Pleasure and Pain

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Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Productivity'

Sketching made easier by UI Stencils

February 22nd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Design, Pleasure, Productivity

Yes, I’m obsessed with Konigi’s Omnigraffle wireframe stencils, but what if you could have real-life stencils to help you sketch? You can. They’re called UI Stencils, and they’re made by Design Commission, an experience design agency in Seattle.

Drawing can be intimidating for a lot of folks, and the fear of not being a “good drawer” [...]

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Photo of the day: Kickin’ It Old School

February 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Photography

I’ve been riding Amtrak a lot lately, and I’ve seen a lot of businesspeople with their laptops and USB modems and BlackBerrys and bluetooth headsets. That has become the norm, even among the baby boomers. So much so that I had to do a double-take when I saw this sweet guy kickin’ it old school:

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I admit it: I’m always five minutes late. And it stops now.

February 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Pain, Productivity

I was just smacked in the face by a recent blog post by my dear friend Jeffrey Zeldman, Free advice: show up early, about the consequences of being late to client meetings. Why? Because it forced me to finally fess up to one of my major flaws: I’m always five minutes late.
Sure, five minutes [...]

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I wish I knew how to quit you

August 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Consulting, Productivity

I have a problem: I don’t know how to say No. As a result, I bury myself in obligations I can never fulfill. I’m sure this has a negative effect on a lot of my relationships, but the most important relationship it’s hurting is the one I have with myself.
When I quit my job a [...]

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What I did while Twitter was down today

August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Pain, Twitter

Twitter had a Denial of Service Attack this morning, which affected its uptime all day today. Therefore I was forced to figure out what to do without it. Here’s what I came up with:

I noted my frustration on Facebook
I actually looked at my friends’ pages on Facebook
I reached Inbox Zero in Google Reader and reorganized [...]

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