Clever designs: Top ten alarm clocks
From uberreview The top ten alarm clocks. They rank them by annoyance, but from my perspective these are all…
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Cool != Good and the future of UI
One of the sensory highlights of E-tech ’06 was the demo of the multitouch interaction project from NYU. I’ve…
This week in UX-clinic: Drowning in customer love
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum– Drowning in customer love: We’re a small UX group (designers & usability…
This week in pm-clinic: the “poof” of concept
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– preventing “poof” of concept: For months I’ve been pushing my VP to…
E-tech report and UI talk slides
Missed the first day of E-tech and never got into the swing – conferences are fun if you can…
Art of PM the course: In Vancouver April 12th/13th
Over the last year I’ve been devloping a two day course based on the book, The art of project…
The trip to India: part 1
We left New Delhi airport at 3:28am Monday. Over 20 hours later we arrived home in Seattle. It’s safe…
This week in pm-clinic: the boss who won’t listen
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– The boss who won’t listen: Months ago I informed my boss of…
This week in ux-clinic: novices vs. experts
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum– Novices vs. experts: What’s the best way to tackle a comprehensive redesign…
Personal: visiting India this month
In my ever expanding quest to see the world, I’ll be vacationing in India this month, starting next week.…
This week in ux-clinic: How not to blow the big presentation
This week in the ux-clinic discussion forum– How not to blow the big presentation: After months of careful politicking…
This week in pm-clinic: managing our time
This week in the pm-clinic discussion forum– Managing our time: Dear pm-clinic: I’m a recovering Getting Things Done (GTD)…
Speaking at Emerging technology conference
I’ll be speaking at E-tech in San Diego on Data vs. Design: UI design in a Web 2.0 world.…
This blog: weekly situations – yay or nay
I run two discussion mailing lists – one on design and usability (uxclinic) and one on project management (pmclinic).…
Why vision documents stink
At a talk yesterday I asked an audience of program managers how many of them had read a vision…
Get in my shoes: Cool mentorship auction
I’m a big believer in mentorship of all kinds – The IMNO, a non-profit group focused on finding mentors…
Me, Microsoft and Digg.com
One day this week, I think by accident, an essay of mine appeared on digg.com‘s home page. The essay…
Essay: advice for new managers, part 1
Someone on the ask Berkun forum requested an essay for new managers. It’s a huge topic – there are…
Best of Berkun
Essay #50 will be published today – Its been 6 years of writing these things, first for MSDN, then…
The best software writing, Volume 2
Last year Joel Spolsky, of www.joelonsoftware.com fame, published a collection of essays titled The best software writing, volume 1.…