thing.

Maybe you're in church and the pastor is bringing it down. Closing the service. God's really moving. Then that familiar Cingular (now AT&T) ring tone.

Being severely ADD this really kills me. I saw a new device on engadet.com today that blocks most GSM signal for a mere $166. Seems like a small price to pay for the chance to break major laws and stop meeting disruptions right?

The non-post

Hey guys, I feel like I should write a whole post on not posting on your blog. Let's consider the past month or so a ministry sponsored experiment on what happens when you don't post.

That said I haven't stopped thinking. I've got quite a few things I hope to get up in the next day or so. One is basically the whole thrust of what I'm thinking from a philosophical strategic communications direction. Hey I'm thinking book deal here.

So check back soon for more rocking good and sometimes plain fun thoughts on communication.

(Tony does this even count?)

Fusion- Week 1

I work in a very microsoft dominant environment. Being one of a few Mac guys in a PC habitat can present some challenges.

I've overcome most of those through the use of a couple of Automator scripts to help mount network drives. Recently though everyone went to office 2007.

So I needed a solution for playing elegantly in their world. After all the remainder of the organization are my clients. I have to interface with them in the way they expect it.

After reading several reviews and seeing a great comparison chart in MacWorld (May 2007) it looks like VMWare's Fusion is the way to go.

We installed it last week and I've been trying to make the change over. Here are my notes as of week one:

• It is amazing to be able to have a full version of windows alongside my native Mac apps.
• It is giving me a lot of functionality that I had lost being siloed on a Mac
• The program runs quickly and I haven't had a single crash yet (even though it's running windows) PS-- I went to send an email while typing this... It crashed.
• I love that it can see all my peripherals including all my drives and anything plugged into a USB outlet.
• Unity mode adds a cool element that allows me to use Expose to view ALL windows open, instead of looking at a window within a window.
• Drag and drop has worked pretty well. Dragging an attachment from an email to the desktop is a little buggy.
• One negative- It is chugging my system down. I typically have the entire Adobe CS3, Entourage, Stickies, Itunes, Ichat and FireFox open at all times. My system (2.33 core duo with 3G of RAM) usually handles that effortlessly. Since installing fusion it's been a challenge when working with large files.
• One other thing making the switch challenging is email. It doesn't look first at my contact list so I can't just start typing and it picks up the name. Sure that can be changed in some option menu.

Overall I like it. It's working pretty well and it allows me to function the way I need to, without an additional computer. I'll keep you updated on whether or not I can make the switch. I'm still keeping entourage close by and reaching for it often.

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My take

Viral marketing is the most powerful. If you can't get your own people to proselytize their friends towards your product back away from the marketing. You should start to investigate your product instead of your communications.

Reactions?

God thinks he's funny

In case you didn't know it's blistering down here. It's been around the one hundred mark for some time. Today it's 95.

So, it made sense when I came back in from lunch knowing that I would have to leave again quickly that I left my windows down.

When I turned my car back I was greeted by the sound of static. My FM transmitter was gone. They took the ipod too.

First thing when I sat down at my desk this popped up. God's funny. In all things praise him. Whoever took it needs an ipod more than me.

First Impressions

I saw this as I was driving the other day. This was a small church near my home.

Question is what should a church marquee say? What should it communicate?

I'd love to get feedback then I'll put up a post on a couple of my thoughts.

What do you think?

A couple of months ago on Friday at 3:00 p.m. I got a request for a design, for that weekend.
The event was an evening of worship with the them of a disturbance. That as Christians we would be a disturbance to the status quo around us. The impetus for positive change.

I laid out the card quickly and showed it to a few people. One designer that I respect a lot responded with, "that's really disturbing, in a good way."

So what do you think?