scottberkun.com » The book: Making things happenManagement and creative thinking50 - Advice for new managers: part 1- March 12, 2007 50 - Advice for new managers: part 1 By Scott Berkun, January 25, 2006 The central mistake new managers make is egoism. On the surface, the change is all about you: you&8217;ve been promoted, you have a new job title, you have a new office. Perhaps you&8217;ve been waiting for this change for some time, while ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/50-advice-for-new-managers-part-1/ 51 - Attention and sex- March 12, 2007 51 -Attention and Sex By Scott Berkun, March 21, 2006 What things in your life demand undivided attention Whatever they are, I claim they define your life more than anything else you do. Your obituary will not list the hours you fought off boring meetings or ignored your friends by reading forgettable blurbs about forgettable things ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/51-attention-and-sex/ 52 - Advice for new managers, Pt.2- March 12, 2007 52 - Advice for new managers: part 2 By Scott Berkun, June 1, 2006 In part one, I covered getting started, why managers are different and other essentials. Here in part 2 we get into tactics you need for the first few weeks. Getting acclimated Survival training of any kind teaches you one thing: before you act, know ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/52-advice-for-new-managers-pt2/ 53 - How to detect bullshit- March 12, 2007 53 - How to detect bullshit By Scott Berkun, August 9, 2006 Everyone lies: it&8217;s just a question of how, when and why. From the relationship saving &8220;yes, you do look thin in those pants&8221; to the improbable &8220;your table will be ready in 5 minutes&8221;, manipulating the truth is part of the human condition. ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/53-how-to-detect-bullshit/ 54 - Writing Hacks, Part 1: Starting- March 12, 2007 54 - Writing hacks (hacks for writing) Part 1: Starting By Scott Berkun, Aug. 28 2006 Writing is easy, it&8217;s quality that&8217;s hard. Any idiot who knows 5 words can write a sentence (e.g. &8220;Dufus big much Scott is&8221;). It might be grammarless, broken, or inaccurate but it is writing. This means that when people can&8217;t ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/54-writing-hacks-part-1-starting/ Project management and design- March 12, 2007 Notes on the role of project managers in Interface design This is a post I made to the chi-web public dlist a few years ago. It&8217;s surfaced here to help answer a common question I get: how do you integrate design into a development team It&8217;s a good description of the role that project managers ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/project-management-and-design/ Sacred Places tour - Gel 2006- March 8, 2007 GEL 2006, Sacred Places NYC Tour: Draft plan Description: A half day tour of some of NYC&8217;s sacred places, focusing on how they are designed to achieve the effects they have. We&8217;ll spend some time at each place examining the effects they have on people but focusing on how those effects are acheived and what can ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/sacred-places-tour-gel-2006/ Best of Chi-Web- March 8, 2007 Best of Chi-Web The chi-web and sig-ia mailing lists are two email based discussion groups on the topics of web usability, ui design and information architecture. Below is a compilation of summary postings from these mailing lists. The archives themselves are public and not maintained by me: I&8217;ve merely made accessing them easier. (Chi-web archive, ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/best-of-chi-web/ Design & Usability resources- March 8, 2007 An Annotated list of InteractionWeb design resources, books, and websites This list provides additional resources about web design, usability, and related topics. Send me your exceptional suggestions.&160; Last updated February 18, 2005. The foundation places to start The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability Jakob Nielsen&8217;s semi-monthly column on Web usability. Usually pretty sharp, meaty stuff. Some attention ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/design-usability-resources/ How to make things happen (From the art of project management)- March 8, 2007 How to make things happen (Chapter 13 from Art of project management) By Scott Berkun, September 19 2005(Thanks to the good folks at O&8217;Reilly, here&8217;s an entire sample chapter from the art of project management). One myth of project management is that certain people have an innate ability to do it well, and others do ...http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/how-to-make-things-happen-from-the-art-of-project-manage... |