I’m learning yoga. So far, it’s helped to make me more flexible, both mentally and physically. (I can bend in ways I never thought possible, and after going through a workout I no longer have the desire to yell…much.) By in large, that’s considered a “good thing” in business these days. Flexibility, resilience, the ability [...]

One of the biggest issues with Basecamp (the simple-to-use, web-based project-management solution sold by 37Signals) is that it doesn’t do Gantt charts. This means resource leveling, scheduling, baselining are all next to impossible. You set due-dates for to-do items and milestones, and sort of hope for the best. So when I saw Tom’s Planner, I [...]

I’ve been asked a couple times now to do Wireframing. I know it’s an incredibly valuable skill, and that people who can do it well are 10x more valuable for web development projects than those that can’t. Unfortunately however, I tend to not be so hot at it. I don’t have the years of study [...]

We’ve all let loose that exasperated cry at one point or another. Angry to the point of speaking in tongues, and tearing our hear out in large clumps as we hop up and down, frumiating worse than a hot and bothered bandersnatch at a bikini modeling contest. We feel outraged, incensed, and a whole bunch [...]

Gold plating is a wonderful term. I used to work in a jewelry store as a bookkeeper years ago, so in the literal form it’s something I’m fairly familiar with. Picture this: beautiful girl, recently heartbroken, walks into the store with the intent of trading in all the old  jewelry her cheating good-for-nothing ex-boyfriend gave [...]

Some days you start to wonder if your life really adds value, or if other people around you are just polite enough to let you think it does. It’s great when you know what you do is important, life has some semblance of meaning to it.  But what  to do when you have a client [...]