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Atkins, Zone, Paleo, South Beach, Mediterranean, … 7 Jan 2013 | 07:35 pm
With the relentless stream (bombardment?) of diet advice we all confront, I want more than opinion. I look for reasoned explanation backed up by evidence. I like the way Dean Ornish presents his case ...
Flying Lesson 16 Nov 2012 | 03:39 am
Last night at Tufts, Seth Godin said that the way we learn the tale of Icarus is unfortunate. When Seth asked us to recall the story’s message and waved his arms like a conductor, we in the audience a...
Adjectives and Adverbs 13 Nov 2012 | 07:23 pm
Avoid them. This is advice I value. These links explain why: Why Good Writers Avoid Adverbs and Adjectives From the Tameri Guide for Writers: Using Adjectives Writers should avoid extra adjectives...
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” 12 Nov 2012 | 05:31 pm
So wrote Mark Twain. Others have expressed this sentiment, including Blaise Pascale, “The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.” On a similar theme, I...
UX ≠ FX 9 Nov 2012 | 07:24 pm
Sometimes the best user experience is the one you don’t notice. No special effects required. No separate app to start. No new interface to learn. It is more about integrating a solution into your work...
Leverage from User Experience 8 Nov 2012 | 06:11 pm
I entered the PC software business in 1983 because of leverage. Understand a market, find a problem, design a solution, implement it well, market it with a clear message and you can sell to many cust...
A User Experience Example 7 Nov 2012 | 06:50 pm
A few days ago I wrote about the painful software experiences too many IT users suffer. We produce software to solve important IT problems, and aim to do so with a compelling user experience. If we su...
The Day the Music Died 5 Nov 2012 | 07:32 am
Don McLean sang that long ago in Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie. For me, though, it refers to the day in the 1990′s when I gave up buying music. I stopped because of how painful the music companies made ...
Inspired by Steve Ballmer 30 Oct 2012 | 07:22 pm
Okay, those are words I thought I’d never say. I read an article about Ballmer a few months ago in which he said he had gone completely paperless. He used a laptop/tablet and various collaboration to...
Fahrenheit 212 26 Oct 2012 | 05:01 am
Lance Armstrong has been in increasingly hot water for the past few years. With the release of the USADA report, it hit the boiling point. Even though I had thought for some time that Armstrong used b...
