Business, Culture, Writing, and Other Stuff
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 [...]
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?
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.
I'm all for tax reform. Personally, I love the idea of a flat tax for the simple reason that I would actually know what I'm paying and could even project and budget accurately my tax payments. Our current tax system is a hellish concoction of arcane regulations and bureaucracy, trying to tighten its hold on [...]
My previous experience with a security clearance taught me that good security is cultural. In the military, DOD security regulations are explicit. Because of the seriousness of any security breech, most workers will follow protocols that, to an outsider, might seem cumbersome. For example, dual control of materials; individuals are not allowed (in most cases) [...]
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