Essay: How to detect bullshit
We all like to think we’re good at spotting BS, but how is it done? and why do people…
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This week in pm-clinic: painless ways to cut features?
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: Our team has a monthly process called add/cuts, where all the head…
This week in ux-clinic: How to cut a bad, shipped feature
This week in the ux-clinic discussion group: I’m on young team that has finally admitted to itself that a…
Life as a series of piles
Over at ario’s blog he’s got a great post asking questions about the pilecentric nature of our lives: we…
Dud on arrival: why important buildings flop (Slate)
Slate has a nice slide show by the famed architecture critic Witold_Rybczynski about major works of architecture that were…
How do you find good people? (PM)
This is #7 on the list of questions I get asked most often ($10 if you can guess #1).…
The start-up management inflection point
One common pattern I’ve seen with small tech companies is how their initial success by focusing on self-driven engineering…
This week in pm-clinic: Surviving the visionless manager
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: I lead a small team of 6 – we’re paired with 3…
This week in ux-clinic: Beyond don’t make me think
This week in the ux-clinic discussion group: Recently, I switched from working on consumer websites, to the more staid,…
Innovators wanted: get interviewed in a book
I’ve done nearly 20 interviews so far for my next book, and I need more. To quicken the pace…
Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 – short review
It’s been months since I’ve commented on Firefox, IE and the state of web browser design. I’m back: I…
Australia: Leading successful projects, the course
The good folks at step two designs are taking me on tour in Australia next month – If you…
Seattle: Crash course in web design & usability
Biznik is a fun Seattle business networking group – they host local events and meetups for people looking to…
Who holds the first U.S. patent?
The history of innovation has many crazy tales – the patent office is involved in many. In 1836 the…
This week in ux-clinic: Superhero UX vs. conservatives
This week in the ux-clinic discussion group: We’re a pair of UX folks (a designer and a usability engineer).…
This week in pm-clinic: Managing proof of concept
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum: I’m a project leader in a research organization – as in a…
UI makeover: del.icio.us
Back at the Emerging technology conference I presented a quick and dirty makeover of several popular web 2.0 sites…
How to get people to read a blog post
Copyblogger offers good advice on writing blog and other headlines with 10 sure-fire headline formulas that work. And athough…
CHI 2007 – We want you
CHI 2007 , in San Jose, CA 4/28-5/3 2007, is the big dog of UI conferences – it’s one…
This week in ux-clinic: The requirements to design gap
This week in the ux-clinic discussion group: I work for a large medical software company that attempts to follow…