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Mena's Counterpoint Corner: In defense of big. Clearly annoyed by all the attention on small teams, Mena Trott goes on the record to defend big (relatively speaking). I especially enjoyed her comments because she’s in a unique situation — she’s seen Six Apart go from 2 in a bedroom to 80+ spread all over the… Continue reading Mena's Counterpoint Corner: In defense of big

UN unable even to define terrorism as 160 slaughtered. THE United Nations yesterday failed to agree a common global standard on terrorism, fuelling western leaders' fears that the world body is not willing to confront one of the defining threats of the age. [The Scotsman]

9/11 Commissioner: Failure to Act on 9/11 Lessons Cost Lives in Katrina. The Washington Post today quoted former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean (R), that Katrina has shown that our nation is still unprepared for terror. “This is not a terrorist incident, but it brings into play all of the same issues and shortcomings,”… Continue reading 9/11 Commissioner: Failure to Act on 9/11 Lessons Cost Lives in Katrina

Are you living in a prison of your own design? Do you see problems in your workplace? Do you feel like you know how to fix these problems, but nobody's interested in hearing about it? Do you feel that you're not listened to, that you have no impact, that you are powerless to effect any… Continue reading Are you living in a prison of your own design?

Client-Driven Technology and the Cisco Model. Jason Krause's new article “The Cisco Way” in the September ABA Journal is an absolute must-read for any regular reader of this blog. I've written on a number of occasions about to what I like to call “client-driven technology.” This article will help you understand how clients to a… Continue reading Client-Driven Technology and the Cisco Model

Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part II. Part 2 of our series. How to stay current, make smart commitments, and overcome common problems. [43 Folders]

Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part I. Planning your work means more than just collecting the detritus of an occasional “brain dump.” Learn to create an actionable, unintimidating task list that helps you maintain focus on the outcomes that are important to you. Part 1 of a 2-part series (new post Tuesday morning). [43 Folders]

New Monad build hits the Net. Adam Barr says that there's a new build of Monad available. Monad is a new command-line interface for Windows.  [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]

Is Osama winning?. Taking Stock of the Forever War is a bleak assessment of the situation in Iraq and the war on terror by Mark Danner, a professor, author, and expert on the region. The basic gist: Democracy in Iraq is an unattainable fantasy and Osama is getting exactly what he wants. Iraq has become… Continue reading Is Osama winning?

Getting Real: Forget feature requests. Ok, so I’m positive this post will be misunderstood and we’ll be branded as arrogant, self-centered, customer-hating snobs. But here goes anyway… When you launch your products, customers will send you hundreds or thousands of feature requests. Just take a look at the Basecamp Forum or the Backpack Forum —… Continue reading Getting Real: Forget feature requests