Conference materials (and more) done right – Webstock ’08
One highlight of webstock 08 was the fantastic design of their handouts, badges and bags. Most conferences, including design…
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Interviewed by IdeaConnection
The folks at IdeaConnection interviewed me about Innovation mythology, the rate of change, and how progress happens. The book’s…
Why Teachers Should Lie (to promote critical thinking)
The Overcoming bias blog has a post about the author’s favorite professor, who had a habit of intentionally lying…
Report from Webstock & New Zealand
I’m writing this from within my rented campervan, on the west coast of New Zealand. It’s a popular summer…
The secrets of the Parthenon
I watched a great episode of PBS’s Nova the other night about the design of the Parthenon. Heard lots…
Thursday linkfest
Better than free. An interesting take on what happens to creative work when anything can be copied for free.…
Live webchat w/me tommorow, 12pm EST tommorow
Tomorrow at 12pm EST I’ll be live on america.gov, answering any and all questions. Hope to see you there.
New York Times on Myths of Innovation
As part of her Sunday business column on ideas, Janet Rae-Dupree quotes both me and the book a few…
Creative thinking rules
A few folks forwarded different versions of this to me: hi+low had the image, but teczo had the writeup.…
Live webchat w/me, Feb 5th on america.gov
The web is a funny place. I get requests to speak and write for people all the time, but…
Wednesday linkfest
The tipping point reconsidered. A social network researcher at Yahoo disputes some of the claims of Gladwell’s book. The…
Why are people ignoring you?
Found this list in an old notebook – I have no idea what exactly prompted the list. Guess I…
Do constraints help creative thinking?
Can you be creative without constraints? It’s a tricky question. Creative people everywhere complain that they don’t have enough…
Wanted: Software war stories for an O’Reilly book
Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene, authors of Head first PMP and Head first C++, are working on a new…
What to do if the world hates your idea
One of my most popular blog posts ever, how to write a book, generates tons of comments and e-mail…
Who I write for
The ever creative ze-frank is currently asking a great question about creative process. From his current post: When you…
How to handle tough cricitism: an example
Awhile ago a wrote an essay on how to give and receive criticism. Writing about it is one thing,…
The end of Netscape & the history of browsers
AOL announced recently that the Navigator web browser will be no more. Navigator 1.0 started the web for most…
(Seattle) Full day courses – interested?
Hi folks – you may know I make most of my living performing lectures and teaching workshops. I love…
Favorite MLK quote on tech innovation
On days like this when someone famous is honored, I try to dig up something they wrote to compare…