Sacred places: NYC architecture tour report
As part of the GEL 2006 conference I ran an architectural tour through NYC, focusing on sacred places. What…
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Three great machines and innovation limitation
I’ve owned only three great machines – three devices built so well that they not only lasted more than…
Gel ’06 re-cap
Gel is my favorite design conference – this year did not disapoint. Four really smart things GEL does: Short…
Improving unconferences
In thinking over my experiences at various unconferences, I’ve noticed one consistent problem: The people who get to run…
Mindcamp 2.0 re-cap
Seattle Mindcamp 2.0, a local self-organizing conference, took place two weekends ago – I arrived at 1:30pm and was…
The things you never hear
The other day, at drinks after visiting a company, I chatted with some of the team. The star topic…
License to manage? (On PMP and certification)
Do you know what PMI is? I bet half of you don’t. I didn’t when I became a manager…
This week in ux-clinic: The horror of the small screen
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum – the horror of the small screen: “WooHoo! We just shipped a…
This week in pm-clinic: Management at start-ups
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum – The softer side: I’m working at my third tech sector start-up…
This week in ux-clinic: Leading the design skunkworks
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum – Leading the design skunkworks: My UX team is convinced that to…
This week in pm-clinic: Managing the middle talent
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum – The softer side: (Note: please remember that just because I post…
Writing for Seattlest on design & architecture
As part of the Gothamist empire of city blogs, Seattlest covers all that’s happening in the greater Seattle area.…
Review: 37signal’s Getting real, the book
The folks at 37 signals have well earned their reputation for making great web applications. They’ve established a strong…
This week in ux-clinic: Blog-‘O-rama
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum – Blog-‘O-Rama: We’re a tragically hip start-up and recently we’ve gone blog-mad.…
This week in pm-clinic: The softer side
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum – The softer side: Most of our PMs have some type of…
The top 100 most innovative companies (BW)
BusinessWeek Online has just posted their top 100 list. The rankings were determined by votes from 1000 executives from…
Ten things Bad VPs never say
Being an executive is a tough job, no doubt. However there are a set of things any rational person…
The next book: an invitation
The next book I’m writing is about innovation: how and why new ideas develop the way they do. I’ve…
This week in uxclinic: Death by comparison
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum – Death by comparison: I’m a usability engineer on a major web…
This week in pmclinic: Mutiny
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– Mutiny: Mutiny This is one for the history books – I have…