I’m not a big fan of the personality tests like Myers Briggs and Colors. I feel like I could answer the questions either way almost every single time. Also, I feel like the results are always generalities like “You have a long ‘love-line’” that you get in palm reading. I’m a skeptic and believe I…
I spent a few minutes filling in the early archives of Commadot.com, specifically 1996-1997. My predictions were sometimes incredibly accurate and other times … not so much. My writing style was also fairly immature. My spelling was atrocious. The worst thing was the font: Comic Sans. What was I thinking? It brought back some memories…
I just upgraded to the new WordPress 4.1 with a new theme Twenty Fifteen. I think it looks nice, but more importantly, it is the most responsive theme I have ever used. It has many breakpoints and changes shape as the browser gets smaller. (Try it out) However, on very large resolutions (1920×1080 on my…
I was in a discussion with a young designer about whether serif or sans serif is easier to read. I was about to go over the pros and cons, but then I found this info-graphic on serif vs sans-serif. Brilliant. I’ve made a copy of the graphic below. I think it covers the subject completely.…
When we first designed and built Marketo, we started out with a client-side framework (ExtJS) that was cutting edge and awesome. Version 0.33 alpha. How cutting edge is that!? Then over time, it because 2.0, and then 3.0 and then 4.0 and now it’s up to 5.1. It’s no longer cutting edge. It’s a great…
This year, we launched a Marketing Calendar. This was one of the most surprising designs I have ever been involved with. I thought (in the beginning) the calendars were easy. Just copy Outlook, how hard can it be?! It turns out that Calendars are extremely nuanced and complicated. They have been honed over the past…
Here are a couple of categories that will help you get recognition, raises, promotions, monetary rewards and all your dreams come true. Technical Skill For whatever you do, there are specific technical aspects to it. There is craft in every job. If you know your craft better, if you are more technically skilled, it will contribute…