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• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  The Sink Has Landed

  05.08.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Sink Has Landed

  Not only did we get the required back flow prevention valve installed at Oddyssea today, we also got the sink hooked up. (I can do many things, but plumbing is not one of them. Everything I touch leaks in a DIY context.) We are excited to have the sink so that the create activities have […]

• Business, Innovation, Media

  Twitter Usage and Growth

  05.07.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Twitter Usage and Growth

  It was just about a year ago I decided to “try” Twitter again. It was my third attempt and I wasn’t optimistic about it (in fact, in previous content I called Twitter a fad and dismissed users as narcissistic broadcasters of trivia.) Well, a year in and I can say I’ve found a way to […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Recycling

  05.04.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Recycling

  One of the side effects of stocking up is the inevitable packaging that the inventory arrives in. As you can see from the photo, we’re’ accumulating a fair amount of cardboard and plastic that will need to get into the right recycling stream. The way vendors choose to pack their wares is highly variable. For […]

• Business

  Project Failure Modes

  05.03.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  One of the great things about doing consulting work is the ability to see a perspective outside the boundaries of a single company. That means trends and failure modes can be spotted and used. This is a well known failure mode, but I’ve been reminded of it recently in some of the engagements I’ve been […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Stocking and Inventory

  05.01.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One of the most interesting and time consuming things we’re doing for Oddyssea is finding, testing, and ordering product for our inventory. It can also be a little frustrating. For those of you who are familiar with retailing, you’ll know all this so forgive me for chatting about it. For those of you unfamiliar, perhaps […]

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