I love my Samsung Series 9. It’s sexy, light-weight, works fast. The backlit keyboard is super handy. Everything about it making me happy, except the fact that I couldn’t connect it to the projectors in the office. Until now… I purchased the StarTech USB VGA Multi Monitor External Video Adapter…
Where does your personality fit in? Confidence is good, but it can be taken too far and turn into arrogance. Humility is a virtuous trait, but taken in extreme and you don’t stand up for your design vision. It is extremely difficult to hit a bullseye. Who is humble and…
I recently reviewed a product that I can easily describe as “having alot of features”, much more than the competition. Interestingly, the competition has 1/10th the features yet is making 4x as much money. How can this be? Why would someone want to have a product with fewer features? Seems…
Every organization I have ever been a part of has a shifting org structure. Despite it changing all the time, people need to know who to contact in other departments and where people work and who they report to. This usually isn’t public information, but it should be available to…
Recently Netflix changed their prices, not that radically (in my opinion), but enough to make me reconsider who we are paying for the privilege of showing me a movie. Go to a Movie Theater This is the most expensive way to watch. On the plus side, you have the largest…
I have been a big fan of the StackExchange sites. They are extremely well crafted applications that fill a really important need on the web. I was miserable when there were two sites (uxexchange.com) and (ui.stackexchange.com) which split the community in half, so I was happy when they consolidated to…
Last week we went up to Lake Tahoe and had a nice time. It wasn’t as story laden as the last time, but it was pretty good. The highlight for me was doing some geocaching near Eagle Falls on the south end of Lake Tahoe. Check out this picture of…
I am completely boggled by the development strategy of Chrome. Right now, I am trying to collect various Chrome bugs in the application I design. Which version should I use for testing? How different are they? What’s the difference in the various branches? How will I know if the user…
Already Public: LinkedIn: 6.6B valuation Pandora: 2.3B Fusion-IO: 2.2B IPO in the next 18 months: Groupon: 20B? Facebook: 100B+?? I have been hearing more and more news about this company or that company filing for initial public offerings. On the one hand, this is exciting. Lots of money is going…
I went to REI on Fathers Day. They told me something fascinating. Their return policy is “Keep the receipt, but otherwise, bring it back whenever you want for any reason. Even if you lose the receipt, that’s ok.” WOW! With this knowledge in my head, I walked straight to the…
I’ve had the Samsung Series 9 for a little more than a week now. It has been a difficult device to review. It is such a mix of awesome, scary and annoying. Disclaimer: I am picky. Really picky. Especially about computer equipment. Take everything I say with a grain of…
In any project, the first step is to try and architect your solution. How is this going to be done? If you need to paint your house, just getting your supplies, choosing your colors and scheduling the work takes a significant portion of time. Painting that first wall is the…
I used to watch Tony Blair answer questions to the House of Commons. He seemed brilliant to me, but the best part was his book. This book seemed to have magical powers. It contained every detail imaginable to help Tony answer questions. How many garbage cans were knocked over last…
Product Design (when done correctly) requires alot of thinking. Thinking about the past, present and future of your product, customers and roadmap. Thinking about the Past Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana, Reason in Common Sense The most common form of this thinking…