a pair of paragraphs, full of run-on sentences, that capture some essense of memories I came across lately:
I remember one Sunday morning a number of months ago when I went to church with my family, and my hyperactive 4-year old son was being so hyperactive and just-like-me-at-that-age that all I got out of the 45-minute […]

For Paul Ford’s Ftrain.com, a site featuring some really great writing.
A few favorites:
Memoir Of The New Economy (glad those days are pretty much over…)
Interview Extension (I like anybody who calls their own ideas “Didactic hoo-ha”).

I’ve finished reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. It continually made me want to stop reading the book and start writing - it’s powerful stuff. Her comments about needing to open up and tell what you know as truth resonate with me, and got me thinking about something I may start writing as a […]

Bryan Bickel passed away last night after a long and valiant battle with cancer.
I’m not in any state to write at the moment, or perhaps I’m just not willing to let it all flow out right now, so instead I’ll simply point to Rob’s writing, and try to capture something similar myself when I have […]

I’m reading “Bird by Bird” right now, by Anne Lamott, and I’m struck by the parallels between the process of writing as she describes it and the other creative processes I’m engaged in, whether it be interface design, music or persona development. I’m not sure if that’s an especially profound observation, but I thought I’d […]

A quote from Daniel Rosenberg, VP of development for usability and interface design at Oracle Corporation:
“Automation reduces complexity faster and in larger increments than UI design. For example, after home networks got automated (DHCP), the average person can set it up now.”
From: Seven Myths of Usability ROI
I really like this quote; it points to how […]