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I just finished gulping down “The 4-Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferriss (available for borrowing as an e-book from the Ottawa Public Library), so I wanted to regurgitate some of his tips and immediately actionable items from the book before they are fully digested (pardon the mental picture, folks). One of my biggest obstacles to ...

The other day I had the pleasure of meeting a former start-up CTO for coffee (former due to successful sale, not epic fail). Being at a crossroads in my (so far quite short) career currently and antsy for a change, I really appreciated the insight of an experienced person – as Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Learn ...

Birthdays come but once a year (unfortunately!) and with them slews of fantastic presents (if you’ve clearly stated your requirements to your loved ones, that is). Additionally, every 5 years, we lucky Ontarians receive special gifts from our provincial government in the form of letters, bequeathing us with opportunities to renew our drivers’ licenses and ...

The other day, Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering (whom, I must mention, I admire and read often) posted an article entitled “Five Indispensable Skills for UX Mastery”. The five skills he named were sketching, storytelling, facilitating, critiquing, presenting and facilitating. While I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Spool’s list, I was slightly disappointed by the ...

There’s something you should know about me: as far as developers (even developers-turned-UXers) go, I’m pretty anal when it comes to pixel perfection. If something doesn’t look exactly right to me, it will haunt me forever (the tale recounted below still does). Actually, before I let it haunt me forever, I usually completely exhaust my ...