I don’t rave about many hotels, but one really gets it right, especially for the business traveler. If you’re unfamiliar, Club Quarters is a European chain that’s been opening hotels in major U.S. cities. When searching for a deal in Midtown Manhattan this week I came across Club Quarters opposite […]

Following in the footsteps of CNN and MSNBC's use of the Perception Analyzer during the on-air broadcasts of the 2008 presidential debates and for the focus group discussion of the 2010 State of the Union speech, ATV in Austria is bringing Dialsmith and the Perception Analyzer to Austria for it's […]

The title of this post is the name of one of the chapters in the book, REWORK, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals. There are many chapters in this book that have inspired me to try some new things, but 'Meetings are Toxic' has led to one […]

Rob Dyrdek’s Street League Skateboarding™ was just announced and Dialsmith is proud to be a part of it by providing real-time scoring and stats with our co-developed ISX – Instant Scoring eXperience™ system. As stated in the announcement: “…Street League™ brings with it the exclusive use of the instant scoring […]

Interesting article in The New Yorker (via kottke.org) about products priced at the high and low end of the scale succeeding while those in the middle struggle. This is not a new concept, but one I continue to be mindful of—especially as one of those at the high end of […]

Dialsmith’s partner on ISX – Instant Scoring eXperience, Rob Dyrdek, is profiled and interviewed in Inc. magazine. They discuss Rob’s many business ventures including his television shows, Wild Grinders line, and upcoming Street League. Plus he’s built one of the coolest places to work. Congrats to Rob!

It's a topic that comes up a lot when dealing with clients and colleagues…when to send an email and when to pick up the phone? I got to thinking about this again today after reading this tweet by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, "Even though it's low-tech, one of the […]

I've been hit by a few sources of inspiration in recent days and thought I'd share: Seth Godin hits the nail on the head with Modern procrastination and Unrealized projects Tom Fishburne points to Get Excited and Make Things In 1965, Robert Kennedy said, "We were to try harder than […]

I've long been a fan of Todd Statterstan and really like his his latest project, Fixed to Flexible, an ebook that, in his words, "collects the commercial aspects of cost, price, and margin and presents a variety of alternatives about how to make your way in the world of infinite […]