Archive for July, 2006
What Should I Read Next?
When Pam Slim posted a link to a summer reading list of small business books then said, “I will not buy one more book until I make it through the stack on the edge of my bathtub,” that rang true for me. Happiness is a cup of Earl Grey, a book, and a bath.
As you [...]
Must-Read Blog: Matt Inglot
Thoughts, Stories, Insights… of an entrepreneur on the web.
Matt Inglot is a website solutions provider, student, entrepreneur, and programmer. And he reads several great blogs that are also on my own must-read list:
Does Google Think It’s Bigger Than the Market?
John Carlton wrote recently about Google’s latest change in AdWords. This change has upset a lot of people, because now suddenly their AdWords ads don’t make money. It’s also pleased a lot of people, because they believe the change will thin their competitors. Regardless, no one should be relying completely on AdWords (or on any [...]
Why I Hate Microsoft
Back in the Windows 95 days, I was a huge Microsoft proponent. When Netscape sicked the U.S. DoJ on them, I was on their side. What happened since then?
I’m a Linux user. That is to say, all of my home computers run Linux. The one at work doesn’t, but that’s a long story, which only [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Remain a Wage Slave
Steve Pavlina’s recent posts 10 Myths About Self-Employment and 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job inspired me to create my own top-ten list.
Five Things Software Teams Can Learn From Build-A-Bear Workshop About Customer Relations
I never would have bought this book for myself. I won it in a drawing at InBubbleWrap.com. I’m not sure what made me enter the drawing. Maybe it was, Eh, it sounds moderately interesting, and it’s free. Or maybe it’s that I have a soft, cuddly spot in my heart for Build-a-Bear Workshop. And as [...]
How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 2)
How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 2)
(Part 1 was posted yesterday.)
After four months of teamicide, Peopleware-style, I was ready to die. And when HR or my manager asked me, I told them the truth.
How DeMarco, Lister, and Cockburn Helped Me Find a Better Job (Part 1)
Two years ago, I was enthusiastic, energized, and about to plunge into depression. I was enthusiastic and energized because I had started a new job two months before, and I was in a position where I could make choices, and I knew I could make the right choices. I was stretching myself beyond what I [...]
Dreaming the Dream Supreme
Matt Inglot wrote recently about Developing a Detailed Vision and Having it Become Reality.
The forces of the universe must be aligning for me. Because this sounds awful similar to what Maxine Clark, the founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, talked about in her book The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart:
I challenge you to [...]
Must-Read Blog: UIE Brain Sparks
Designing a good user interface seems to be part intuition, part magic, and part focus group. How do you even know if you’ve got your user interface right?
These were some of the issues I was struggling with, on a project some 8 months ago, when I discovered User Interface Engineering. Unlike most think tanks, UIE [...]