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Archive | February, 2015

Newsletter #1026: The “Lessons from Virgin Hotels” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] From a record label to an airline, credit cards, phone services, and even healthcare, Virgin’s famous for their wide range of […]

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Newsletter #1025: The “Lessons from Ice Cream” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Think you don’t have a lot in common with an ice cream company? Maybe. But if you have tight margins, lots […]

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Newsletter #1024: The “Lessons from a Movie Theater that’s Still Got It” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] In an era of Netflix, Redbox, and homebody culture, Alamo Drafthouse is completely reinventing the movie theater experience. They serve awesome […]

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Who sent me this amazing gift?

So you bought someone a nice, expensive gift on Amazon. You checked the gift option, wrote them a special note, and it was super thoughtful and very sweet. Problem is, the recipient has no idea who it came from. There’s no card, no name, no label. Oh, wait. There it is: a tiny slip of […]

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Just because Google does it, it isn’t necessarily better

I often rant that Google’s “search only” view of the world doesn’t work for most people, and that folks need visible structure to understand where things go. We want folders and to know where stuff is. Techies tend to object and say, “Just search — it’s all there. Why put it in a folder?” The […]

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Newsletter #1023: The “Great Content” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Recently we shared a series of tips from the popular podcast, Serial. One of the most important lessons: People love to […]

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