Just last night I finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and decided it was high time to update My Bookshelf with what I’ve been reading lately.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is not a breezy read, nor, sadly, does it have much to do with motorcycles or Zen. I should have [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
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Lately I’ve been pondering, “Why is it that most people design the user interface last?”
It would seem, to me at least, if one were to design a product for the mass market, one would focus a lot of time and energy on how that product would be seen by that market. What will it look [...]
Breaking Down the Game Film – Micro Code Reviews
“Breaking Down the Game Film” is a term commonly used to analyze tape from an already played sports game to dissect what went right and what went wrong. In this series I’ll be taking published articles from around the web and break them down.
Topic: Micro Code Reviews
Article: “The Joy of Code Reviews”
Author: Tom Hollander
Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl/archive/2009/01/06/the-joy-of-code-reviews.aspx
Short [...]
Tools in the Toolbox – Personas
“Tools in the Toolbox” is a series of posts on development and design tools I use on a daily basis.
I am a huge fan of Alan Cooper and personas…huge fan. I have written at length about him and his techniques here, http://benjaminhysell.com/archive/2009/02/alan-cooper/. My goal in this article is not to cover the basics; other [...]
Breaking Down the Game Film – Mission Statements
“Breaking Down the Game Film” is a term commonly used to analyze tape from an already played sports game to dissect what went right and what went wrong. In this series I’ll be taking published articles from around the web and break them down.
Topic: Mission Statements
Article: “How to Write a Mission Statement that Isn’t Dumb”
Link: [...]