Dave Morin

Great companies concentrate on building the most epic products possible. There are two companies that I am loyal to that do just that, Apple and Audi.

Here’s the coming storm from Audi:

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Written from North Beach – San Francisco

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So, I was talking to my illustrious mother tonight about her trip to Big Sky (one of the best ski areas on the planet). She was down there with my step dad doing some skiing as well as some cross country skiing.

Today they were on the way back to Helena, and ran into one of Montana’s more “native” natives:

Dave, there was this huge buffalo, that jumped into the highway over 8 an foot drift right in front of our car!

Like was this really happening, not a deer, or an elk, but a buffalo?

We avoided him. But, when we went back after our xcountry ski, like 3 hours later, he was still out in the highway trying to figure out how to get out of there!?

It was weird! Only in Montana eh?

Written from North Beach – San Francisco

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Days like today in San Francisco are the days that make me love living here. The sparkling water full of sailboats in the San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate, everyone out on the streets enjoying the day, and smiling faces everywhere. These are the days that redeem the fog filled ones (though we love you too fog).

So, I have a few things on my mind today, first of which are the comments I have been getting about my “ThoughtBombs.” A few folks (and not so happily) have made reference to the site www.thoughtbomb.net, and my usage of the term being a reference there. It is in fact, not. I heard the term first in the book The Ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelley, which references a way that IDEO uses to educate everyone in the firm on current and interesting ideas. One person puts together a book full of interesting thoughts and distributes it to the entire firm. They use it as a way to spread interesting information to everyone. So, consider what I’m doing a mini version of that, for all of you. Thanks Tom Kelley, and IDEO, for being an inspiration to me.

Secondly, people have been making references to the new addition at the bottom of my posts. The inclusion of the geographical location from which I am making the post. I did, in fact, get this idea from Guy Kawasaki’s new blog. And, I thank him for the fantastic idea (and breakfast a couple of weeks ago..thanks Guy!). I think it’s genius, in that it gives you a sense of geographical place as you finish reading someone’s post. This leads to a better context of the content based on where the person was posting from. Brilliant!

Thanks to everyone who has influenced me in generating content for this blog. Without the authors that I read, the people in my life around Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and the world, I really wouldn’t have anything to write about. It’s the sharing, re-sharing, and re-mixing of ideas that makes the world go ’round. So thank you to everyone that helps give me subject matter to think and write about. I can only hope that my contribution to the conversation is just as interesting and worthwhile to you as my reader.

Written from The Grove on Fillmore – Pacific Heights, San Francisco

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