One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how bad in-house enterprise applications look and behave: clashing color combinations, buttons that don’t respond to clicks, messy forms, elements that look like links but aren’t, inconsistent non-standard controls, no user feedback whatsoever, ugly reports, you know the drill. It’s even more incredible how the poor… Continue reading Stop punishing your users and learn some design fundamentals
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How to create effective presentations, II
Read the first part of this article here For thousands of years, humanity has used oral narrative as the main means to spread knowledge. Almost all of us intuitively understand the importance of telling a story. It’s something we carry in our DNA. And if so, why most of our business presentations are so boring?… Continue reading How to create effective presentations, II
How to create effective presentations
Aaaand off to a bad start Most people that lead a professional life need to do presentations on a regular basis. Which is why it never seizes to amaze me that, consistently, almost all of the presentations that I see, suck. Leaving halfway through the presentation really doesn’t solve anything. I mean, this evil energy… Continue reading How to create effective presentations
How to market yourself in 15 seconds
How to Market Yourself in 15 Seconds Almost all of the “productive†things I’ve done in my life (software, books, web sites, literary events), have resulted from a referral. Someone referred me, gave out my number or email. In other words, my marketing efforts are poor to nil. For this, I have always believed that… Continue reading How to market yourself in 15 seconds
Linkedin for professionals
Just as Facebook has become our default social lubricant, LinkedIn is the global standard to connect with other professionals. Almost all of my friends who have changed jobs in the past year, have been hired for their current job via LinkedIn. Nevertheless, they all have an embarrassing LinkedIn profile. Yes, these very same persons who… Continue reading Linkedin for professionals