Matthew asks, “Is today opposite day?” I answered, “If it was opposite day, I would have to answer NO, which is the opposite of the truth. If it was not opposite day, I would just say the truth and answer NO. So my answer to you is, No, it is…
Writing effective documentation is tough. (That page is funny, check out the giant font. Cool) Here are some tips from me: Write as if it was Playskool. In fact, browse through the Playskool website. They are writing good web copy! Ha, I love it when things come together like that. …
On American Idol last night, they had Mariah Careyas the star mentor. One thing they said really shocked me. Mariah has written almost all of her own songs. This page says the same thing. Additionally, Mariah has surpassed Elvis as the artist with the most number 1 singles. Seriously?? 18…
Why am I awake at 3:30am? I should be sleeping. I guess I have alot on my mind. I have had alot on my mind for the last few months. Time has not been available to do personal projects. One proect that has suffered is the book. It has gone…
Ethan is learning a poem for talent show and is so coachable on it. I love it. Apparently, he gets his own email in his classroom. He responded to Katie from his classroom. dear Mom, I love you more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UMMMM o yeah I’ put on sunscreen.Mom I want to play…
How often have you been in the situation where someone near to you is excited about a project. They are enthusiastic and productive in their project, working hard and happy to do so. They are in Flow. But there is a problem. You think it’s the wrong project. This is…
The boys and I were at a Bat Mitzvah, which is a religious ceremony for a 13 year old girl. She reads in front of everyone, pray pray, sing sing, go have a giant party afterwards with music too loud. At the ceremony, there was an interesting phenonmenon. All of…
First of all, Virgin America’s website kicks ass. It blew my mind. I put in the origination and the destination and it gave me the lowest prices that day and several days ahead and behind. That clued me in to the right day I should fly to save literally thousands…
Very often, I think people do not understand what I mean by User Experience (UX). They think its paint that goes on AFTER a product has been defined and possibly built. Maybe it is deciding where the button goes. I think UX is different. UX is about looking at the…
Quick history lesson: Apple Mac was easier. Windows 3.1 was more successful. Apple System 7 were easier/better then Windows 3.1. Windows 95 was as good as Mac System 7-8. Windows 98 was a little better, maybe. Windows 2000 was multi-threaded and was MUCH better than Mac System 9. Windows XP was a…
Somebody at Google is trying to confuse me. They keep moving the Google Reader link. Sometimes, its in the menu and sometimes it’s at the top. I can’t deal with buttons moving. Is that lame? Ok, maybe. I wish Google would consider some more advanced UI for stuff like this. …
Of course, I couldn’t help myself. I need my new beta software fix. Must use new software. The upgrade went flawlessly AS USUAL for WordPress. The UI is cleaned up and so far, I like it. I haven’t used it enough to really get a feel for it. Right now,…
I went to a conference today at Yahoo. Nice campus. It was P-CAMP Unconference for Product Managers. I took alot away from it. Some learnings: There is a huge chasm between what serious Agile practitioners proscribe and what most companies who say they are doing agile actually do. One guy…
I’m up early again. I get ideas in the middle of the night and need to wake up and record them. Anyway, this is a follow-up from the last post. I think I have a new idea how to manage predictions in a software project. This would fit in nicely…