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  • Apple vs. MVP

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    http://www.inc.com/mark-kawano/lessons-from-my-time-at-apple-ship-something-you-re-proud-of.htmlThis Inc article does a good job of succinctly addressing the gap between MVP’s for startups, and the level of quality that most of us expect from our purchases.

  • Moving to Austin

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    After spending the last eleven years in San Francisco and Seattle, we decided it was time to get some more sunshine and get closer to our families to the east. Tomorrow we move to Austin.

  • Almost Famo.us

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    Famo.us is a very promising looking approach to gaining the Flash-like richness that once required a plugin. Is it as good as it looks?

  • The Rise of the UX Expert

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    Hot on the heels of the New York Times article last week, we have this computerworld article about the rise in demand and salaries for UX experts. The article talks about all the usual suspects: Apple, mobile, designer/developer hybrids, the difficulty finding and hiring such folks, and—oddly enough—all the perks that are supposedly being lavished…

  • Design Trends: Nouveau Vintage

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    I can’t resist the trend in design right now. You know the one I’m talking about—everything looks like it’s 1911 all over again. Technically, there are more geometric and grotesque typefaces, more of an emphasis on lettering (and type that looks like lettering), and lots of monochromatic design. I’ve temporarily ditched my site logo mark…

  • Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft’s controversial Mr. Windows

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    This pretty much outlines why I didn’t blog for my last couple years at Microsoft…

  • Error 37 is a UX fail and a PR Win

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    #Error37 is trending as a top term on twitter right now. What is that? It’s the error code for the recently released Diablo III game from Blizzard. And it’s a total UX fail. Twelve years in the making, they say, and yet they didn’t implement a waiting queue? It’s 2012 and the best they could…

  • PR goes to the dogs

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    So in moving from Microsoft to tech startup buuteeq there was a press release and some coverage in various trade journals and websites. I knew one of the Microsoft-focused journalists might pick up on it related to the fate of Silverlight which would be understandable with the Build conference happening. What I didn’t expect was…

  • Leaving Microsoft

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    Today, six years to the day that I started at Microsoft, I’m leaving.

  • Jonas Brothers Vs. Hanson

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    So why in the world am I mentioning an article about Hanson and the Jonas Brothers? Because my old band, Admiral Twin, is mentioned in there. Now I can finally say we were written about in Rolling Stone. 🙂 Jonas Brothers Vs. Hanson: How the Bands of Brothers Match Up : Rolling Stone : Rock…