Products seem to be made for users, but I think this might be an illusion; they are more like a medium for self-expression. Different expressions, conceived by various minds, undergo a form of natural selection, with the surviving expression being … Read more
Lately, I’ve had several occasions to reconsider what I read and how and why I take notes. I’ve been constantly refining the process, getting rid of everything that’s unnecessary, reducing the “system” to a bare minimum. One of the realizations … Read more
A habit for addressing two-way decisions. Sometimes teams get stuck on a decision. My favourite trick for getting unstuck comes via Pixar’s Michael B. Johnson. In 25 years there, he helped Pixar build the production workflows they use to make … Read more
A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondence, Make Something Wonderful offers an unparalleled window into how one of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs approached his life and work. In these pages, Steve shares his perspective on his childhood, … Read more
The dynamics of companies change fundamentally when they exceed roughly 150 people, in ways that startup founders can struggle to address. “It’s one of the magic numbers in group sizes,” contends Facebook chief product officer Chris Cox, who joined in 2005 when … Read more
The Spring of 1988 In the spring of 1988, Alan Cooper sat in front of a computer in a large boardroom at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, patiently waiting for Bill Gates to arrive. At the time, Cooper’s main … Read more
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ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. This past week, a part of the sun’s surface broke off and started circling the sun’s north pole almost as if it were a giant polar vortex––and … Read more
When my then-gf/now-wife and I first moved in together, I got really mad at her because she kept “hiding” my stuff when I left it out for more than a day. I couldn’t find anything! At some point, I yelled, … Read more
OK, we need to slow down a bit. When you talk about climate change, it is easy to just scream about the negative and dramatic. In reality it is, as always, a bit more nuanced. For example, we must mention … Read more