Tim Bull posted a fantastic comment on my last post about Technical Debt and I thought it would be good to share it again broadly here.  — “There’s a third category of technical debt which is subtly different.  Decisions that are made knowing that there is a better solution, but that the business stage or [...]

The idea of technical debt is a fairly old one in engineering circles and it has enormous relevance to the way we solve business problems in organizations today. This came up over a coffee discussion today with Alex Steffens and Ross Hill. We discussed the problem of getting people to change a decision, or create [...]

I’m about to read the book Switch, by Chris and Dan Heath and wanted to get your opinions on it. Call it a pre-read book review. I was in at Inspire9 yesterday and saw the beautiful #i9bookshelf in the ‘flesh.’ I love bookselves. I believe they provide a window in to the expertise, thoughts and [...]

I wrote yesterday about how beautiful the new Path was. Behind that statement, though, is the belief that the people working on the application have honed their craft to such a point that what they are producing vergers on being art. I’d like to offer that up for discussion today, with a beautiful clip from [...]

Path launched a new version of their app recently, and I’ve been using it a fair bit the last few days. It’s beautiful. Download it. Why? I was a Path user about a year ago and loved it then but was very disappointed when the team launched a new version of the app which forced [...]

Having started working for Yammer and being based in Sydney, I’ve been working from home for the first time in my career the last 3 months. Michael Fox just wrote a thought provoking post over on his blog, 22 Michaels, and I thought I’d share what I’ve found about working from home. 1) You need [...]

I was watching some videos today and stumbled across a few by a guy named Ben Goldacre. Goldacre is a doctor, who has become an epidemiologist: which is the science of how we know in the real world if something is good for you or bad for you. That may sound fairly abstract, but it’s [...]

Yesterday evening, with the help of Sam Sabey, I was able to have my SEGmeter set up to monitor my electricity usage for my home. This is a very exciting development for me, as it’s something I’ve been trying to hook up for a while. This now means that I (and you!) can see how [...]

I’ve just begun reading a new book; The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin. I’m only a few chapters in, but already I’m seeing the benefits of the insights the book has to offer. I watched the terrific film, Searching For Bobby Fischer a couple of nights ago, which dramatises Josh’s early life as a [...]

Just a quick post today…call it a traditional blog-status-update thing. Yeah. I’m in San Francisco as I write this, starting my induction with Yammer. It’s been an amazing few days so far and promises to be am amazing week! Let me know if you’re in town…