I am interviewing people to hire a Sr. UX Designer. Guess what is the first thing I do whenever I receive a resume? If you guessed “Look at the resume” you would be wrong. The first thing I do is search for the person’s name in Google. Unless you live…
According to Wikipedia: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year, experience depressive symptoms in the winter… …prevalence in the adult population of the US ranges from 1.4 percent (Florida) to 9.7 percent (New…
I spent the other day at the Moskone Center in San Francisco attending Salesforce’s annual conference, Dreamforce. There were alot of people there, way more than I expected. Last year it was crowded and big, but this year it just seemed gargantuan. Marketo had a platinum booth this year, right…
I often dream of being a famous song writer. Being the front man in a famous rock band isn’t the point for me. Music draws enormous groups of people and focuses them extremely concise topics. In short, the audience sings the song along with the band. They memorize the lyrics at home…
I’ll start with the punchline: Getting to market faster is not important at all. Every company I have ever worked with in the past 15 years pressured the development staff to deliver functionality faster. We need to get to market first! Quicker! 4 months??? Make it 1!!! It has been…
I love holiday lights. They are bright and festive and make the cold dark times of the year more fun and bearable. One movie that really inspired me was National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. He decked out every inch of his house. Growing up a family had put blue lights all over…
Several movies I have seen recently (Karate Kid, The Last Airbender) made me think of movies that were based on previous works. This isn’t universal, but a common theme I see is that the newer version removes all of the charm from the older version. Modernization, somehow has become synonymous…
Imagine you received this letter: Dear [You], I am about to graduate high school and have been accepted to several good colleges. However, I believe that the cost and the potential benefits of the college life are no match for real world experience. Drinking, partying and spending hundreds of thousands…
Worst Remake Ever. Previously, this honor was held by Willy Wonka with Johny Depp; what an abomination. However, my current winner of the prize was the recent remake of The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. The plot shifted from a 16-year old New Jersey kid moving to…
Most of us are not the CEOs of our organization. We are somewhere in the middle. Yet we all have, every day, an opportunity to provide leadership from the middle. Leadership comes in several flavors. Here are some that I find valuable. Movement Leadership When you are in a meeting…
One annoying thing about Hybrids is that oil changes are expensive. Doing the maintenance at Nissan was over a hundred dollars. Last time I did it, the service was mediocre and I had to wait quite a while. This time, I decided to try something new. I actually thought the…
Marketo is growing on all fronts. As the engineering team grows, their appetite for more shovel-ready projects increases too. Thus, the design team needs to scale. I am looking for a UX Designer who can run design initiatives within a fast-paced multi-disciplinary environment. That’s greek for “lots of people all talking at once”.…
Of course, the expression says the opposite. However, I reject the expression. If a tree falls in the forest, it does kill the rabbit it lands on and it does make a sound. Reality is reality. The truth is the truth. However, future decisions are not based on historical reality,…
I was feeling stressed the other day and I wondered how much stress I feel compared to others. I decided to ask around a bit. Me: You ever feel stress to the point where it is causing physical discomfort or bring you close to tears? Like throat swelling and heart…