Seth Godin talks about the difference between trying to be better and trying to be different: Seth’s Blog: In search of better
I’ve puzzled over this one for a bit, and the trouble I have is that better is always better. Wheras different can sometimes be worse. But I guess that’s where the skill comes in.
As a challenge to thought processes it’s definitely interesting.
Client asks: “Can you make this better”?
Reply: “No, but we can make it different…”
I’ll have to give it a try ;-)
Google have released a heap of videos from their internal archives:
In addition to helping distribute content from across the world, Google would like to share videos featuring our company.
Some great stuff in there, especially the ever-brilliant Seth Godin doing a presentation that seems to cover the central themes of a selection of his books in under 50 minutes. I saw Seth present years ago when he was at Yahoo! and he’s always stuck in my mind as one of the most natural and compelling presenters out there.
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Bill has bullets, Steve has space. Presentation Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic – a blog posting about presentation styles that made me laugh out loud. Incredibly insightful and worth a read. Via the ever visitworthy Seth Godin.