Posts Tagged: Business
Live From The Formosa Tea House #4
Posted by on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 in - leave a comment
Peter, Steve, and I had a spontaneous recording session today at lunch. What emerged is the fourth session of “Live from the Formosa Tea House”. We’ve begun to shrink our technical setup size and time so I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from us in the future. • We are long winded and like talking …
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Posted by on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 in - 3 comments
Since my life changing three week mountain extravaganza I’ve been a regular customer of MEC. My officemates can attest to this by the regular delivery of MEC boxes to our offices. It’s almost to the point of absurdity. • MEC is a “co-op” style of an outdoor equipment store. It’s nothing new …
Using a To Do List
Posted by on Monday, March 21, 2005 in - 1 comment
Over the past few weeks I've had quite a bit on my plate. It's been a healthy mix of personal and work related tasks. I found that the more tasks I had the more my system of "just remembering everything" fell apart (you'd be surprised how long it took me to figure this out). So I had to make a" …
The Queen Street Commons
Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 in - 2 comments
As I alluded to back in January. Something was happening at 224 Queen Street. Well here it is. We’ve officially pulled the curtain back and revealed our beautifully messy idea. • So what the heck is this place? Well, at its simplest it is a common office space. Individuals and small companies …
True Words
Posted by on Monday, February 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
“Michael Moritz, the other venture capitalist behind Google, once told me… that a company’s genetic code gets set in its first eighteen months. “After that,” he said, “companies are impossible to change; their cultures are hardwired in. If the DNA is right, you’re golden. If not, you’re screwed …
Companies Can't Blog
Posted by on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 in - 7 comments
There has been a big push over the past eighteen months. Consultants, conferences, experts, news media, and Joe Blogger have been preaching that “Companies need to blog!”. An entire industry of corporate blog consultants has emerged out of the blogosphere to enlighten the heathen non-blogging …
224 Queen Street - Charlottetown
Posted by on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 in - 7 comments
Eighteen months ago silverorange moved from the outskirts of Charlottetown to the core of the city. We went from being neighbors with a KIA dealership and a Walmart to being neighbors with City Hall, Timothy’s coffee shop, and a dozen great restaurants. The lure of downtown was strong and it has …
silverorange Summit 2005 - Keynote Address
Posted by on Thursday, January 20, 2005 in - 5 comments
Every year silverorange tries to bring itself together in one geographic location. Call it what you like. We call it a summit. At these summits we usually eat a lot, play Nintendo, hot-tub, and discuss all things silverorange. • This year I felt compelled to write a letter to the team as a whole …
Don't Get Off The Grid
Posted by on Friday, November 26, 2004 in - 10 comments
There is a big push now amongst anti-establishment types to “get off the grid”. Become completely power independent so you need not rely on anyone but yourself. While it seems like a good idea I think it’s a tad on the rebellious side and leans a little more towards end-time-planning than making …
Annals Of Power
Posted by on Thursday, November 25, 2004 in - 4 comments
Over the last few days at the lunch table we’ve had a big discussion about electricity and how to minimize our use of it and how to generate at least some of our own in a green way. Ironically this morning our offices lost power. The entire downtown of Charlottetown lost power to be precise …