I just read Purple Cow, which took me all of half a day. It's fast, easy, and a bit over-exuberant, but most importantly to you dear reader, it says that old marketing is dead and the secret to success is unique products and the secret to unique products is design. It even has little slogans to photocopy in the back, including one that says "Design Rules."

I feel a design renaissance coming on.

Anyhow, it's one of those books you buy for your CEO, or head of marketing, or product manager. Go evangelize, the profession needs it. And deserves it.

Paris=Eiffel Tower as we all know


I finally went up the damn thing, and it was very nice indeed.

Also of some interest

doors to strange places

Heads on platters

Beautiful Metro stations

A distinct lack of ewan mcgregor

nice knockers

Segways in the rain

This last one was particularly odd and delightful. I was coming out of the Louvre and saw them pass, like gorillas in the mist, larger, graceful, slow and lumbering. Ah, Segway, you strange monster, I thought you extinct yet you live to wander the Paris streets at twilight....