My wife needed dish-washing detergent and I found myself in a Walgreen pharmacy. I spotted the following product on the shelf. I thought for a second and smiled. Then I said the word you just said in your head when you saw the picture. I said it in exactly the same way while bobbing my head. “Nice!”…
I can’t decide what I like. Beard and receding hair or shaved head and face. What do you think? (Animated GIF below) It’s less work to have the beard at first, but trimming it can be a pain. Plus, I hate how I can see my hair going away. With a shaved head, it’s all gone, so…
Interviewing is like golf. Anyone can do it, but it’s hard to be good at it. The goal is to quickly ascertain if a candidate is a worthy member of your team and if they are then to inspire them to want to work with your company. Here are tips to be successful: Blink (From…
I’ve been asked recently about my abilities related to public speaking. I feel very comfortable in front of a crowd and can tell stories and relate information in an engaging way. I don’t want to sound too conceited, but I am pretty good at it. The questions, however, relate to whether it is something you…
From kindergarten through 2nd grade I lived in a lower-middle class neighborhood in New York called Spring Valley. I had friends. In fact, in second grade, I was popular; mainly because I was tall, athletic and smart. A girl even kissed me under a big stone turtle statue. Teachers loved me because I learned quickly. I was…
Two things I am good at are Pool and Tennis. Each requires a specific piece of equipment that makes a big difference in how you play. If someone asked me to help them buy a pool cue or a tennis racket, I would be able to explain to them the subtle differences and help evaluate…
First impressions are important. I was asked by someone at Generic Frame to look at their prototyping tool, so I wrote down the impressions I got after using it for about a half hour. Warning 1: I didn’t like it much. Warning 2: I don’t like prototyping tools in general. (Axure, JustinMind) Here is the…
Say the name of the product depicted below. Every word makes me salivate. Oh my god, I want to shove 20 of these in my mouth and make my blood sugar spike. It’s not the name of a product, it’s a list of yummy ingredients. Each cookie probably shortens my life by 4 hours, but who…
I have no idea what I was thinking. Why did I install Windows 8 on my Samsung Series 9 laptop? It was running great. I was happy. Now, I have this ridiculous operating system with its horrible Metro UI. Can you tell I don’t like it? The start menu disappeared. All these tiles showed up and none…
A few years ago, my wife gave me a Ukulele as a birthday present. Although I had never played an instrument before, I found the ukulele delightful and easy to play. It’s soothing and fun and easy to carry around. People love hearing it. Lately, I have been giving it to my son Ethan to…
Video of my presentation from Wakanday JS Everywhere conference 2011. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32621476[/vimeo]
I hate when people are complainers, but not problem solvers. If there is a problem, then let’s figure out how to make it better. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it just needs to be better. Football analogy: 2 minutes left, down by 5. Don’t throw the bomb. Just move the chains. Throw for 5-10…
The difference between a task completing or not is often about knowing the right button/gesture to tell the system what you want. My son (6th grade) has been writing more and more reports on the computer using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. School reports are exactly what MS Word was designed to handle. However, the UI…
It’s always so hard to make the leap. Most people defend the status quo. It’s scary! Who wants to leap out into the unknown and risk failing? What if you miss the mark and fall/fail? (I never noticed how similar those two words are.) However, the reality is: If you want “good stuff” you have…