Author Archives: paulschreiber
The truth about what motivates us
(via White African)
Cookie Monster
Work
A big part of your job is asking other people how to do your job (better).
Stand behind what you say
“I don’t care what you, or you shouldn’t care what I have to say if I’m not willing to put my name behind it.” — Daniel Okrent
Good opinions
Insight, in comments: You would think these guys have the final word about the internet. It helps to sound authoritative when issuing opinions, and good ones tend to sound condescending. What do people expect, equivocation and coddling? “Maybe the sky is blue … I can see how others might think it’s a greenish-gray, I don’t …
New BP Logo
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Getting to Consistency
I just found slides from the SXSW Interactive Panel I moderated back in 2007. Making software predictable and consistent makes it much easier to use. This session will explain UI consistency and point out examples of failures and their consequences. We’ll discuss when it’s appropriate to break consistency, and how to build tools and process …
Jeff Potter’s new web site
Jeff Potter, author of the forthcoming (O’Reilly, June 2010) Cooking for Geeks and creator of out of service now has his own web site. (Yes, This post is mostly for Google.)