Blog reader (and good friend) Seth Dechtman pointed me to an interesting article (Lost In Email) from the New York Times that talks about how companies are trying to tackle information overload and constant interruptions at work. These companies are smart to deal with this issue. My own research confirms that overload combined with the …

If you haven’t ever heard Louisville Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket, give their new CD (Evil Urges) a listen right away. The might be one of the most important American rock bands of the last few years. I put them up there with The Shins, The Strokes and Band of Horses for their sonic qualities and …

(picture taken by Geoff Price at a Yahoo customer summit, Spring 2000) Today Microsoft officially walked away from the Yahoo acquisition. This time I think it is final. What will happen now? They’ll continue to innovate while pundits punt. This evening, the Google/Yahoo ad pact was announced, and hopefully it could slow down the drop …

I read an interesting article in today’s LA Times (Inconvenient Truths About Motorcycles and Smog) that illustrates the complexity of being green or environmentally friendly. To some, it’s simple: a green car is a car with high MPG. Raise the MPG car over car (or through retrofit or innovation) and you are more green. With …

When one of your biz partners (employee, vendor, coworker) is on his or her annual summer vacation – do them a favor and leave them alone! When I worked at Yahoo, I put my employee’s vacation days into my calendar to remind me to leave them off threads or BCC/CCs. When there was an email …

I just received my copy of Portishead’s newest CD, Third. They are back! If you are a fan of Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation or Zero 7, you must pick this disc up ASAP. The band’s sound, fronted by the torchy singer Beth Gibbons, is chillout meets sci-fi film. Liam, the brainchild of the group, has …

I’m excited to announce that I already have 10 cities locked in for my Fall book tour. You can watch my book tour update announcement via my blog: Selling Saving. In each of these cities, I’m doing a conference, but also interested in picking up other speaking gigs too. Send me a note if you …

As many of you know, I make my living giving keynote speeches at conventions and conferences. Every few years, I produce a new demo reel. I’m very proud of my newest one, in support of my new book (Saving The World At Work, Sept 2008). It’s based on my keynote in Feb 2008 at Meeting …

On Tuesday, June 3, I’ll be a special guest on Donny Deutsch’s show The Big Idea. It airs at 10pm ET (Check your local listings). The subject: Risk versus Reward. I’m thrilled CNBC called me, and now I’m scrambling to catch a red eye to NYC for the show tomorrow. As a former Chief Solutions …

Over and over again, I see marketing announcements by companies that claim that they’ve “gone green!” How did they do it? They’ve made their business “a little less bad.” If they make cars, they increased fuel efficiency by 20%, so now their SUV is green. (At 19 miles per gallon, that is a laugher). They’ve …