The paradoxes of lectures
One of the themes I explored in Confessions of A Public Speaker are paradoxes around lectures. Here’s my list…
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Wednesday linkfest
Here are this weeks links: A story of working for the New Yorker. The good news is it’s candid…
Cool UI at Nobel Peace Center
In Oslo last week I stopped at the Nobel Peace Center. Among the exhibits was this one which had…
How to let go: a lesson from NASA
Everybody likes to criticize NASA for various reasons. There’s the budget problems, various $100 million blunders, and of course…
Creativity lessons from Rene Magritte
One perk of an independent life – I’m more free than most to travel the world and see amazing…
Why ugly teams win
Note: This is an excerpt from the book Beautiful Teams (3/09), a collection of essays on teamwork. I’ve been criticized for…
Travel: Any Brussels or Oslo advice?
I have a few days of fun travel to new places coming up. If anyone has been to Brussels,…
What I learned at Seattle Ignite 6
The cool thing about Ignite Seattle, beyond the crazy fun format (5 mins, 20 slides, 15 seconds a slide),…
Wednesday linkfest (+ Confessions)
Here’s this week’s roundup of good stuff. First some new stuff up on speakerconfessions.com: Should speakers ban or support…
Should speakers ban twitter at their talks?
It’s kind of silly question as I’m not sure a speaker can effectively ban anything in their audience, but…
Innovation case study: Opera Web browser
Of all the stories in the web world, the story of the Opera web browser is one of the…
The myth of the tough crowd?
Everyone talks about how this room or that room was “a tough room” or a “tough crowd”. What makes…
Speaking at Ignite Seattle, Wed Night
Ignite is always an awesome time. There is something so fun about the crowd that comes, and then of…
My books are now on Kindle
Thanks to the fine folks at O’Reilly Media, both of my books are now available on Kindle: Making Things…
Project management for beginners
Interesting thread going on Slashdot about PM for beginners. Making things happen gets a nice mention. Surprising number of…
Wednesday Linkfest
Here’s a gaggle of links for this week: Take criticism like Trump. The weird thing about modeling anything on…
Berkun is now on Twitter
Just for the record, I beat Oprah to it by at least a day. I get the point already…
Job loss map (coolness & badness)
Found this great post from Slate’s Moneybox via Brady @ O’Reilly. I think Tufte would be happy. You can…
Upcoming Speaking / Travel
Here’s the calendar for the next few weeks: Wed April 29th, Ignite Seattle (public) – I’ll be one of…
Wednesday Linkfest
Here’s this week’s linkfestage: Science fact about twitter (NSFW). This is the kind of diagram I wish was more…