For twenty years, I’ve been telling clients to not worry about their competition. While counter-intuitive to the non-athlete, athletes in competition know it’s a basic given. You can’t control your competitors. There is literally no … Read more
Constructive criticism has always been a good thing, yet in recent years, people have become quite hostile when receiving it, often taking to social media with angry, flaming negativity in response. The weird thing is, … Read more
What does the $500 website do for you? With a budget of $500, chances are high that your site will work against you, and there is a simple reason. If you compare a reasonable starting … Read more
By the title, you can probably tell that I don’t believe in the Millennial or Me generation actually being a thing. Sure, I’ve noticed the seemingly omnipresent sense of entitlement in so many 20-somethings, but … Read more
I was reading a software review wherein the user complained that while the tool made complex selections easy, it didn’t make easy selections, such as the square edges of a building, easier. How easy do … Read more
For some, chaos is essential to benefiting from the creative process. There are endless tools for controlling and crimping creativity, tools that help you organize, outline, and sequester creative thoughts, ideas, concepts. Place them in … Read more
If your goal is association, start a relationship. If your goal is to undermine, publish fabricated or irrelevant data. (Then craft a more admirable goal.) If your goal is to teach, learn. If your goal … Read more
If your system lacks the ability to recognize human input, you have a system design problem. While the problem may seem obvious to you and me, plenty of people don’t get it at all. It’s … Read more
Have you ever felt an unexplainable urge to complete an original work, yet it seems life gets in the way? If you have a voice in the back of your mind to make an effort … Read more
Sometimes I feel like a crank. If I notice a process or a design that was poorly done, I feel a responsibility to call it out. That approach was ingrained in me early in my … Read more
