Book smarts vs. Street smarts
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics readers submit. [Note: Polarizing questions are silly…
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Obama, Palin and teleprompters
I saw on CNN today more about Sarah Palin’s use of handwritten notes on the palm of her hand.…
The future of UI – interview on CBC
The folks at CBC’s Spark show interviewed me about the future of UI, and the boring post. Good stuff…
Should Americans get more vacation?
In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for.If you…
Twitter reconsidered
I wrote a post in June of 2009 called Calling Bullshit on Social Media. The goal of the post…
My talk at Google HQ, on Confessions
I wrote a few weeks ago about how my talk at Google about Confessions was the toughest room I’d…
Why Job Interviews are Flawed
Why does anyone believe they are good at interviewing people? If you ask experienced managers you’ll often her a…
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions
I’m often lazy with resolutions. Some years I give myself until the end of January to sort out exceptional…
Challenging Newton’s Apple
Recently The Royal Society put their copy of the best evidence in the world about the fabled story of…
How to Stop Overcommunication
Spolsky’s latest piece is about Brook’s law, and how adding people to projects can make them worse. For those…
Countdown to 1000 posts
This post, according to WordPress, is #952. I have about 50 more to go to hit the 1000 mark.…
How to be passionate (when you open your mouth)
Vijay recently asked in the comments on a recent talk: Thank you for a great presentation. I noticed that…
Free chapters from Confessions
My book Confessions of a Public Speaker used to have two free chapters on the amazon.com page as a…
Wednesday linkfest
Here are these week’s links: Designing for panic – (hat tip d&i daily) The science of expectations – How…
The Limits of Innovation
My post on why the future of UI will be boring has upset people. I clarified that although my…
Live, Free webcast TODAY on speaking
(Updated: this is today. it’s free. If you’re in Seattle you can come down to creativetech and watch live.…
Quote of the month
“You never feel better than when you start feeling good after you’ve been feeling bad.” – William Least Heat-Moon,…
CrowdSourcing Star Wars: A new hope
This is uber-clever – Star Wars Uncut. They divided up the original star wars movie into 15 second chunks,…
How do you get motivated?
Note: In a series of posts, now called readers choice, I answer reader questions. I’m going to cheat here,…
A rant about women
Clay Shirky has a rant up about women and the gender based expectations of behavior. The general theme is…