Comments for http://www.randomactsofdata.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on VirginMoney, I want a bowl of soup and my hour back by JamieSanford http://www.randomactsofdata.com/virginmoney-i-want-a-bowl-of-soup-and-my-hour-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 JamieSanford Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=522#comment-1166 Wow, that's incredibly lame. Based on the tiny amount of experience I have with Virgin at all, I would have also expected much more. Wow, that’s incredibly lame. Based on the tiny amount of experience I have with Virgin at all, I would have also expected much more.

]]> Comment on VirginMoney, I want a bowl of soup and my hour back by Madlen http://www.randomactsofdata.com/virginmoney-i-want-a-bowl-of-soup-and-my-hour-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Madlen Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=522#comment-1165 Well, I have to say fair points you are making. I did not expect too much so wasn't that disappointed...and I arrived at 5.15 as I have been told and had to find out the show was already over so I had to wait for the second showing an hour later. You could say I wasted even two hours of my life, plus an hour journey to get there in the first place. Well, I have to say fair points you are making. I did not expect too much so wasn’t that disappointed…and I arrived at 5.15 as I have been told and had to find out the show was already over so I had to wait for the second showing an hour later. You could say I wasted even two hours of my life, plus an hour journey to get there in the first place.

]]> Comment on Are Corporations Killing Creativity? by Courtney Smith http://www.randomactsofdata.com/are-corporations-killing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Courtney Smith Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=360#comment-1162 Given that creativity is the light that shines out from all of us, I'd be willing to bet that it just gets blown out by every layer of bureaucracy a company adds. The more people that new ideas must go through for "approval", the less likely a creative culture can be sustained. People are generally afraid. Afraid of supporting something that goes against the larger majority of thought. Those are the "no" people that make it their business to fizzle out any light they see. I think we just need more people who are willing to ask for forgiveness instead of permission in business. More creative cowboys at corporate who really know their product/service AND their customers and aren't afraid to stir up a little dust now and then. Most of the best ideas I've ever heard – the really outlandish ones that make others cock their heads to the left with really squinty eyes – start with the phrase  "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if…"  Just because there are necessary processes and structure, it doesn't mean that anyone can tell you how to think about solving a challenge. That's the fun - and creative - part that people seem to be trained to forget. Given that creativity is the light that shines out from all of us, I’d be willing to bet that it just gets blown out by every layer of bureaucracy a company adds. The more people that new ideas must go through for “approval”, the less likely a creative culture can be sustained. People are generally afraid. Afraid of supporting something that goes against the larger majority of thought. Those are the “no” people that make it their business to fizzle out any light they see.

I think we just need more people who are willing to ask for forgiveness instead of permission in business. More creative cowboys at corporate who really know their product/service AND their customers and aren’t afraid to stir up a little dust now and then. Most of the best ideas I’ve ever heard – the really outlandish ones that make others cock their heads to the left with really squinty eyes – start with the phrase  ”Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if…” 

Just because there are necessary processes and structure, it doesn’t mean that anyone can tell you how to think about solving a challenge. That’s the fun – and creative – part that people seem to be trained to forget.

]]> Comment on About Anna by MADTA http://www.randomactsofdata.com/about-anna/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 MADTA Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/#comment-1159 Anna, Random acts of data....I love it!!! Great to know you are "one of us" Thanks again for speaking yesterday, your presentation was a real highlight for me. Kind regards, John Co-founder & Director Making A Difference Through Analytics   Anna,

Random acts of data….I love it!!!

Great to know you are “one of us”

Thanks again for speaking yesterday, your presentation was a real highlight for me.

Kind regards,

John

Co-founder & Director

Making A Difference Through Analytics
 

]]> Comment on Academically Speaking: Defining the Social Network Effect by Jacob Shwartz-Lucas http://www.randomactsofdata.com/academically-speaking-defining-the-social-network-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Jacob Shwartz-Lucas Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:34:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=309#comment-1157 Hi Anna! Thanks for you article, it was very interesting! Memetics is fascinating, and understanding memes lends an opportunity to end big problems like poverty and war. What sort of advice could you give to people who want to engineer their own memes?  I have one such meme, a specific idea that, if implemented, will end poverty. http://www.shwartzlucas.com/?page_id=54 I want to use my energy most efficiently to end suffering, and this idea is the first step.  Hi Anna! Thanks for you article, it was very interesting! Memetics is fascinating, and understanding memes lends an opportunity to end big problems like poverty and war. What sort of advice could you give to people who want to engineer their own memes? 

I have one such meme, a specific idea that, if implemented, will end poverty. http://www.shwartzlucas.com/?page_id=54

I want to use my energy most efficiently to end suffering, and this idea is the first step. 

]]> Comment on Please Help Santa. by Tom http://www.randomactsofdata.com/please-help-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-1156 Tom Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=508#comment-1156 This is a great idea! This is a great idea!

]]> Comment on Sun Drop- I Love you, but I am confused. by guest http://www.randomactsofdata.com/sun-drop-i-love-you-but-i-am-confused/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 guest Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=464#comment-1150 Sun Drop Is Beassttt!!!!!!!!!!!!! DROP IT LIKE ITS HOTTTT! Sun Drop Is Beassttt!!!!!!!!!!!!! DROP IT LIKE ITS HOTTTT!

]]> Comment on Are Corporations Killing Creativity? by contrapuntist http://www.randomactsofdata.com/are-corporations-killing-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 contrapuntist Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=360#comment-1147 The lack of creativity in business goes much deeper than corporate America. It is unfortunately a cultural philosophy that begins in your education system. Without allowing children to delve into the their creative ethos and explore, it makes it more difficult to adopt or even appreciate the need for creativity.   In business, it begin with corporate culture and establishing guidelines or parameters on how to present new ideas and providing time to do so. Most businesses think that every hour of the day must be consumed with busy work versus productive work; there is a difference. Sometimes, the most productive work is creative because it helps advance the organization in some way.   Interesting post. I just bought Daniel H. Pink's "A Whole New Mind".  Based on this post, something you might want to investigate for yourself.   Cheers! The lack of creativity in business goes much deeper than corporate America. It is unfortunately a cultural philosophy that begins in your education system. Without allowing children to delve into the their creative ethos and explore, it makes it more difficult to adopt or even appreciate the need for creativity.  

In business, it begin with corporate culture and establishing guidelines or parameters on how to present new ideas and providing time to do so. Most businesses think that every hour of the day must be consumed with busy work versus productive work; there is a difference. Sometimes, the most productive work is creative because it helps advance the organization in some way.  

Interesting post. I just bought Daniel H. Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”.  Based on this post, something you might want to investigate for yourself.  

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Facebook Fans: What are they really worth? by David Pearson http://www.randomactsofdata.com/facebook-fans-what-are-they-really-worth/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 David Pearson Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=380#comment-1146 I agree. I often get tired of hearing about how important establishing a wide fan base is on Facebook. The whole idea of becoming a fan is that you are declaring that you already partake in the product (a generalization, I know, but it holds true except in the ensuing example). There are times that this is not the case, but mostly it is when a company is offering a promotion for fans of their Facebook page. Then large groups of people will follow the page in order to get a coupon or enter a giveaway. Those people are then, for the most part, too lazy (or ignorant) to remove themselves as a fan from the page therefore skewing the results for anyone trying to assign a dollar value to then "like". I agree. I often get tired of hearing about how important establishing a wide fan base is on Facebook. The whole idea of becoming a fan is that you are declaring that you already partake in the product (a generalization, I know, but it holds true except in the ensuing example). There are times that this is not the case, but mostly it is when a company is offering a promotion for fans of their Facebook page. Then large groups of people will follow the page in order to get a coupon or enter a giveaway. Those people are then, for the most part, too lazy (or ignorant) to remove themselves as a fan from the page therefore skewing the results for anyone trying to assign a dollar value to then “like”.

]]> Comment on Experiential Marketing or Cupcakes Make Everything Better by Experiential Marketing http://www.randomactsofdata.com/experiential-marketing-or-cupcakes-make-everything-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Experiential Marketing Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:55:00 +0000 http://www.randomactsofdata.com/?p=450#comment-1143 Glad to hear that you had a positive experience from The Sprinkles Mobile's experiential marketingReally cool story, Anna! Glad to hear that you had a positive experience from The Sprinkles Mobile’s experiential marketingReally cool story, Anna!

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