Some quotes from a thread on 37s: “How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.” -Fred Brooks, software engineer and computer scientist "We release things when they are ready to be released,...
I have been reviewing old documentation lately and came across this old guideline that I created in 1999. Six years feels like an eternity. These guidelines were for a large corporate web site redesign, the largest I had been involved...
We've been too serious and downright stodgy for too long. Maybe the power of fun is catching on, here is a delightfully fun, unique, and understandable approach to presenting the usually boring web development process to clients. It's over...
, a worthwhile read brought to you by Stephen Hay and A List Apart. Designers, programmers, and other specialists create essential elements of the whole. But the art director is in a position to tie these parts together for maximum...
"There are hundreds of techniques for generating ideas, and many variations of these as well. We have taken a few techniques, and classified them according to the dominant Innovation Style strategy they embody." Check it out. Found via xblog....
Clement Mok has been an influential design leader on the American scene for years. His self titled web site's career section is an interesting presentation for an impressive career but it's his thoughts on his time as founder of studio...
"A redesign has some built-in advantages over everyday maintenance; the most useful being focus. And focus is the loam that allows a shared vision to grow. A group chooses to redesign typically because the site is no longer working, and...
"Every time you worry, you practice to be weak. Every time you act on your strength, you practice to be strong. You practice what you really want to achieve, and you don't have to live in fear." "Fear is raw...
From my inbox: 1. Invent yourself. Create a unique cluster of personal talents. Own your image. Manage it. Build momentum. Leave school early, if you want, but never stop learning. Dance as if no one is looking. Break the rules....
"If you are spending a lot of hours working, is it passion or workaholism that's driving you? Chang, author of The Passion Plan, says that if your work is motivated by guilt, other's people's messages, or the desire to avoid...
Some quotes from the Cluetrain Manifesto a book made popular during those heady dot com days. It now seems so cliche but in Taiwan it's probably still quite new. "Most corporations, on the other hand, only know how to talk...
Last week I attended a speech given by an executive of Liteon corporation on futuristic visions of the future as delivered through 3G communications etc. Unfortunately I forget his name as he was introduced so quickly in Chinese that I...
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A short talk about the need for creative professionals in all stages of the web site development cycle. Something that does not normally occurr in many Taiwan based projects. Link: Building a case for design at the beginning of the...
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