Focus on processes, not technology This morning I was watching an inspirational video about the part Jeffrey Zeldman has played in shaping the web as we know it today. In the early days of the Internet, the life of a web developer was plagued by browsers that competed with each other by constantly releasing innovative yet proprietary features. Zeldman was instrumental in bringing about the widespread …
Create your own bug list
Over the Christmas holidays I have been reading the excellent book Conceptual Blockbusting: A guide to better ideas, by James L. Adams. The book begins by introducing several type of conceptual blocks, such as cultural conventions or restrictive thought patterns, that stifle creative problem solving, before going on to describe methods for busting through these barriers. …
Picking the low hanging fruit (or harvesting the easy seeds)
Yesterday as I was carrying a new set of car floor mats into the house they brushed against a small flower that had recently died due to the onset of winter, but which had not yet released its seeds. A handful of the seeds became stuck to one of the mats, leaving me with the task of trying …
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