February 2007

Against T-shaped people

February 12, 2007

Consider this my plea for the design community to stop using the term “T-shaped people”. It’s demeaning, over-simplistic, misleading, and dangerously-influential, which combined with the prior three traits makes for trouble—that starts with “T”. For those not familiar with the...Continue reading...

Notes on Creativity

"Innovation" seems poised to become the business buzzword for the next few years, just as "design" has been for the last few. But for all its hype, it's clear that, as was the case with design, there is no real...Continue reading...

Traveling man

February 07, 2007

In Lake Tahoe this morning, Mountain View by 1pm, on a plane in Vegas now, and in Philly by morning. My body doesn’t quite know what to do with me…...Continue reading...

Creativity and the thoughts of others

February 05, 2007

This year I’m experimenting with creativity. It’s a broad field, but my goal is to personally create more and better products and ideas. One thing I realized last year was how easy it was in this world of information to...Continue reading...