A Parallel in Industries >
Recently, we began a series of redesign discussions with SPEC Process Engineering in Burlington, MA. We’re thrilled to be working with them and have already learned quite a bit about More…
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Perfectionism is the enemy >
The failure of a website or business launch is almost always due to the pursuit for perfectionism. “If we just add this feature…” or, “…we have to get this logo More…
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Improving on great: Gmail meets Basecamp >
My email application of choice is gmail. My personal task management application of choice is Highrise from 37Signals.com. Our company also uses Basecamp for all our design and search marketing More…
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To Take Equity in a Company or Not >
It happens quite often that when I’m having a meeting with a potential client, I am asked if we would be interested in equity in the company. This is a More…
Taking Pride in Your Work >
About an hour ago, I went out for lunch and as I was walking down the street I saw a middle-aged guy trying to tie a dozen baloons onto a More…
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You can’t create what you want by focusing on what you don’t want >
Most people have the desire to create something positive in their lives. Unfortunately we have a habit of describing what we want through the lens of what we don’t want. More…
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No competition is a lie or at very least a bad sign >
It is a counter intuitive position to think of a healthy company as one with good competitors. In any entrepreneurial dream is the desire to create something where no competition More…
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Apple AirBook arrives >
I nearly hugged the FedEx guy when he arrived with my new AirBook last week. Based on the number of tatoos he had it’s a good thing I decided not More…
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XM Makes Signing In Tough >
I have XM Radio in my car, which I love. However, when I tried to sign up for my online account I encountered something from the Internet Dark Ages. Why More…
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How to Save a Waterlogged BlackBerry Pearl >
Last week I made an idiotic mistake and dropped my BlackBerry Pearl in the vicious slush and rain of our Boston winter. I didn’t notice I had dropped it and More…
Simple is not a Strategy >
Simplicity has always been the cornerstone of successful design. Who can argue with the genius of E=mc2 or the architecture of Mies van der Rohe? The problem with the word More…
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Hofstadter’s law >
“Hofstadter’s law, conceived by the cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter, goes like this: any task you’re planning to complete will always take longer than expected – even when Hofstadter’s law is More…
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