October 28, 2008
American football coach Vince Lombardi started his practices by
telling his professional players, “Gentlemen, this is a football.
October 14, 2008
Most confusing login screen to date. The checkbox says “Forgotten password?”. Not “Remember me” like you’d expect.
Most confusing login screen to date. The checkbox says “Forgotten password?”. Not “Remember me” like you’d expect.
September 27, 2008
When you try to change the way you think and act, an unconscius part of you feels very unsafe and resists the change. This makes what should be easy very difficult.
Bill Harris, Centerpointe
August 18, 2008

I like how http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ doesn’t ask for a password until you’ve confirmed your email. So the signup page is reduced to name and email.

On second thought, why not just email?

March 14, 2008
When you want to increase your income, do you have to sit up and beg your master for more money?  Does it feel good to be thrown some extra Scooby Snacks now and then?
March 10, 2008
What price is so cheap that you would question the value of this widget?
At what price would this widget be a good deal?
At what price would this widget be expensive, but still worth buying?
At what price is this widget too expensive?
How interested are you in this widget?
March 9, 2008
Last week, my company switched providers of an expensive commodity. The company we had been with realized we were moving on and moved into high gear to keep the account. At one point, it was clear that they could have gone into war room-mode, denigrating our decision, criticizing the new company and scorching the earth. I watched the gears turn, though, and saw them take a different path.
March 7, 2008
We called that the ‘story crisis,’ and we never expected to have another one. But you know what? There’s been one on every film. We don’t stop production for five months. We’ve gotten a little smarter about it. But there always seems to come a moment where it’s just not working, and it’s so easy to fool yourself - to convince yourself that it is when you know in your heart that it isn’t.
March 4, 2008
Never follow somebody else’s path; it doesn’t work the same way twice for anyone … the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.