Working at Overstock

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Today was my first day of work in the marketing division of online retail giant Overstock. For the curious, my official title is “Product Manager / Business Analyst”, not that it necessarily helps you (or me) understand what I do. :)
Although I have a hard time showing it, I’m really pretty excited –much more that [...]

Encouraging Criticism

Friday, April 28th, 2006

MidMarketMaven posted Matt Marsh’s notes from Stephen Covey’s recent speech at the University of Utah:
“Finally, [Covey] asked how many people in the room had created a culture in their lives that at least permitted, if not encouraged, those around you to kick back against what you say, to which very few responded yes.”
I can’t believe [...]

SSS PageRank

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

The PageRank for Software for Starving Students (via Google’s toolbar) went clear from 0 to 5 with the latest data update. That’s pretty indicative of the almost immediate success the project has enjoyed. The site has only been up since the very end of December but has had some really incredible growth. Just check out [...]