@melle "The Gift of Fear" is the book more people have recommended to me than any other book. Most recently, Ze Frank. OK, ordering... about 5 hours ago
oops = that's Flow: The Psychology of Optimal "Experience" (not "Performance") & see: http://intihuatani.usc.edu/... about 5 hours ago
The One Book: [x=User Experience] "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Performance", [x=Education] "What the Best College Teachers Do" about 5 hours ago
Love to hear your "if I could pick only ONE book about [x] I wish others would read..." for business, mine is still "The Fifth Discipline". about 5 hours ago
@therealadam ...you racing a mini horse... ; ) Some are now trained as guides for vision impaired--they live WAY longer than dogs. about 5 hours ago
Friend bought a miniature horse last week, just bigger than a beagle. Snuck into dog-friendly motel on way home, but it whinnied all night. about 6 hours ago
@andrewhyde awesome, & I'd modify... country doesn't need to kick ass FOR us... it needs to help its users/residents (us) kick ass : ) about 6 hours ago
@brady true--he's still *Richard*, but @RichardatDELL as a "microbrand" (@gapingvoid) is not-exactly-Dell yet not-just-Richard. Interesting. about 6 hours ago
Wonderful slide/pres on "transparent design": http://tinyurl.com/yq6ux7 (Liz Danzico) about 6 hours ago
@JonathanBranam re: name for UI *code* design... would this be "designing the UI API?" about 6 hours ago
@RichardatDELL ...but what happens to RichardatDELL "microbrand" if you leave Dell? (you probably already answered this & I missed it...) about 7 hours ago
Chess Guy explaining to me the diff between "playing to Not Lose" and "playing to Win". (triggered by "Searching for Bobby Fisher" viewing) about 21 hours ago
Yes, I DO understand it's crucial to seek out/hear critics/doubters, but they're usually way easier to find, and more than willing to "help" 09:12 AM August 28, 2008
@ryancarson thanks for that link--GREAT advice there. Especially like the part about not overlistening to those who cause you to doubt... 09:05 AM August 28, 2008
Being really really good @ Thing X often helps ppl get really really good @ Totally Unrelated Thing Y. Learning to kick ass vs. only dabble. 08:33 PM August 26, 2008
Chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin says he'd finish a game "on fire with insight about chess, basketball, the ocean, psychology, love, art." 08:21 PM August 26, 2008
Meeting those ppl who can find almost *anything* interesting is such a treat. Their default mode: assume X is worthy of interest, learn why 07:10 PM August 26, 2008