Tommorow: Live webcast, Why designers fail
Tomorrow, April 14th, I’m doing a live webcast for UIE on Why designers fail and what to do about…
Latest Blog Posts
Why panels suck (and how to fix them)
A new post up on speakerconfessions.com is all about panel sessions at conferences and how to fix them: Why…
Things not to say when speaking at Microsoft
I was invited to speak at Microsoft’s Asian Pacific Leadership conference last week, an internal employee only event, and…
Why Panel Sessions Suck (And How To Fix Them)
Many conferences include what’s called a panel session. This is where 3 to 5 experts get up on stage…
The end of Encarta
Microsoft recently announced the end of the product known as Encarata. Way back in the day Encarta was cool.…
Top ten reasons managers become great
As a positive counterpoint to my list of why managers become assholes, and as a counterbalance to my tendency…
Why does cynicism sell? (This site sucks)
I know I’m fond of criticizing the world. I have many posts with titles like Why X sucks and…
Being Popular vs. Being Good
“Plenty of what’s popular isn’t good, and plenty of what’s good isn’t popular” One of the grand confusions of…
Wednesday Linkfest
Link joy for your browsing pleasure: Almost perfect: the story of WordPerfect. Anyone who used PCs before Windows knows…
How to fix boring lectures
New post is up at SpeakerConfessions.com about How to fix boring lectures. I’ll be doing more “How to fix…”…
How to fix boring lectures and presentations
We all know most lectures are boring. They go on too long, most speakers are dull on stage, and…
My new blog: Public Speaker Confessions
To keep track of all the interviews, research and stories I’m putting together for the next book, I’ve set…
Things not to say – “We don’t have time”
One phrase I can’t stand is “We don’t have time”. We all get the same amount of time every…
Where do your ideas die? (With a bad illustration)
I’m stuck in the Vancouver airport, waiting for them to find a new plane. Hard to complain about waiting…
(Seattle) Presentation Camp – Tommorow!
Last call for presentation camp – a brand new unconference event for people interested in pitching, presenting and public…
The use and misuse of quoting people
In doing research for writing books you notice disturbing things. Sometimes you discover a saying attributed to two different…
Friday Linkfest
Here are these week’s interesting reads: What I learned in four years at amazon. My favorite part is how…
(Seattle) Presentation camp schedule up!
Saturday April 4th Kathy Gill and I are running the first ever Seattle presentation camp, an unconference for people…
Quote of the day
“An intelligent hell would better than a stupid paradise†-Victor Hugo
And the $600 Golden Ticket winner is…
First, thanks to everyone for entering the contest. The overlord / demigods at O’Reilly saw the long list of…