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UX Week 2008 Is Taking Over My Life

About a month ago I wrote about the progress we’re making planning the conference UX Week 2008. I feel a little sheepish plugging Adaptive Path events on my blog (you’re not here to be sold at!) but it really is a big part of what I’

Posted: Apr. 28, 2008 01:56 PM

20 Minute Book Review: Pictures at a Revolution

(20 minutes is the length of my BART commute.) All Americans know that 1967 was a heady time of the country. “The Sixties” were in full swing, and the gap between the Baby Boomers and their parent generation was startlingly wide. Studying

Posted: Apr. 28, 2008 01:03 PM

Adaptive Path is looking for a CEO

As we’ve just announced over on the Adaptive Path blog, we’re looking for a CEO. Jesse and I aren’t stepping down or anything — we’ll still be Presidents. But we’ve recognized that as the company evolves, and compl

Posted: Apr. 9, 2008 05:38 PM

Incompetence

Apart from government positions, is there any job in the public eye so wracked with incompetent practitioners as NBA referees? The final call in regulation that screwed the Raptors is just the latest in an overwhelming display of incompetence. I tend

Posted: Apr. 2, 2008 08:59 PM

Bend your mind around Messrs Jones and Freitas

Recently, my colleague Ryan conducted a two-hour IM chat session with Matt Jones. You can read the highlights over in the Adaptive Path blog, but if you have the time, I encourage you to delve into the unexpurgated version available on Ryan’s s

Posted: Mar. 28, 2008 11:22 AM

Alan Cooper Told The Audience What They Wanted To Hear, Not What They Needed To Hear

A couple nights ago I saw Alan Cooper present his Interaction08 Keynote, An Insurgency of Quality, for a local audience. His presentation is quite rambly, but I think the heart of the thesis was: best-to-market always beats first-to-market quality

Posted: Mar. 27, 2008 02:31 PM

I wore goggles, too

I grew up in Los Angeles in the 70s and 80s, and basketball was my favorite sport to watch and play. Needless to say, the L.A. Lakers were my team, and its centerpiece Kareem Abdul-Jabbar my favorite player. To the degree that when I would play b-bal

Posted: Mar. 24, 2008 10:03 PM

UX Week 2008 - New site, impressive schedule

One thing that’s taking much of my time at Adaptive Path is programming our upcoming UX Week 2008 event. I’ve been trying very hard to balance inspiration and information; visions of where we’re headed mixed with practical how-tos.

Posted: Mar. 24, 2008 06:52 PM

33 out of 36

After scoring 24 out of 80, I explored the other tests on the site. One that caught my attention is the Mind in the eyes test, which asks you to describe what someone is thinking or feeling based just on looking at their eyes. I believe it’s re

Posted: Mar. 23, 2008 10:47 AM

24 out of 80

A little bit ago I answered a set of questions meant to measure my empathy quotient. I scored 24 out of 80. That placed me in the “low” category, according to the test: 0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning

Posted: Mar. 22, 2008 10:42 AM

YOUR FEEDBACK

	So You Think You Know SQL? By Andrew Powell Tony wrote: I spent 6 years at Oracle and did a fair amount of performance tuning. In general, it is not the DBA's job to tune SQL for the applications. Most DBA's have only a vague understanding of those issues. Their job is generally to keep the database running reliably. ...
	SYS-CON.TV to Switch from Adobe Flash Video to Microsoft Silverlight By Internet Video News Desk Andrea wrote: Wow, You're switching to Silverlight without even knowing what will happen with this technology? Not smart. I will not be watching your website, for sure.
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