I’m an author of books. I write about ideas and how they work.
I post 2 or 3 times a week. Since 2003, there have been over 1400 posts. Popular topics include creativity, writing well, managing and speaking. My 50 best posts of all time are a great place to start.
Many posts are born from reader comments and questions.
My work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Guardian, Wired magazine, National Public Radio, The Huffington Post and other media. I taught at the University of Washington, blog for Harvard Business and BusinessWeek, and appear as an expert on various subjects on CNN, CNBC and MSNBC.
I’ve authored four popular books:
- Making Things Happen
- The Myths of Innovation
- Confessions of a Public Speaker
- Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds (a ‘best of’ collection of essays from this blog)
I make my living from book royalties and fees from speaking for hire. You can see me in action here.
I worked at Microsoft from 1994 to 2003, mostly on Internet Explorer 1.0 to 5.0 (not 6). From 2010 to 2012 I worked as a team leader for Automattic on WordPress.com. I’m back to being a full time author and speaker. This short interview describes me well.
You can contact me directly or follow on Twitter at @berkun.
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Wow, I have not read any of you books , being a best selling author of four books that shows you have a talent but I’m going to check them. you are really best writer.what advise would you give me, I really love to be a writer. I have written a non-fictional story book, but its not finished.
You, sir, are freaking awesome. A google search on “how to write a good book” led me here, and here I’ve been for about two hours!!! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your blog – now I guess I’ll have to buy a book. Dammit. Since I’ve decided that I’m probably unemployable, the only things I like to do are read and shoot, and I don’t know ANYONE who’s going to pay me to shoot things for a living (not legally, anyway) I guess I’ll have to get off my tail and start writing something.
Thanks for the great read!
Can’t wait for my free kitty :)
It’s on its way, I promise.
You sir, are very handsome. By the way I enjoyed reading your post. Have a nice day. :)
Hey! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new apple iphone! Just wanted to say I love reading through your blog and look forward to all your posts! Keep up the excellent work!
Get back to work.
No wait! Stay here!
Hey! I’m from Romania and are a big lover of books, I got here from cause your book, CONFESSIONS OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
It helped me enormously. Good luck and good health.