Should you let someone make a mistake? On the one hand, the answer is No. Why should you let someone run into a wall if you can help them? Doesn’t it makes sense to use your knowledge and wisdom to help people avoid doing something that clearly will end up in failure? It seems like…
I was designing something yesterday and today and couldn’t decide how a particular layout should be. So I mocked up all of the solutions I could think of. There usually aren’t that many of them. I found 4 variants that jumped to mind for this particular design. It is so much easier to judge something…
I have a personal philosophy that I thought of in high school and has been my friend for 25 years. It’s call the Karma Bank. Here is how it works: When you have things in your life that make you unhappy, you are depositing Karma into the bank. This Karma will earn interest (not very…
Ebb and Flow is the natural course of life. Sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down. However, these rhythms play with our psychology in a negative way. When life is throwing your curve balls you tend to think it’s just going to get worse. When things are going well, we often think something bad is going…
Should a product be intuitive? First let’s define what that means. From Google: Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. Ok, so common wisdom is that a product should be intuitive. However, I think this wisdom is actually an old wives tale. It’s not true. A successful product…
I don’t get it. DISCLAIMER: I never met Marissa and only saw some of her point of view at a conference and on television. I have never worked with her and have no experience with her leadership skills/style. Ok, back to the show: I don’t get it. Yahoo is in a pretty bad place. They…
Not a comprehensive list, but good nonetheless: Rule #1: Say what you do in GIANT TEXT This is the most important rule of all. Does your website clearly say what your product or service is? Don’t use alot of jargon and bullshit. Get to the damn point. You should be able to tell what the…
I have no idea how this thing formed, but it is a repeating rainbow. Awesome.
Watched two movies this week. In the theater, I watched Brave. I am a huge Pixar fan and have loved just about every movie they have ever done. This one however, let me down. Specifically, I loved the graphic design and attention to detail like the girls hair, but it was the story that left…
I was thinking about the problems I try to work on each day and the time I spend on different types of tasks. Sometimes I am dealing with people and their issues. Other times, I am trying to get consensus on a decision. Lastly, there is just plain vanilla hard work that has to happen.…
I brought my car in for service today. They gave me a complimentary rental, which was the Nissan Leaf. I drove it for 10 minutes so far, so this won’t be too in-depth. Super Cool Golf Cart I didn’t realize this until today. The Nissan Leaf has NO GAS ENGINE at all. This is not…
I installed my third beta of Windows 8 on my Samsung Series 9. I am finally starting to see what Microsoft is thinking. Up until this point, I didn’t get it. It’s like Windows 7 but worse. What I realized in this last version is that it is highly intended to be used on a…
Some people get lucky, but how the heck can you work at that? Let’s focus on the ways to get promoted that you can control. The following is based on my personal experience of how people get promoted to managerial roles. Following this advice doesn’t guarantee anything, but it will give you the best chance…
Nothing is more valuable than peace of mind. You may have everything in the world you need and want, but if you don’t have peace of mind, you will not be happy. A friend of mine recently told me about a house she is considering buying. It truly is a gorgeous house being built from…