Friday, December 14, 2007

When cruft creeps in

A thoughtful fairly short post from 37 signals about cleaning up your UI from time to time. http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/730-when-cruft-creeps-in

The Ten Faces of Innovation

The ten Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelly of IDEO describes 10 roles usually found in innovative groups. Now, this isn't one of my usually book summary/reviews. Mainly because I do not have to. Someone did all the hard work up front. Read the first chapter of the book at Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/99/faces-of-innovation.html and get a more detailed list of the ten roles at the book website: http://www.tenfacesofinnovation.com/tenfaces/index.htm

And then go read the book :)

It is well written, with good stories, and it felt reinvigorating and got me thinking about all the things I know we should do that we don't, and gave me some ideas for getting better.