scottberkun.com » The book: Making things happenManagement and creative thinking31 What they didnt teach me (part 1)- March 12, 2007 31 - What they didn&8217;t teach me in Design &38; Usability school By Scott Berkun, April 2004 A few weeks ago I gave a guest lecture at the University of Washington on what I wished they&8217;d taught me in college about HCI, design and usability (I studied these and other things at CMU). Here&8217;s an essay ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/31-what-they-didnt-teach-me-part-1/ 33 - How to survive creative burnout- March 12, 2007 33 - How to survive creative burnout ByScott Berkun, June 2004 The longer you work at creating things, whether it&8217;s software, websites, essays or paintings, the greater the odds you&8217;ll hit a day where you don&8217;t feel like doing it anymore. Up until then, you may have heard others describe burnout, but you just shrugged it ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/33-how-to-survive-creative-burnout/ 32 - What they didnt teach me (pt. 2)- March 12, 2007 ByScott Berkun, May 2004 This is the dramatic and stunning conclusion to the last month&8217;s essay about what I think they should have taught me in college about design and usability. Decision maker or consultant I don&8217;t know that it&8217;s the responsibility of colleges to inform students about the likely jobs their degrees will suit them for, but ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/32-what-they-didnt-teach-me-part-2/ 34 - How to run a brainstorming meeting- March 12, 2007 34 - How to run a brainstorming meeting ByScott Berkun, July 2004 The most important thing about a brainstorming session is what happens after it ends. No matter how poorly you run a brainstorming meeting, some decent ideas will surface. But depending on what happens after the session, those ideas may or may not impact ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/34-how-to-run-a-brainstorming-meeting/ 35 - How to give and receive criticism- March 12, 2007 35 - How to give and receive criticism By Scott Berkun, September 2004 Good feedback is rare. It can take a long time to find people who know how to provide useful criticism, instead of simply telling you all the things they think are &8220;wrong&8221; with you or whatever you&8217;ve made. A good critic spends ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/35-how-to-give-and-receive-criticism/ 36 - The mistakes of version 1.0- March 12, 2007 36 - The mistakes of version 1.0 By Scott Berkun, November 2004 Many people spend their entire careers waiting for a chance to work on a version 1.0 project. When it happens, they&8217;re so thrilled to work on the beginning of something that lessons learned from other projects are forgotten. The terms ground breaking, breakthrough, ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/36-the-mistakes-of-version-10/ 37 - How to build a better web browser- March 12, 2007 Issue 37 - How to build a better web browser By Scott Berkun, December 2004 Web browsers are funny things. On the one hand, they&8217;re supposed to be lightweight little programs that just let you view websites, and on the other, they carry the same burdens as operating systems and application suites, trying to provide everything ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/37-how-to-build-a-better-web-browser/ 38 - How to pitch an idea- March 12, 2007 38 - How to pitch an idea By Scott Berkun, February 2005 Coming up with good ideas is hard enough, but convincing others to do something with them is even harder. In many fields the task of bringing an idea to someone with the power to do something with it is called a pitch: software ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/38-how-to-pitch-an-idea/ 39 - How to interview and hire people- March 12, 2007 39 - How to interview and hire people By Scott Berkun, March 2005 The advice in this essay comes from many years of interviewing people for different jobs in the tech-sector. I&8217;ve written this as a general primer. It should apply well for any kind of job: managers, designers, programmers, testers, or anyone that needs ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/39-how-to-interview-and-hire-people/ 40 - Why smart people defend bad ideas- March 12, 2007 40 - Why smart people defend bad ideas By Scott Berkun, April 2005 We all know someone who&8217;s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic Having spent many years working with smart people I&8217;ve catalogued many of ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/40-why-smart-people-defend-bad-ideas/ |