Save the Touchy-Feely for the Redwoods
I was the new guy at the company, I’d just met Allison, and here I was laying my feelings out for her. She probably thought I was nuts. And for good reason. I hadn’t earned the right to ask her to care how I felt.
Don’t Work for Assholes
I didn’t like him, but what did I know? Maybe this is just how the freelance web design business worked. I took the gig. It was, of course, a nightmare.
What’s Your Suggestion?
Critique sessions are rarely about suggesting solutions. In fact, to suggest alternatives would be insulting. It’d be like someone telling Picasso to make all those brush strokes blend in more.
Pixish, Spec Work, and Graggers
This post also appears in Pixish News. During the Jewish holiday of Purim, we tell a story about a dude…
Paul Graham’s Six Principles for Making New things
I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d)…