November 2011
Happy Thanksgiving →
So much to be thankful for.
Last year was a great Thanksgiving Day. The family was together, the food was good, and everyone was in a good mood. The next day my grandmother died. She had a great…
Belief in Afterlife Makes You Fat?
I read an interesting article today: Religion and Obesity; Report Associates Religious Activity With Weight Gain
Reminder: Correlation is not the same as causation.
It is interesting to speculate and hypothesize on why a correlation may exist. It is a great way to practice those Occam’s razor skills.
The article tries to pin the blame on the food practices of various religions; Wednesday...
September 2011
How I Became the New Owner of @bizen on Twitter →
This might have some helpful notes for other entrepreneurs who are trying to build a brand in a world with name squatters.
August 2011
Free Idea: IndexCloud →
I have an idea I would like to throw out there. I think it would be a fun side-project or StartupWeekend project. Granted, it is a feature, not a product (and definitely not a company), but I think…
The Perfect iPad2 Case →
The best iPad 2 case on the planet
I use my iPad a ton. It is my primary calendar, my primary access to digital documents (via Evernote), my task list, my reading material, and I…
Two Types of Entrepreneurs →
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Rachael Qualls has a great post on the Jumpstart Foundry blog about her experience as a mentor. She talks about how a good mentor has to set their ego aside and have patience. It…
July 2011
Innovation Nashville – Founders Panel →
Earlier this year John Pisciotta launched Innovation Nashville – a group that meets monthly for talks about entertainment, technology, and entrepreneurship. It has quickly turned into…
“Return on Involvement” Becomes the new ROI →
The Franchise Hound has a nice writeup on Bizen today. The theme of Return on Involvement is an important one for Bizen.
It is widely known within franchising that the highest performing stores…
Bizen mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine →
My startup Bizen gets a nice mention in Entrepreneur Magazine this month. Read: Finding Customers Ahead of a Startup Launch
Special thanks to Michael Burcham who gave me the…
Bizen in Entrepreneur Magazine →
Miller also learned an unexpected lesson from his pre-launch discussions with potential clients. “Not only did they teach me what to build,” he says, “they taught me how to sell it.”
June 2011
May 2011
Talk is Expensive →
There is no shortage of really great things to read on the internet. I mean incredibly informative, brilliant, inspiring stuff.
Right now I could go read You Can Increase Your Intelligence, …
April 2011
Subscribe to the Bizen Newsletter →
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BI dashboard projects: Why most fail and how you... →
This is some of the key points from a talk I gave the other day.
March 2011
Finding a Business Co-founder →
We are doing a series of events at the Entrepreneur Center on moving from developer to founder. The idea is to help talented and motivated software developers create more companies; I believe…
Freedom equals Risk →
In the past decade or so the US economy has suffered from two bubbles bursting: the dotcom bust and the housing bust. Now everyone is focused on where the next bubble is. There are a bazillion…
Everything About Jackson Miller of Nashville, TN →
I am getting some really great search strings lately. The title of this post is a real search string that someone ran. There have also been recent searches for who I am married to (Erica Miller, she…
The iPad is the “microwave” of computers →
A microwave is yet another way to heat food. People already had ovens, ranges, toasters, grills and coffee pots in their house. Now there is a microwave in almost every house. Will tablets follow…
Privacy Should Be the Default →
I have been thinking about this as well. I am the only one who uses my computer so I don’t care about the history or forms stuff, but I would like to turn off tracking by default.
Presenting on Business Dashboards at Walkabout 180 →
I am going to be giving a talk about business dashboards at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce’s Walkabout 180 learning event. It is going to be pretty awesome.
February 2011
Entrepreneur's pitch: Bizen →
My startup Bizen was featured in the Nashville Business Journal this week.
November 2010
Quick Thoughts on Defrag →
Let me preface this post by saying that I am not a “conference person”.
My first couple of salaried jobs were organizing national conferences. There is a certain conference euphoria that…
Book Review: Do More Faster →
Wow.
I expected this book to be good. I expected Brad Feld and David Cohen to pack a ton of insights into a book. What I didn’t expect is that those insights would come in the form of…
About.me →
There is a new service that I think is really cool called About.me. It allows individuals to set up a really stellar looking landing page with links to their various profiles on the…
Just Getting Started →
A few months ago I was ready to be done in the “startup” world. I thought I would take the experience I have gained and settle into a more stable career.
Turns out I was wrong.
I am just getting…
Just Getting Started →
A few months ago I was ready to be done in the “startup” world. I thought I would take the experience I have gained and settle into a more stable career.
Turns out I was wrong.
I am just getting…
October 2010
Quick Thoughts on Children, Education and... →
I am going to be participating in a panel discussion at BarCamp Nashville on Technology in the Classroom. (For more info see Dave Delaney’s post We Need Technology in the Classroom)
I am the…
Quick Thoughts on Children, Education and... →
I am going to be participating in a panel discussion at BarCamp Nashville on Technology in the Classroom. (For more info see Dave Delaney’s post We Need Technology in the Classroom)
I am the…
Quick Thoughts on Children, Education and... →
September 2010
Quick Thoughts on Paying for Artistic Endeavors →
It seems that half of my twitter stream is at Next Big Nashville today so I am seeing lots of talk about the music industry and how to “fix” it’s problems. I am not there, so I am just getting lots…
Quick Thoughts on Paying for Artistic Endeavors →
It seems that half of my twitter stream is at Next Big Nashville today so I am seeing lots of talk about the music industry and how to “fix” it’s problems. I am not there, so I am just getting lots…
Quick Thoughts on Paying for Artistic Endeavors →
Quick Thoughts on Angel Investing →
If you follow the Silicon Valley soap opera stuff, then you have definitely heard about this super-duper-secret meeting of so-called super angels that took place the other night. It is impossible to…
Quick Thoughts on Angel Investing →
If you follow the Silicon Valley soap opera stuff, then you have definitely heard about this super-duper-secret meeting of so-called super angels that took place the other night. It is impossible to…
Quick Thoughts on Angel Investing →
Three Quick Mac Tips →
I try to use my mouse / trackpad as little as possible. The key to this is keyboard shortcuts. Here are some of my recent favorites.
Most people know that [cmd]+[tab] allows you to switch…
Nine Years Old →
Nine years ago yesterday was when this site was born as a “blog”.
I have owned this domain for at least 10 years (maybe 11). At one point it was a résumé that I created in flash. Once I used that…
Nine Years Old →
Three Quick Mac Tips →
Three Quick Mac Tips →
I try to use my mouse / trackpad as little as possible. The key to this is keyboard shortcuts. Here are some of my recent favorites.
Most people know that [cmd]+[tab] allows you to switch…
Nine Years Old →
Nine years ago yesterday was when this site was born as a “blog”.
I have owned this domain for at least 10 years (maybe 11). At one point it was a résumé that I created in flash. Once I used that…
July 2010
Why Flipboard’s Problems Are Apple’s Fault →
For the past couple of days the world has been abuzz about a new iPad app called Flipboard. Ok, maybe not the world, but enough people that it became the #1 free iPad app overnight (and it might not…