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Re: Catering to the Lowest Common Denominator

tacanderson — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:14:16 -0000

To quote Sherlock Holmes, "Data, data, data; I cannot make bricks without clay."

Re: How Men and Women Differ Online

tacanderson — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:48:38 -0000

It's pretty well proven that women are more visual than men. The genes associated with seeing the color red are on the X chromosome, which women have 2 of. Studies also show that women tend to have more rods and cones in their eyes, which allow them to see more colors, and gradients of colors, than men (my wife and I still fight over aqua and teal).

This is all an evolutionary holdover from the differences between hunters and gatherers. Men are better at seeing fast moving changes and with spacial awareness. Women developed the ability to find fruit and nuts in the midst of thick foliage vs. men who developed the ability to kill a fast moving animal for food.

http://www.asu.edu/news/res...

Re: Tac Anderson

tacanderson — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 21:04:03 -0000

Thanks Weave.

Re: Emergent Futures Tumblelog

tacanderson — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:59:17 -0000

Awesome, let me know how it goes for you. I especially love to hear about how people adapt it to fit their own needs.

Re: Changing Winds

tacanderson — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:33:03 -0000

Congrats Ken. Exciting opportunity.

Re: Tac Anderson

tacanderson — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:27:15 -0000

I remember the video rental store on the corner of Boise Ave. and Broadway (the old one, not the newer one with the neon signs out front), that had both VCR and Betamax, and there was always this process of determining what video you wanted to rent and hoping they still had the right machine. Sometimes you would want one on Betamax, but they would be out of the Betamax machines and they didn't cary that movie on VCR. So you'd have to go back and find a movie they did have with the machine they had available.

Ah, the good old days.

Re: Baked Idea : What does mapping affordable housing teach us?

tacanderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:11:27 -0000

Very interesting (image is a little hard to read though). Not really my field, and I haven't really thought this through, so I'm speaking naively, but I think it would be interesting to look closer at the land prong over time, and look at how the housing types change. So as the need for cheaper land drives rentals, and then entry level housing into cheaper areas (either further from the city, or into formerly commercial areas), and then land values increase, bringing more of prongs 2 and 3, driving out the people who developed it, which is called gentrification. Which of those three prongs have the greatest impact on the gentrification process? Or maybe I'm reading too much into it? (A common problem for me.)

Re: The Freelance Economy

tacanderson — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:36:54 -0000

21st Century technology is reversing the effects of centuries of colonial growth. All western countries grew off the backs of exploited labor, and continue to benefit from cheap overseas labor.

Freelancing, the "sharing economy," crowdsourcing (whatever you want to call it) is both enabling people at the bottom of the pyramid to find work, or allow those who want more from life than a 9 to 5 job, to have it on their own terms.

We live in a global economy and you’re not just competing for job in your town, state or country. You’re competing for jobs globally, and you’re competing with algorithms.

But as empowering as the tech that enables the sharing economy is, it also allows those at the top to exploit those who are not able to, or don’t understand how to, leverage the tech for their own benefit.

In short, the current technology behaves the same way all tech has ever behaved; the way people use it.

Re: There’s no shame in unsubscribing

tacanderson — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 11:05:46 -0000

You should have just reported his newsletter as spam.

Re: Tac Anderson - What Would China Look Like If All The World’s Ice...

tacanderson — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:30:34 -0000

I don't know George. People still live in New Orleans, and that's already below sea level.

Re: Tac Anderson - I’ve kind of become obsessed with single function...

tacanderson — Wed, 20 May 2015 10:26:24 -0000

I agree. Multi function devices may do lots of things, but they don't do any of them exceptionally well, just good enough.

Re: The most simple trick to make your emails work

tacanderson — Mon, 18 May 2015 11:52:38 -0000

Oh to be an SMB again, this is the big advantage SMBs have over large enterprises and rarely take advantage of it. While the thinking isn't hard, and as you point out it requires more time than money, doing it at scale requires a lot more work and time, good processes, and some sophisticated algorithms if you can invest the dev resources.

Re: 100 Proof Episode 1: Chris Brogan

tacanderson — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:48:07 -0000

Excited about finally having a decent podcast to listen to again.

Re: Join The Movement To #updatecanspam And Refine PR Spam

tacanderson — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:28:34 -0000

I see you like to write about PR. I would like to set up a call with you and an internationally recognized thought leader who has written a best selling book (neither of which you have never heard of) about building a successful business.

Re: What if the Seahawks were a startup? Drafting an executive team from a lineup of football leaders

tacanderson — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:01:15 -0000

I think HR would have issues with the head of PR.

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:26:37 -0000

Thanks Simon. Hope all is well in Joburg.

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:26:03 -0000

Thanks Shane. My group is mostly consumer focused, but we do some merchant stuff to. Would love to talk once I get settled in to the role.

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:15:08 -0000

Thanks Douglas, it's an exciting space right now.

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:58:57 -0000

Thanks Susan, I think it will be.

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:06:59 -0000

Thanks Jeremy. I sure hope it's as cool as I made it sound (I actually think it's going to be cooler).

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:39:47 -0000

Thanks Ryan. Fortunately I can actually talk about my new role, which is equally exciting for me :)

Re: Tac Anderson - Going Local - Amazon Local

tacanderson — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:22:32 -0000

Thanks Scott.

Re: Top 5 Smart Journal Apps

tacanderson — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:47:19 -0000

Thanks for the list. Do any of them export to Dropbox Evernote? That would be really cool.

Re: You can leverage templates for structured thinking, here’s how I make them in Evernote

tacanderson — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:00:04 -0000

I've been wondering for a long time how I could digitize my GTD Moleskine hack and I always thought Evernote would be the most likely application to do that in. This get's me one step closer. However, I still really like the time away from an electronic device that writing in a notebook gives me http://tacanderson.com/gtdhack

Re: What To Do When They Kill Your Project

tacanderson — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:41:25 -0000

Thanks Mike. Not easy to do, but yeah.