Just a quick note to say we are approved for renting and do the "walk through" with the owners (and landlords) tonight. Annoyingly I forgot my camera, so I'll have to do a drive from Tysons to Arlington to Tysons at rush hour. Grr.
Some light moving will happen every evening. Fabio has offered to help some this coming Saturday, and I have Joel and Jochen confirmed for the morning of the 10th to help with the large items. Quite the European team :) With a bit of luck it should all go smoothly.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Potential New Lodgings
Lisa and I saw a place out near Tysons corner that we may rent. No exciting pics yet. More soon. Oh, and check the Google Map for Lillian Court :)
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Another reason to value customer marketing
"A person like yourself"
It's a powerful phrase, and as the study linked below indicates, a powerful source of persuasion. But how could it not be?
A person like yourself would almost necessarily provide exactly the advice you are looking for. Maybe the egotistical and/or aspirational among us would project this person like oneself to be a slightly better version of oneself, including slightly more intelligent, experienced, articulate, and so forth.
Of course one is also reminded of the old line: "I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member". I suppose in those cases of self-dislike "A person like myself" would be the very last source of good advice :)
Either way: nice post Steve Rubel.
Micro Persuasion: Trust in Peers Trumps the "A-List," Study Finds
It's a powerful phrase, and as the study linked below indicates, a powerful source of persuasion. But how could it not be?
A person like yourself would almost necessarily provide exactly the advice you are looking for. Maybe the egotistical and/or aspirational among us would project this person like oneself to be a slightly better version of oneself, including slightly more intelligent, experienced, articulate, and so forth.
Of course one is also reminded of the old line: "I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member". I suppose in those cases of self-dislike "A person like myself" would be the very last source of good advice :)
Either way: nice post Steve Rubel.
Micro Persuasion: Trust in Peers Trumps the "A-List," Study Finds
Monday, April 7, 2008
Geographical Representation of Data
The Blog Strange Maps beats them all: beats them into submission with Le Gaulois (a multi-utensil in the shape of France) and as a bonus presents us with the only known mapping data of the whereabouts of Ludacris by ho-area code.
Where is this you cry? Why here.
One wonders mischievously what the MapInfo and Visual Crossing folk make of this? What a set of reporting requirements THAT would be.
Yours in a bout of fevered clarity, amid a foggy-headed cold, and looking forward to an early night with more anti-cold drugs.
Where is this you cry? Why here.
One wonders mischievously what the MapInfo and Visual Crossing folk make of this? What a set of reporting requirements THAT would be.
Yours in a bout of fevered clarity, amid a foggy-headed cold, and looking forward to an early night with more anti-cold drugs.
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