Five examples why “discount culture” is killing our economy
Everyone loves a good deal, right? What’s wrong with that? Alas, if you care about fostering real product innovation, if you care about building vibrant American…
The top four things I learned in the time elapsed between these two photos.
This is me and Joanne, sometime in 2008, a couple months before our Daily Grommet launch. This is the two of us, last week, a little…
Gigs wanted
This is the first slide from the talk I gave at Savannah College of Art and Design. It was fun. Only one guy fell asleep, from…
Back at school; my visit to SCAD
I’m just back from a short stay at the Savannah College of Art and Design–I attended industrial design studios, met with possible Grommet creators, and gave…
Happy Birthday Daily Grommet! We’re giving ourselves a new site….
What do you know–Daily Grommet turned one! We launched October 20 of 2008–the same time as the stock market crashed. According to conventional wisdom,…
Even a big business can act small: How Zappos knocked my socks off
My mom had some recent, harsh medical treatments which have left her feet numb, and sensitive to pressure. Over the last several months her choice of…
One can only laugh
I love to work with funny people. Patti Purcell, our COO, outdid herself yesterday at the MTLC unConference. Here’s the scene: Venture Capitalist, with British accent,…
Please pack your knives and go.
I’m risking bragging about my son’s birth here, but there are no gushing bodily fluids in this story. I’m talking about him birthing a product. He’s…
What was–or is–your favorite toy?
The current issue of ID (International Design) magazine has an article in which famous designers describe their favorite toy. Most picked items from their childhood. The…
Great things are happening to the Grommets
A central reason for doing Daily Grommet is to help the “good guys” win. Our vision has always included helping the Grommets to really get lift-off–because…
Jules Pieri 