I’m not going to be coy about it. Steve Jobs has made things that have been part of my life since I was six years-old. The man, through his craft, influenced the man I’m still becoming.
- Aaron Silvers: “Influence“
A brilliant man has exited 1 Infinite Loop. But his influence will be felt for years to come. Just watch this.
Jay Cross recently posted about his horrible experience with United Airlines:
Cull out your best customers, the repeaters who make the airline profitable. Then throw obstacles in their path, demonstrate your inefficiencies, put in surprise restrictions, and do your best to drive those good customers away.
Jay Cross – United Breaks Relationships
Contrast Jay’s story with that of Peter Shankman’s:
That meant that in just under three hours, someone at Morton’s Corporate had to see my tweet, get authorization to do this stunt, get in touch with Morton’s Hackensack, and place the order. Then Morton’s Hackensack had to cook the order, get it boxed up, and get a server to get in his car, and drive to Newark Airport (never an easy task, no matter where you’re coming from) then, (and this is the part the continues to blow me away,) while all this was happening, track down my flight, where I was landing, and be there when I walked out of security!
Peter Shankman – The Greatest Customer Service Story Ever Told
These days, it seems we’re all numb to stories like Jay’s, because we experience them more and more frequently. Stories like Peter’s are more amazing because of how rare they have become. And, it’s not like we don’t hear about the good ones because they’re not shared. The days of people only sharing bad experiences are over — we’re now in the era of over-sharing. Now we hear about every experience, good or bad.
Peter goes on to say:
Customer service is no longer about telling people how great you are. It’s about producing amazing moments in time, and letting those moments become the focal point of how amazing you are, told not by you, but by the customer who you thrilled.
People are going to share their experiences. What kind of story do you want your customers to tell?
Apps vs the Web (via Daring Fireball)
Bluelounge Mini Dock adapter – clever. (via Minimal Mac)
The Birdy – great way to track spending. Simply respond to one email each day. I use Evernote to do the same thing – but I do it live – as soon as I spend it, I email my Evernote account like this: 2011 Taxes – Expense – Software – App Store – $9.99 – but that doesn’t give me pretty charts.
The Birdy would go great with SassyCents, a new “how to be smart with your money” blog from Tammy Thorn.
1.8 Zettabytes – wow.
Judy Unrein and I have a podcast. It’s called the ToolBar. We drink and talk about learning and software and other random stuff — episode 4 is about the eLearning Guild’s Rapid Authoring Top Tools report.
You should go listen to it right now. Or subscribe to it in iTunes and listen to it whenever!
Good song. Great video. Everything is a remix.
(via CBT)
