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Why do designers fail? Input wanted
October 06 2008
I’m finishing up my slides for a talk next week at UIE 13 in Cambridge, MA. The title is “Why designers fail and what to do about it”. I’m sure there are a zillion reason’s designers, like any professionals, fail. What I’m looking for are habits you’ve identified in designers… read moreGreat summary on Money Meltdown / Crisis
October 03 2008
Probably the best single website for explanations, background and summaries on what happened, what it means, what might happened next. Includes comparisons to previous crises. The Money Meltdown. read moreRSS/Feed issues: Fixed (details)
October 01 2008
For a few hours today my nice little RSS Feed, with close to 20k subscribers, was replaced by a pile of ads for some record label called True Tiger Recordings. As much as I often consider ditching the whole writing/speaking career to be a lead singer in a rock band,… read moreOctober 01 2008
Education and the inner city. I know many parents going through the public vs. private debate, and here’s an interesting take on the topic. Careful Senator, your politics are showing. Post by Dan Roam, author of back of the napkin, showing the drawings he made for senators based on their economic… read moreSeptember 30 2008
Running a bug bash is a dirty secret of software development. You won’t read about them in software engineering classes, or in agile method workshops. But some managers, when overwhelmed with undocumented bugs and not sure what else to do, demand the whole team stop what they’re doing and get… read moreNew video: How to make things happen
September 30 2008
When Making things happen came out in March, I did a few talks here and there to help promote the new edition, including a stop at a little place called Microsoft, in Redmond, WA. They videotaped the talk and it’s now available online. You need to be running IE, or using… read moreHow to start writing a book (mailbag)
September 29 2008
I get tons of comments/email in response to this post on how to write a book. Here’s another interesting, and life-grounding, question from the mailbag: I found your website hand thought it was awesome. I watched your videos and decided I could use some advice from you. My house burnt down 3… read morePresidental debate drinking games
September 26 2008
With the first debate tonight (9pm EST), here’s the requisite list of drinking games: Metafliters list of presidential debate drinking games Have fun. I’ll be keeping track of any uses of the word innovation :) read moreA million dollars for your best idea
September 25 2008
Google, as part of their 10 year anniversary, is launching Project 10100, offering millions of dollars to the best ideas they can find for helping people. From their FAQ: What is Project 10100? Project 10100 (pronounced “Project 10 to the 100th”) is a call for ideas to change the world, read more(Seattle) InfoCamp 2008 this weekend
September 25 2008
Hadn’t heard of this before, but there’s a design unconference here in Seattle this weekend: InfoCamp 2008. $50 gets you in for two days of DIY sessions on information architecture, user-centered design, librarianship, and information management. According to their description, It featu read moreHow hard to immigrate into the U.S? Awesome flowchart
September 25 2008
I can’t say how accurate this thing is, but it’s both a great piece of design (By Terry Colon, formerly of Suck), and a polarizing commentary on immigration policy: this will either anger you or make you happy. I know for sure my great grandparents would never have made it… read moreNew essay: how to pick a president
September 24 2008
45 days to go. We’ve got wars, bailouts, and natural disaster zones galore. What’s the best way to decide how to vote? Here’s my take on advice for how to pick a president in 1400 words. Essay #59 - How to pick a president. read moreMicrosoft & the social network wars
September 23 2008
Interesting analysis by fellow Harvard Business blogger John Sviokla about Microsoft’s missed opportunity to enter the social network game: Microsoft’s Outlook may be the world’s Rolodex, but they have not figured out how to link up all the latent connections that sit inside our Outlook address books. Put another way, they… read moreWhat wall street should be required to do
September 22 2008
I don’t write much about politics and the economy, but the recent bailout makes that impossible. Best thing I’ve read so far, pragmatically speaking is this list of suggestions from Robert Reich: My five nominees: 1. The government (i.e. taxpayers) gets an equity stake in every Wall Street financial company proportional… read moreSeptember 22 2008
Here’s a recent item from the mailbag/comment bag. Arjun wrote: How do i free myself, kill my inhibitions and break away from any kind of mental consciousness i keep facing every time i want to do something really badly. I’m simply afraid, man. Afraid, i might hurt somebody or offend someone… read moreAlso find Scott on:
