Wants vs. Beliefs
A funny thing about the human mind is we tend to believe what we want to believe. We are…
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The future of UI will be boring
In an interesting post on daring fireball, Gruber rhetorically asks: Our desktop computers human interfaces haven’t fundamentally changed since…
Book review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us -Franz Kafka…
Need a graphic designer for small project
I have a big, chart heavy report on research I did into how people prepare to give presentations. Problem…
Speaking at PMI Congress, Feb. in Melbourne
Next month I’ll be giving the keynote talk at the 2010 PMI Global Congress, in one of my favorite…
How to create great work environments
(Note: In a series of posts, now called readers choice, I’ll write about whatever people submit and vote for.…
How great writers work
Nice little compilation article on 25 famous writers and their daily work rituals.
What should I write about next? Place your vote!
I’m really digging this system of having you folks submit and vote on topics. My rough plan is I’ll…
On God, Integrity and Sports
When I was a kid I watched my NY Giants, hold on to a short lead late in Superbowl…
When visualizations go wrong, part 2
Here’s part 2 of my continuing series of visualizations gone wrong (part 1 was about a viz on web…
Improved images in Confessions
There was a minor issue in the first print run of Confessions. The in-line photographs of the book, of…
Live chat at UW, next Friday 12pm PST
My friend Kathy Gill, who hosts a regular live web show at the University of Washington Digital Media department,…
Signed edition of Confessions now for sale
Powell’s books, where I’m speaking tonight, is selling signed copies of Confessions of a Public Speaker. Very cool –…
Why do big companies suck?
Many small companies aren’t that good and medium ones too. The real question then is why, if at all, do…
Portland: Speaking Wed & Thursday, this week
I’ll in Portland tonight thru Thursday, speaking at a few places. Here’s the rundown: Wed: I’ll be on AM…
Wednesday linkfest
Here are this week’s links: Terrorism on airlines is overstated – In a simple argument of reality vs. perception,…
What should I write about? You decide!
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been writing about a wider and wider range of things. This is no accident.…
The Secret About Innovation Secrets
The word secret runs rampant not only in business magazines, but also in self-help books. To our general disappointment,…
Best things of 2009
Went through my list of stuff acquired this year. Turns out I read a lot of books. Here’s the…
Everything is a project (even this post)
When I meet people at a party and they ask what I do, I tell them I write books.…