I love Google Video. They have all the documentries in the world there.

Here are some key points that I’ve made from Guy Kawasaki’s Art of Innovation presentation. If you’ve seen his Art of the Start presentation, then these will look awfully familiar to you. In fact, I think he even used the same slides…

1) The DICEE Concept

Deep - does what it should and antipicates what you need. A product that goes above and beyond in solving a need.

Intelligence - pretty obvious. Put some thought into your products/services!

Complete - great products/services also include the support infrastructure around them, such as support, forums, conferences, websites - everything.

Elegance - has to be easy to use without a 50-page manual.

Emotive - Your product/service should polarize people. Either people will love it or absolutely hate it, but the point is nobody will become indifferent to your product or service.

4) Tips for Your Pitches - The ‘10-20-30 Rule’

10 slides maximum

20 minutes for all the slides

30 is the optimal font size

The rest is for Q&A and other miscellaneous things.

You can view the entire video (~50 min. long) here:

Note: Google Video embeds are known to screw up. So if you want to watch the video full-screen, visit the original link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3459408090550854446

Peter Kao

I read a lot of interesting crap on Digg.com, but this is one that I need to show you.

$700 Billion Bailout: How it Really Works

Peter Kao

UPDATE: Want to be convinced to vote? Watch this (made for US citizens but works just as well for us)

Today, I was talking to a friend of mine and I asked, “So, who are you going to vote for?” 

She said, “Obama.” 

The funny thing is, we were both on campus - in Canada. 

The point is that we focus so much on American politics (assuming you DO follow politics, if you don’t -YOU SHOULD) that we understand so little of our own.

I believe that more students like us will be driven to vote if we take more time to understand Canadian politics, and now you can do so easily using a web-app created for the 24-Hour Hacking Competition from Yahoo! Here’s the link: http://yahoo.summerhilldesign.com/index.php 

With this app, you can find every single incumbent Member of Parliament’s position on various topics. The UI is really well designed and makes learning about politics actually fun. Go check it out! 

REMEMBER TO VOTE ON: October 14, 2008 

Peter Kao

Well, obviously it would make front-page right?

Here’s the link to the article and a snapshot of the article on the front-page:

University of Waterloo Covering Velocity

Peter Kao

I Just saw this on Rajesh’s Twitter account - UW Bookstore Linelook. You can now see how busy (or not busy) the UW Bookstore is! This is perfect for the beginning of the term when the bookstore is usually completely packed. Now you can reduce a few hours of waiting in line.

PS: Now you know that you are being watched when you are sitting on those benches. Be warned! Don’t pick your nose or ass there!
Peter Kao