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October 20, 2004
The Tipping Point
I started rereading one of my favorite books this evening. It's called The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell. It got me thinking in terms of changing the world again. The tipping point is the moment at which a relatively small phenomenon becomes huge. This "tip" can be caused by a whole host of things. A classic, and fun, example happened in the mid 90s when the Hush Puppies brand of shoes went from near extinction to extreme popularity. It turns out this revolution was started by less than 100 hip kids from NYC. All of a sudden all of the major designers featured Hush Puppies on the runways of Paris.
This book is great because it puts some focus on the little things in life. Life really is based on the details. Something as insignificant as a new haircut can change one's entire outlook. A recent tipping point occurred in my life within the past few weeks. Making the switch from Blogspot to MovableType has caused an explosion in the amount of blogging I do. These things happen all the time! Look out for tipping points in your life. If you're aware of them, you're more likely to figure out how to make them happen! Oh, and buying and reading this book wouldn't hurt anyone either.
On to newer things...IBM is awesome! Turns out a problem I had is under warranty...so they're sending me out a brand new piece of hardware, completely free. Oh, and they called me within 10 minutes of me posting my maintenance request online...after business hours. Great service makes me smile. It's almost like getting what you pay for. :-P
Big shout out to my Mom, who sent me a nice pair of running pants for the upcoming winter season...I'll definitely be protected from the elements! Thanks Mom!
There was something else I wanted to say...but it's not coming to me at the moment, I hate when that happens. Well, it'll just give me a chance to write again tomorrow...to sleep I go.
Posted at October 20, 2004 11:45 PM