On Failure

This is Sparta

I've been thinking about failure a lot. My career has some doozies in its wake. I've heard people speak about failures at conferences. The current trend is to tell people failures are okay because they learn from them. I've seen some suggest extremes like encouraging failure. Back in the late 80s, "failure was not an [...]

UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time

Can you be all things to all people?

hile Don wrote about education and industrial design and Lis was focused on UX (read: software/web design), it appears their philosophies collide. Can you be all things to all people all of the time while having a practical career? Is it possible to specialize without pigeon-holing yourself out of the market?

STC 2010 Day Two Super Summary

Whitness Hess School STC Members in Being Human

So the day starts out like this: I got home way too late to make the morning session. But apparently the opening presenter didn't open. It was more of the business status, which was a repeat of yesterday. This started at 9:00 am, so I eventually didn't worry about being late. However, from what I [...]

Bookmarks for 02/18/2010

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 01/06/2010

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 12/11/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 11/14/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Small Business and Web Sites, Good Times

First I want to hit on the topic of small business and what it means to work in that area as a web vendor. The small business market is brutal. If your only business experience is with Fortune 500 companies and you decide to market your skills to small businesses in your area, get ready for the rack.

Bookmarks for 04/27/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.

Bookmarks for 03/29/2009

Even when I don't have time to write I still read. Here are bookmarks I've saved in Delicious.