New essay: Creative thinking hacks
Here’s a short, fun, hack-centric essay on creative thinking. It’s loosely based on the course I taught recently at…
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Lessons from the browser wars @ Google
The fine folks at Google have posted two of the lectures I’ve done at the Google campus over the…
Site slow – essay on bullshit hit digg top 10
In case you haven’t noticed, my essay how to detect bullshit hit the top 10 on digg today, and…
Make your own DVD commentary: Overcast Media
I don’t write about it often but I’m a huge film fan. For awhile now I’ve known about the…
In defense of brainstorming
I’m no brainstorming zealot – there are many ways idea generation techniques out there and they all have their…
Upcoming speaking: Seattle, Philadelphia and more
The book is still getting some great buzz, and I’m on the road much of the next few months…
Art of PM book: what do you want in 2nd edition?
I’m working w/O’Reilly on an updated 2nd edition of The art of project management. We’re brainstorming ideas for how…
Seattle area book tour – venues wanted!
Hi there. If you’ve noticed I’ve been running all over the place doing talks, interviews, and magic tricks to…
Speaking in Portland, July 25 & July 26
I’ll be talking about topics from the Myths of Innovation at OSCON (Open Source Convention) on July 25th at…
Innovation at big companies
There are two excellent posts on Dare Obsjano’s blog about innovation in big companies. The first is on innovation…
More social software: Crowdvine + Pathable
FOO Camp saw the power combo of two different social software technologies: Crowdvine, a linked-in type system for pre…
Reading the the U.S. Constitution
Watching fireworks last night, I wondered about the distance between modern July 4th celebrations and what we’re actually celebrating…
Lessons from FOO Camp ’07
(Photo by Nobihaya) No matter what my expectations are for O’Reilly’s annual FOO camp, an intense social/geek/intellectual weekend run…
Interview with Guy Kawasaki
This is a twist – as much as you’d think I should be interviewing him, Guy is a fan…
Interview on The Well: your questions wanted
This week I’m being interviewed on The Well by Scott Underwood of IDEO and other Well members about The…
More on asshole driven development
Hey folks – apologies if you’ve had problems accessing the site. The last blog post on asshole driven development…
Innovation history: the bouncing bomb
One highlight of my research in innovation history is the story of Barnes Wallis and the bouncing bomb of…
How and Why To Write a Rude Q&A
One handy technique I learned years ago at Microsoft was the Rude Q&A (RQA). Whenever we had a major…
Asshole-driven development
[Since this was originally posted commenters have added 100+ addition methods – see the comments below. There’s more commentary…
Management by fire: Bourdain on leadership
A great interview with Anthony Bourdain about managing and leadership. I mention Bourdain’s book, Kitchen confidential in The art…