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The Hard Art of Simplicity

Posted by pallid on February 2nd, 2007

I just wanted to recommend this thought as the theme resonates with me right now - The Laws of Simplicity. Speaking from experience, it really is so hard to get simplicity right…
The natural tendency of people around me is that simple is easy, and that they don’t want anything that’s too simple. It’s in our […]

Enterprise 2.0 - The closest definition?

Posted by pallid on October 20th, 2006

It’s funny that I happen to stumble upon this article right after I wrote my previous post: SandHill.com | Management | The Birth of Enterprise 2.0.
As far as misunderstood terms, I think Enterprise 2.0 has even more misunderstandings behind it than Web 2.0. As for me, I’ve decided to spend a little more time in […]

Tech Punching Holes in Processes

Posted by pallid on October 19th, 2006

Here’s the funny thing about technology - I’ve mentioned before that technology should help current business processes, and that as far as possible, should not dictate the process. This article that was sent to me got me thinking about that. Short summary, it’s about how content management systems need to be customized to fit the […]

Destroy Tables! A Call to All Designers…

Posted by pallid on October 14th, 2006

Geek out time! There are a lot of places on the web that keep telling you about the merits of purely CSS based design, and avoiding the use of tables (A List Apart is one example). But reasons cited have always seemed to theoratical to me; it’s always along the lines of “separate aesthetic form […]

YouTube - US$1.65 Billion Buyout By Google

Posted by pallid on October 10th, 2006

Wow… I’ve been following this for a little while, and they’ve finally gotten acquired by Google. For an obscene amount of money I might add. Here’s a few thoughts on this:

I think this will jolt quite a lot of people into starting up companies, just by the sheer amount money the acquisition involves. This could […]