Business

Yes, it has two wheels, yes the design is stunning and yes it’s about one passionate guy that went out of his way to rebuild this magnificent piece of history…
But that’s not the reason I’m posting it. This blog, is part of a site that it’s owner wrote the following:
“I built this site because I love the do-it-yourself work ethic and because I enjoy working on it. Maybe someday Knucklebuster Inc. will be a legitimate business and actually make some money, or maybe it will continue to be a “hobby” – there is a certain freedom in not having to worry about it making enough money to pay the bills. Either way, right now I’m just enjoying the ride.”
In his passion and journey, he gathered 5-10K monthly unique visitors… and his posts generate reaction… this post generated over 50 responses.
It seems like the intuitive action that Grail Mortillaro (that’s the guy’s name) took, made him successful in the virtual world, beyond his recognition… He proved that the market exists for his knowledge and passion… With some business planning he should be able to harvest this success in the real world afterall, would you buy from a store that recommends the parts that give them the higher commission or from “That Guy” YOU BELIVE sells what worked best for im in his bike project?
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com

Not that we needed any saving, but we live in a crazy time and we are busy. Too busy. I’m busier now than I ever been and something tells me that I’ll get even busier. The list of things that I want to accomplish is far greater than the number of open slots I can fit in my calendar. Kids, clients, work, marketing, dinner, dishes, family, lunch, more, more, more… not necessarily in this order.

Back to Google again.

After being successfully married for long enough, I’ve learned one thing: Communication is key to retain your household sanity and the most controversial issue is time. Mainly the time that we lack.

We run our entire online life on Google Apps. Standard Edition. Free. The company email, calendar, contacts, documents to name the least. It syncs to our macs, blackberrys, iPhone, iPod, PC, etc. Works very well. and it’s free, did I already mention?

Ever since my wife managed to hook the Google calendar to her iPhone our life changed…

Her work stuff? there’s a calendar for that.

Dr. appointments? there’s a calendar for that.

Son’s helping class’s parent list? there’s a calendar for that.

Family stuff? there’s a calendar for that too.

And then we found that with one click we can add the entire Jewish holidays to our calendar not to mention your favorite team’s schedule… and all our contacts’ birthdays… and Valentines too.

Can you imagine how I felt when I heard her say “well we can’t do it next week since you have that PSU bowl game”… I’m in love all over again.  Seriously.

Instead of forgetting dates, events, appointments and etc. we have a built in expectations management system.

And it’s easy. It’s not like we both sit all day and update the calendar. It became a natural action: Two moms meet in the park and discuss the prospects of a playdate… iPhones out and done. All that while avoiding potential scheduling conflicts with my calendar as well as that important Lions game. There’s an app for that- calendar. And the one with the Google logo on it just works better- it’s connected to everybody’s pocket.

Yes, calendars have been here for as long as we remember, what’s the big deal?

Google made it easy to tact excessively and not fell guilty about it. It’s the good kind of execs where more is more. It’s free and easy to add another calendar when you need it, and keep it forever (and hide it to prevent clatter). Why not.

And the pre canned content. Birthdays, holidays, games, full moon dates, whatever – it’s there. Did I mention easy? They just made it easy.

If it’s good for the daily battlefield of a modern family, it’s good for the rest of the world.

Facebook introduced today their new home page view. Search is much more prominent located at the middle of the top banner and it’s significantly wider.

According to Facebook the new design improves the following:

Pages also adopted the new look and feel.

Update No. 1 as I’ll keep drilling into the new interface.

The old interface was disorganized, hard to navigate and slow. This new interface is simple, easy to use, and  looks almost nice (sorry I was never a big fan of uniform… yet I appreciate Facebooks new elegance vs. the anarchy and abuse that My Space tolerates.

For organizations and organizations the new interface is actually good news. The cleaner look helps the visitors to focus on the content and personally I feel more invited to participate in the conversation.