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Herb Gilliland Articles

Written by: Herb Gilliland

The Easiest Way to Make a Million Dollars - Click To Read Article
Don't even bother reading it, it really is this simple: figure out a way to make everyone else work for you voluntarily, for free.

Find Honest Collaborators - Click To Read Article
How to avoid wasting your time with the hiring process: looking for a job, or hiring for one. Building a team is very important, and finding people who identify with you and produce is key.

Why You Don't Matter - Click To Read Article
How business and legalese have destroyed the American Dream.

You Generation: How Big Business Turns You Into Asset - Click To Read Article
Article reprinted from the book "A Universe of Interactions", by H. Elwood Gilliland III, edited by Ziva Borlja

The New PayPal Anti-Fraud Model - Click To Read Article
Reprinted with permission from the book "A Universe of Interactions", by H. Elwood Gilliland III, edited by Ziva Borlja

The Vision - Click To Read Article
Companies should make everyone rich, not just the owners.

Optimizing Your Bank Account: How to Protect Yourself Against Greedy Analysts - Click To Read Article
UPDATES, October 9th, 2009: You may wish to review what opting out means - it has CHANGED since this article was written. They made it basically worthless! In fact, Opting Out does not really opt you out anymore!!!

Scientist Seeks Seed Capital for Life Perpetuating Device - Click To Read Article
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) September 17, 2002 -- Interaction Designer Herb Gilliland announces that he is seeking capital for investment into his brain-perpetuating product idea. "Much of the valuable, personal information we hold in our minds is lost at the moment of death. Please help me save this information by designing and marketing brain perpetuation devices for post-mordem cultivation of valuable neurologically stored information," says Herb Gilliland, alumnus from Carnegie Mellon University.

Idea Versus Execution - Click To Read Article
An article that addresses the common issues of "idea versus execution" and getting the credit you deserve. This article is partially a response to the Tech Crunch article, "If Execution is What Matters, Where Does That Leave Ideas?"

In the Darkest Hour: Start Something New - Click To Read Article
Starting a business was always a dream; so much in fact that it grew and grew in its importance to me as I progressed through college. Parkinson's Law came into effect here: the longer I waited, the bigger the burden seemed to be. Why start a business? I had a plan: an idea that would make me an instant millionaire, but I lacked the desire to endure it alone.

How I Invented YouTube - Click To Read Article
A controversial article about how YouTube really got started from the mouth of its inventor. Highly criticized and viral, the video "I Invented YouTube!" is featured mainly in Europe. Why? The American status quo of course! Failure? Victim? Hoax? Crackpot? You be the judge.

Convert an Asteroid into a Think Tank - Click To Read Article
Today's business leaders need to focus on what's above their head. Set high standards and reach for the stars.

Designing for Power: Rapid Development, Scale and Usability - Click To Read Article
You want to be able to control power. You want to wield it like a weapon, or perhaps a tool, against beyond-human forces (forces of nature, commerce and the meta-human). How can we extend business into space? When will our organizations evolve to provide us with the depth needed to evolve further? What is the role of customer, organization, capitalist, super-capitalist and human being? Does negative marketing help or hurt? Some people say it does both. What are the psychological factors of failure? Why do we need organizations?

Don't Share It, Delete It! - Click To Read Article
Why bother producing content in America? It will just end up in the bargain bin.

Exploitation as Empowerment: On YouTube and User-Generated Content - Click To Read Article
Reprinted with permission from the book "A Universe of Interactions" by H. Elwood Gilliland III, edited by Ziva Borlja; this article deals with exploitation and its changing role.

The Idea Harvester - Click To Read Article
A short article on how usability evolves products; how exploitation of customer brains moves innovation within industry. This article deals with the basic principles of "usability" -- the new computer science buzzword of the past two decades. Remember when people actually owned the things they made? Not anymore...





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