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How to Be Different: “Zag!”

Idea Sandbox

Last Updated on 7 February 2023 You probably know Marty from his book “ The Brand Gap.” In his book “ Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands ” Marty teaches us how to create and harness the power of differentiation in a cluttered marketplace. Who: Marty Neumeier What: Zag! Be Different. No, REALLY Different. What is it?

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What do you want: the short or the long wow?

Bennett Cherry

I came across this article today and really found value in much of what the author, Brandon Schauer, presents in his discussion of "the long wow".What do you think? Is he off-base or point-on?

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Dean of Download? Not sure, but it was a nice article.

Bennett Cherry

--from the archives--Before I started blogging, an article about my teaching methods showed up in the San Diego Union-Tribune. If you're interested in learning more about why the author referred to me as the "Dean of Download", read this article.

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The power of [very] small entrepreneurial teams

Bennett Cherry

In case you haven't heard.there's a new race for space. In fact, the race for space has a variety of prizes for those first to:suborbital flight -- $10 million Ansari X Prize awarded in 2004 to Mojave Aerospace Ventures for their flight of Space Ship One.similated lunar landing -- $2 million NASA/Northrop Grumman challenge ongoing, but likely that it will occur this weekend (Oct 27-28, 2007).

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Dirty Pictures.unbelievable

Bennett Cherry

If you've ever read the book, How Are You Peeling, then you may be familiar with this type of art. I refer to it as "art from the everyday". Like the authors of How Are You Peeling, artist Scott Wade takes the everyday and makes art of it. Check out a few of his pictures and watch him in action on the 2 videos. Truly amazing talent in his ability to see art in the everyday.I wonder how many.

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Creating.by accident

Bennett Cherry

It's enjoyable to come across a story like this one. It seems that a smart, engineering- and tinkering-minded gentleman has come across a way to turn sea water into a combustible material. Yes, you read that correctly.combustible sea water. As the howstuffworks.com article mentions, this new find could serve as a springboard to a new discussion on sea water as an alternative fuel.

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Bricks, Walls, Cathedral

Idea Sandbox

Last Updated on 7 February 2023 I’m always looking for techniques to help be a better problem solver – specifically, ensuring I’m solving the right problem. (The last thing you want to do is spend time fixing the wrong thing). One method is to examine your problem from both narrower and broader perspectives… Is your problem a wall?

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Don't you love 10 year-old ingenuity?

Bennett Cherry

I love this story.10 year-old Chase Colin, of Bonsall, developed a "Dog Wash" as part of an assignment called Invention Convention. This creation was good enough to net him 2nd place at his school contest. In most cases, 2nd place doesn't get you much in life, but in this case, young Chase is going to be interviewed on the Ellen Show for his innovative idea.