chrisdima.com https://chrisdima.com Fresh Thoughts From the Field. Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:50:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 The Internet Is No Replacement For the Library – Because of Ads https://chrisdima.com/2018/04/30/the-internet-is-no-replacement-for-the-library-because-of-ads/ https://chrisdima.com/2018/04/30/the-internet-is-no-replacement-for-the-library-because-of-ads/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:30:10 +0000 https://chrisdima.com/?p=74268 My 5th grader is doing research "online" about elephants. What I realize is that out went the card catalog -- maybe even the library -- and in came Google.

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What Can You Do With An English Degree? At WCU 2018 https://chrisdima.com/2018/04/09/what-can-you-do-with-an-english-degree-at-wcu-2018/ https://chrisdima.com/2018/04/09/what-can-you-do-with-an-english-degree-at-wcu-2018/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 06:18:34 +0000 https://chrisdima.com/?p=1953 On April 3, 2018 I spoke at an event at West Chester University -- to give English majors some insight into what comes next.

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I Have Been In the Revenge Business So Long… https://chrisdima.com/2017/11/12/i-have-been-in-the-revenge-business-so-long/ https://chrisdima.com/2017/11/12/i-have-been-in-the-revenge-business-so-long/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:22:34 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1932 I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over I don't know what to do with the rest of my life...

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You Don’t Need My Autograph. If You Needed It I’d Give It To You. https://chrisdima.com/2016/11/26/you-dont-need-my-autograph-if-you-needed-it-id-give-it-to-you/ https://chrisdima.com/2016/11/26/you-dont-need-my-autograph-if-you-needed-it-id-give-it-to-you/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2016 05:56:40 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1824 Bob Dylan at his best.

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Kubrick: So I Find That Reading At Random — That Seems Like the Best Approach https://chrisdima.com/2016/08/14/so-i-find-that-reading-at-random-that-seems-like-the-best-approach/ https://chrisdima.com/2016/08/14/so-i-find-that-reading-at-random-that-seems-like-the-best-approach/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2016 04:46:10 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1817 “I don’t find any systematic way of reading. it’s a terrifying prospect to realize all the books around the world that you’re never going to read, what you should read...

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Because They Were Able To Use Free Libraries Built by Others https://chrisdima.com/2016/08/12/because-they-were-able-to-use-free-libraries-built-by-others/ https://chrisdima.com/2016/08/12/because-they-were-able-to-use-free-libraries-built-by-others/#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2016 02:37:29 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1810 Free software makes it exponentially cheaper and easier to build software.

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One of Philly’s “15 Most Daring Entrepreneurs” https://chrisdima.com/2016/03/05/one-of-phillys-15-most-daring-entrepreneurs/ https://chrisdima.com/2016/03/05/one-of-phillys-15-most-daring-entrepreneurs/#respond Sun, 06 Mar 2016 04:58:01 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1830 I'll just share this tidbit and say thanks Main Line Today for the exposure of what we've been doing at Walnut St. Labs!

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Good Writers, Good Readers, Good Publications https://chrisdima.com/2016/01/31/good-writers-good-readers-good-publications/ https://chrisdima.com/2016/01/31/good-writers-good-readers-good-publications/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2016 03:32:38 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1796 Do you read "the paper" (or just read?) just so you can bump into mind-altering articles? To have your perceptions and values tested? To grow the vitality of your mind?

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MongoDB Gets Sleuthed by SlamData CTO John De Goes https://chrisdima.com/2015/12/09/mongodb-gets-sleuthed-by-slamdata-cto-john-de-goes/ https://chrisdima.com/2015/12/09/mongodb-gets-sleuthed-by-slamdata-cto-john-de-goes/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2015 03:06:39 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1754 From the "holy cow" section of the stands... Follow John De Goes Twitter feed for updates... evidently MongoDB is using PostgreSQL to power its BI Connector.

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Rodney Mullen Explains Skateboarding Like No One Else Has Ever Explained It https://chrisdima.com/2013/11/06/rodney-mullen-explains-skateboarding-like-no-one-else-has-ever-explained-it/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/11/06/rodney-mullen-explains-skateboarding-like-no-one-else-has-ever-explained-it/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2013 04:37:25 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1633 There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.

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Are You Walking Down the Street Naked? https://chrisdima.com/2013/11/03/are-you-walking-down-the-street-naked/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/11/03/are-you-walking-down-the-street-naked/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2013 03:52:17 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1629 “The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.”

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UX. It’s Way More Than You Think. https://chrisdima.com/2013/08/12/ux-its-way-more-than-you-think/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:52:23 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1605 UX is the intangible design of a strategy that brings us to a solution.

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Failures of Kindness https://chrisdima.com/2013/08/06/failures-of-kindness/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/08/06/failures-of-kindness/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2013 02:49:14 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1593 The inimitable George Saunders delivering words of wisdom and provocation at Syracuse's 2013 commencement...

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Don’t Listen to Everything Your Customers Want? https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/26/dont-listen-to-everything-your-customers-want/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/26/dont-listen-to-everything-your-customers-want/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:35:02 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1591 Knowing how to listen to what your customers claim they want vs. what they REALLY WANT is one of the key distinctions between successful companies and failures.

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Losing Our Way in the World. Just Don’t Do It. https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/22/losing-our-way-in-the-world-just-dont-do-it/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/22/losing-our-way-in-the-world-just-dont-do-it/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:07:40 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1589 “Too often in the modern era, we rely on guardians to interpret events for us, and they’re too happy to step in and tell us what something “means.” But when we do this, we surrender the more primal empiricism that our ancestors surely possessed.”

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More WC Graffiti, Post Office Dumpster https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/18/more-wc-graffiti-post-office-dumpster/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/18/more-wc-graffiti-post-office-dumpster/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2013 02:46:30 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1583 What do you make of this? A smoking, predatory (see the fangs) extraterrestrial?

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Groupon Is Good For Something. Newspapers Actually. https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/10/groupon-is-good-for-something-newspapers-actually/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/10/groupon-is-good-for-something-newspapers-actually/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:46:43 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1580 So, is the Groupon model just a model? And if it is, can it be the thing that saves journalism? It might just be able to de-couple the content-advertising dependency that has corrupted journalism.

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Content Marketing: Now In Your Patagonia Catalog. https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/08/content-marketing-now-in-your-patagonia-catalog/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/08/content-marketing-now-in-your-patagonia-catalog/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:31:02 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1568 Cool to see bona fide content in Patagonia's clothing catalog.

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How Do You Get From Point A To Point B? https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/06/how-do-you-get-from-point-a-to-point-b/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/07/06/how-do-you-get-from-point-a-to-point-b/#respond Sun, 07 Jul 2013 02:14:41 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1539 Here’s Paul Coelho putting it succinctly.

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Sometimes The $%&! Written On the Bathroom Wall Is Legit! https://chrisdima.com/2013/05/17/sometimes-the-written-on-the-bathroom-wall-is-legit/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/05/17/sometimes-the-written-on-the-bathroom-wall-is-legit/#respond Fri, 17 May 2013 05:50:31 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1463 Found these little philosophical gems written on the bathroom wall at a coffee shop at the beach. Enjoy!

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Salespeople 101 https://chrisdima.com/2013/05/13/salespeople-101/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/05/13/salespeople-101/#respond Mon, 13 May 2013 23:29:12 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1459 Ben Horowitz: “Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company […]

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How Accurate Are Wikipedia’s Science Articles? https://chrisdima.com/2013/04/06/how-accurate-are-wikipedias-science-articles/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/04/06/how-accurate-are-wikipedias-science-articles/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:55:35 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1451 Who’s checking the world’s most referenced crowdsourced repository of knowledge? I love crowdsourcing — but with the pretext of “fact” […]

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Lonely, Lonely Bloggers Don’t Despair https://chrisdima.com/2013/02/09/lonely-lonely-bloggers-dont-despair/ https://chrisdima.com/2013/02/09/lonely-lonely-bloggers-dont-despair/#respond Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:05:05 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1442 I’ll own up to this fact: I subscribe to the New Yorker for the comics.  Looky here: Need I say […]

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A Nice Little Call to Action from Eastern Mountain Sports https://chrisdima.com/2012/12/02/a-nice-little-call-to-action-from-eastern-mountain-sports/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/12/02/a-nice-little-call-to-action-from-eastern-mountain-sports/#respond Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:10:26 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1429 Here's Eastern Mountain Sports shaking up the email marketing world a bit with a nice Call to Action: "Activate Coupon Now".

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I Just Got ‘Warm Transferred’. It’s A Southern Thing. https://chrisdima.com/2012/11/19/i-just-got-warm-transferred-its-a-southern-thing/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/11/19/i-just-got-warm-transferred-its-a-southern-thing/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:54:00 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1423 My prefrontal cortex woke up with a jolt. I have honestly never heard this before. I knew of course what it meant: to be transferred to another agent with a live agent-to-agent hand off. Of course there should be a word for that! Shouldn't all transfers be 'warm'?

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What’s the Return On Putting Your Pants On In the Morning? https://chrisdima.com/2012/10/13/whats-the-return-on-putting-your-pants-on-in-the-morning/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/10/13/whats-the-return-on-putting-your-pants-on-in-the-morning/#respond Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:07:24 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1416 Don't leave home without your pants. It's one of those things you just have to do -- same goes for social media.

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We Need (And Already Have) Better Economic Indicators https://chrisdima.com/2012/10/09/we-need-and-already-have-better-economic-indicators/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/10/09/we-need-and-already-have-better-economic-indicators/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:20:18 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1410 Way back in 2009, I noticed that when I went to the bank I'd see a lot more people than normal with their change baskets at the counting machines -- dumping change, waiting patiently, dumping more, waiting and then finally taking the paper print out to the counter.

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Tim Burton’s Mom, the Key to Artistic Genius and What’s Wrong with America https://chrisdima.com/2012/09/27/tim-burtons-mom-the-key-to-artistic-genius-and-whats-wrong-with-america/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/09/27/tim-burtons-mom-the-key-to-artistic-genius-and-whats-wrong-with-america/#respond Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:12:56 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1383 If you look at children’s drawings, they’re all great. And then at a certain point, even when they’re about 7 or 8 or 9, they go, “Oh, I can’t draw.” Well, yes, you can.

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Uberconference’s Beta Gamification Is Kinda Awesome https://chrisdima.com/2012/07/20/uberconferences-beta-gamification-is-kinda-awesome/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/07/20/uberconferences-beta-gamification-is-kinda-awesome/#respond Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:04:12 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1370 Uberconference is the new kid on the block for online meetings. It looks like it’s gonna kick WebEx in the […]

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If You Want To Contact Us, Don’t Reply To The Email We Just Sent You https://chrisdima.com/2012/07/18/if-you-want-to-contact-us-dont-reply-to-the-email-we-just-sent-you/ https://chrisdima.com/2012/07/18/if-you-want-to-contact-us-dont-reply-to-the-email-we-just-sent-you/#respond Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:00:09 +0000 http://chrisdima.com/?p=1367 Really. That’s what it says at the bottom of an email I just received from Starbucks–subject line: “We’d like to know a bit more about you — it’ll only take a minute.”

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