People who have left school in the past three years have strong confidence in their IT skills, but the organizations they work for are not always making the most of this skill set…

— Natasha Lomas

Count me in [via & via]

The sports world is losing a true icon. Even if you’re not a sports fan you should listen to his speech.

19.20.21.

19 cities in the world with 20 million people in the 21st century.

Being fashionably late to the party is often a good thing. Your Joe’s Jeans are on, your car is gleaming and you’re set to make your grand entrance. Only to find out the party is over when you get there.

During the past year, myself along with two other local guys have been hard at work on an idea we knew would be a hit. We didn’t need market research or focus groups. We had “that feeling” that I’m sure the experts will frown down upon us for trusting in the first place.

We acquired the name, pushed the paper towards an LLC, developed the wireframes and started probing the market for content. This morning, I stumbled upon a brand new site - by new I mean not even two days old - that has the look, feel and smell (not really) of our idea. Ughh. Even worse, a few people we exposed our idea to are now working with the “new site”.

So, what’s a guy to do? Get defensive? Nope. Get even? Not a chance. There are two options as I see it: 1) Push forward and take a now unoriginal idea and make it remarkable or 2) hibernate the idea for a while.

For now, I’m going to sleep on it. What would you do?

“Channel 9″

In August of last year, my wife and I discovered “Channel 9″ during our flight to Maui, HI. Since we had plenty of time, we discussed the very same topics that Scott McCartney addresses in this WSJ article.

69% of U.S. government managers say 1 in 5 projects finish on time and within the budget.

— PM Network Magazine, Volume 22, No. 3

My old Apple iBook in my former dining room.

When we can’t create, we critique.

— Brian Fling

Free undermines the typical human’s proclivity to ignore every offer.

— Seth Godin