December 2011
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Inspiration: Be Steve Jobs
I recently (finally) finished both Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs and Aaron Shapiro’s Users Not Customers.
The HUGE CEO penned this article following Steve’s step down as CEO of Apple. Like his book’s vividly detailed focus, it boils Jobs as a leadership figure down to his single premise: “Never compromise the user experience.”
From UI to industrial design,...
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Delusion, New York Caliber
I’m consistently impressed with the ability of some (or, as I’ll argue, most) New Yorkers’ abilities to invent completely new realities and live within them. I suppose when a crush of citygoers surround you at all times, each forging their own path through a chaotic metropolis, there’s a certain compulsion to craft a narrative that places you on a different plain from...
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On Gamification →
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Rediscovering Play
First, a little background.I’ve been fortunate enough to know my career path from a very early age. Many years before (or after, depending on your perspective) the glitz and glamour of Mad Men’s Don Draper, the power and mystique of effective advertising was evident to me. I noticed its ability to affect behavior and perspective in me when...
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