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July 01 2009
Here’s this week’s links: Great post about how experts cause more failures. Nice comparison between software and other processes, and how communication is often the main reason for failure, not how skilled or talented individual performers are. Top 200 blogs for developers. When I see these lists I’m reminded first how… read moreCalling bullshit on social media
June 30 2009
While I like and use Facebook and Twitter, there’s enough hype and abuse of words like innovation, transformation and revolution around all things social media that a critique is warranted - if only to take a shot at calibrating how people talk about this stuff. I hope this post is… read moreJune 24 2009
Sorry its been awhile - on the homestretch for the new book, had a vacation, and also a total ISP meltdown. It’s been an interesting month :) Here’s this week’s links: Fifth major delay of the Boeing 787. The story of airplane project management is interesting as unlike most projects everyone… read more(Seattle) Cool event: Small and Special
June 23 2009
I’m in believer in the philosophy of the small. Part of why I quit was I wanted to work on things I could get my entire hands around (e.g. books), even if I made less money than I would for continuing to play a small role in the making of big… read moreMcConnell’s 10 deadly sins of estimation
June 18 2009
Hi there. I’m now back from my ramble through Scandinavia. If you were at my seminar in Milwaukee (we had many questions on estimates and schedules), or struggle with bad estimates somewhere else in the world, you’re in luck. Next week my friend Steve McConnell is doing a free webcast on the… read moreNext book is first draft complete!
June 05 2009
The first draft of my next book, about an insider’s view of public speaking, is done! Yay for me. If you haven’t checked out speakerconfessions.com, you should. There’s some good material there and it gives a flavor for the questions I’m asking and answering in the book. Spread the word if you… read moreWednesday linkfest + Confessions
June 03 2009
Here are this week’s links: Sporks and more. I have and will always have a love affair with the spork. 10 beautiful world records. Some are cheezy but some are in fact beautiful. Wonder how many are photoshoped though. Michael Jordan on failure. I will always love this commercial. This is not… read moreManagement lessons from Gears of War 2
June 01 2009
Recently I’ve been playing tons of Gears Of War 2 for XBOX 360, because of it’s fantastic HORDE mode. I’m not a huge gamer. But find me: A game/mode that has well designed UX Is easy to learn, but hard to master, and fun to fail at Has few annoyances (mandatory tutorials,… read moreSpeaking in Milwaukee, this friday
May 27 2009
I’m teaching a full day seminar on making things happen (project management fun) this Friday at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. It’s $129 for the day, and i believe it includes lunch - a super bargain. Details here: Full day seminar at CTI for $129. The room is almost full so… read moreWednesday linkfest + Confessions
May 20 2009
Sketching is thinking. Just about anything you do without judgment likely helps your thinking. And you don’t have to draw well or have any training to sketch, doodle or keep a notebook. AMAZING photos of the Hubble repair mission. Forget what we can learn from Hubble, these photos remind me… read moreMay 18 2009
Brain rules is easily the best book I’ve read this year. I don’t say this lightly as I read many books, skim many more, and read lots of things I enjoy. This book hits the non-fiction trifecta: It’s about a universal subject - how we think and how our minds work. It’s… read moreMay 13 2009
Here are this weeks links: A story of working for the New Yorker. The good news is it’s candid and tightly written. The bad news is it’s written in twitter - here’s the archived and easier to read version. Small and Special (Seattle) - event in Seattle on June 30th… read moreMay 12 2009
In Oslo last week I stopped at the Nobel Peace Center. Among the exhibits was this one which had some clever hardware/software UI combos shown in the video below. Notice the sound the big switch makes: read moreHow to let go: a lesson from NASA
May 12 2009
Everybody likes to criticize NASA for various reasons. There’s the budget problems, various $100 million blunders, and of course the aging space shuttle program. But one thing they are doing right with the Hubble telescope is planned obsolescence. This current space shuttle mission is the last act NASA will take… read moreCreative lessons from Rene Magrette
May 11 2009
One perk of an independent life - I’m more free than most to travel the world and see amazing things. Last week I was in Brussels to give a lecture at Namahn, a wonderful design consulting firm, and Joannes, the company founder, was kind enough to take me to Rene Magrette’s… read moreMultimedia
Webcast: How progress happens: the down and dirty truths and secrets that make innovation possible
March 19, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Talking about innovation is easy--making change happen in organizations is ridiculously hard. But there are things we can learn from the history of technology, political revolution and change, and there...
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