Month: February 2014

  • ePipes

    I have seen people with e-cigarettes frequently in the past few months.  The styling of the devices generally look like regular cigarettes.  A few look bigger and stranger, almost like miniature hookahs.  It got me thinking that we could be entering a new fad.  In a few years, we might see the pipe making a…

  • Persuasion in UX

    I was talking to someone about how UX works at Marketo and how it is different than other places.  At Marketo, the UX team has specific responsibilities and ownership within the process of development that differs from the norm. Product Management defines WHAT the feature needs to do.  They define it’s required capabilities.  PM does not however,…

  • Safe place to work

    What does it mean to have a safe place to work?  What does it mean to provide a culture where it is safe to fail? I hear these terms alot, but usually they are not backed up by specific actions.  It’s more of a wish, like “we should not be a bureaucracy” or “we should…