http://www.mikemace.com/stopflyingblind/archives/27 This is a book in progress, on the art and science of using external information (competitive info, market research, and advanced technology) to drive business strategy. Most companies do it wrong, or don't do it at all. There's a new section every week. Your comments are welcome. If you're new to this weblog and want to read the sections in order, check out the Chapters list at right and start from the top. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.mikemace.com/stopflyingblind/archives/27#comment-29983 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:40:42 +0000 http://www.mikemace.com/stopflyingblind/archives/27#comment-29983 Wow! Your words make absolute sense to me! A great idea to write a book this way! Advice from the Wise: Mr. Mace, a hypothetical question: Suppose the normal, garden variety "zipper" did not exist today, and suppose that the complete zipper idea would come to you in its entirety in a dream, and then you went ahead and patented it. How would you have gone about selling the exclusive licensing of your super idea to the large companies??? Why do I ask? Because I have invented/patented the "not-yet-invented zipper"-Cel Phone. Because of this there will be a "before and an after" for the consumer goods world... Could you be so kind to contact me? I need your help. In fact, the total number of patents is TEN. All, very revolutionary. Please, get in touch with me. Because of your background and expertise, you are indeed, my guy. Truly yours Wow! Your words make absolute sense to me! A great idea to write a book this way! Advice from the Wise: Mr. Mace, a hypothetical question: Suppose the normal, garden variety “zipper” did not exist today, and suppose that the complete zipper idea would come to you in its entirety in a dream, and then you went ahead and patented it. How would you have gone about selling the exclusive licensing of your super idea to the large companies??? Why do I ask? Because I have invented/patented the “not-yet-invented zipper”-Cel Phone. Because of this there will be a “before and an after” for the consumer goods world… Could you be so kind to contact me? I need your help. In fact, the total number of patents is TEN. All, very revolutionary. Please, get in touch with me. Because of your background and expertise, you are indeed, my guy. Truly yours

]]> http://www.mikemace.com/stopflyingblind/archives/27#comment-366 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:29:36 +0000 http://www.mikemace.com/stopflyingblind/archives/27#comment-366 Hi, Scott. Thanks for the comment. And yeah, they way you're doing your book is probably the right way. My challenge is that while I was doing my job search post-PalmSource, I wrote about 75% of the first draft of the book, and <i>then</i> decided to do the weblog. I think the lesson out of this is that blogging is a separate medium, and you'll screw it up if you treat it like you would some other medium. It's like taking a radio show script and trying to convert it directly into a TV show. The same principle probably applies to podcasting and all the other new media types that the web is generating...