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…
To start, here is the list of what is new between CS5 and CS6: Content-Aware Patch Faster rendering with Liquify and Puppet Warp Some UI improvements Blur Gallery Improved Crop tool Video creation Migration/Sharing thing Adaptive Wide Angle Background Save Auto-recovery Improved auto-corrections Content Aware Move Skin tone aware masking Erodable brushes Layer search vector…
Over the past few years, I have been managing more and more and individually contributing less and less. This is how I scale my value to the company. I train other people to do what I used to do myself so I can get more output more as a department than as an individual worker.…
Lately, I have been working with Product Marketing. It is a fascinating department within a company. I drew a picture of where they sit in the organization. Product Marketing has the role of translating specific product features into more outbound messages. They create messaging “marchitectures” (It’s a play on words, get it?) and frameworks where…
Here is what I imagine was said, “OK, now let’s get your hair combed. Please cross your arms. Now we put the tree picture behind you. Lastly, let’s see a smile. Ok, now keep that smile….wait for it….keep smiling….almost there….oops…one more second.” What is the point of a photo like this? What does the photographer…
There is a simple tip I give people about how to be good at UX. Turn your sensitivity to annoyances all the way up to 11. I asked a candidate to look at a table we eating at in a restaurant. I asked him, “What do you see that could be improved?” He said, “Nothing.”…