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Why Designers Fail: The Report
Why designers succeed and fail in organizations is mostly a matter of opinion as there’s little data to support…
How to design an office for designers?
One question that came up at my session on Leading breakthrough projects at UIE 13 last week was how…
Win prizes! – Why do designers fail SURVEY
After a most interesting thread and side e-mails, I’ve developed a survey to more deeply explore the reasons why…
Why do designers fail? Input wanted
I’m finishing up my slides for a talk next week at UIE 13 in Cambridge, MA. The title is…
Great summary on Money Meltdown / Crisis
Probably the best single website for explanations, background and summaries on what happened, what it means, what might happened…
RSS/Feed issues: Fixed (details)
For a few hours today my nice little RSS Feed, with close to 20k subscribers, was replaced by a…
Wednesday linkfest
Education and the inner city. I know many parents going through the public vs. private debate, and here’s an…
How to run a bug bash
Running a bug bash is a dirty secret of software development. You won’t read about them in software engineering…
New video: How to make things happen
When Making things happen came out in March, I did a few talks here and there to help promote…
How to start writing a book
Every artist was first an amateur. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I get hundreds of comments and emails in response…
Presidental debate drinking games
With the first debate tonight (9pm EST), here’s the requisite list of drinking games: Metafliters list of presidential debate…
A million dollars for your best idea
Google, as part of their 10 year anniversary, is launching Project 10100, offering millions of dollars to the best…
(Seattle) InfoCamp 2008 this weekend
Hadn’t heard of this before, but there’s a design unconference here in Seattle this weekend: InfoCamp 2008. $50 gets…
How hard to immigrate into the U.S? Awesome flowchart
I can’t say how accurate this thing is, but it’s both a great piece of design (By Terry Colon,…
New essay: how to pick a president
45 days to go. We’ve got wars, bailouts, and natural disaster zones galore. What’s the best way to decide…
Microsoft & the social network wars
Interesting analysis by fellow Harvard Business blogger John Sviokla about Microsoft’s missed opportunity to enter the social network game:…
What wall street should be required to do
I don’t write much about politics and the economy, but the recent bailout makes that impossible. Best thing I’ve…
How to free your inhibitions
Here’s a recent item from the mailbag/comment bag: How do i free myself, kill my inhibitions and break away…
Need a new web host – recommendations?
I’ve finally had enough of dealing with dreamhost. Love their features, but man, does stuff go down often. And…