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All artists are psychologically and emotionally driven to tell their stories. I’m not so sure we choose the stories…
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All my books 60% off – today only
All my books are 60% off today in ebook versions http://oreil.ly/free2choose and use code: DDF2H
Postmortem: Seattle and Snowpocolypse
About once a year Seattle gets snow, and invariably we do not handle it well. The shock is how,…
How you know there’s snow in Seattle
There’s barely a half-inch on the ground and look at the highways at 9:15am.
Book review: The checklist manifesto
Gawande’s first effort, Complications is a great book. He’s honest about the limitations of surgeons in a way few…
How much to charge for speaking?
Question from the mail-bag: I’m an excellent speaker but there isn’t high demand for my talks yet. I’ve been…
We are just like ants: the proof
As I kid I spent hours playing with ants. I’d move stuff around their nests, watching how they responded…
Can you Redesign a Chocolate Bar?
Over on designmind, David Sherwin, author of the upcoming book Creative Workshop, is sharing some of the design challenges…
Help wanted: designer for next book (updated)
Update: this job was filled and the book was published! This is an updated and sanity enhanced job description…
More on free work / Designer job
Update: the book this job was for was published. Weeks ago I posted a job ad for a designer position…
Need a new writing tool: help?
I’m a no frills guy. I can write with just about anything and don’t think the tool matters much.…
Design for now or for later?
“If you need people to enjoy it right away, that might mean you’re not going to probe very deep”…
How I almost invented RSS
Dave Winer, who’s known, in spite of his wishes, as the inventor of RSS, wrote about the myth of the…
The impact ratio (why it’s hard to know what’s important)
We like to think we know how important everything is when it happens. But looking backwards, it’s clear some…
You are Don Draper: Pick the ad
You can be Don Draper and help pick an advertisement. I can’t offer you bourbon or a smoke, but…
Designer job: updated!
The designer role job description has been updated (and one magic variable has changed): Help wanted: Designer for my…
10,000th comment: thanks
A few days ago we hit a milestone – Dorian Taylor’s comment on my review of The War of…
Resumes vs. Recommendations
It’s curious that people who are hiring put so much faith in resumes: a resume is a document made…
In Athens next week: recommendations?
My team at Automattic is meeting up together in Athens, Greece late next week. Never been to Athens or…
On working for free
Recently, this comment was left on my job posting for a book designer: You know what they say, Mr.…