I bet you have heard this question in one or another form. For most people you cannot be both. In their mind, is like oil and water. Better to keep it separate. I personally think that you cannot do a good job at either one if you don’t understand the other...
We all know what a line chart is, but besides the basics, there are also a couple of recognized shapes that convey a certain behavior and that are used as a shortcut. I am talking about thinks like “Linear”, Exponential”, the “Hockey...
It happens to everybody. We wake up and we have this marvelous idea, the solution to all we’ve been battling with for a week. And then, by the time the coffee is brewed, it’s gone. We can’t remember it anymore. The question or where it went, is a...
As we peer into what synthetic minds will bring to us, perhaps it would be useful to better understand and utilize our own. Particularly in today’s day and age, with the constant stream of distractions that we face, this seems to come down to focusing on the...
When we see a caricature of a boat, we don’t see the portion of the hull that is submerged under water. That portion, is not wasted, it is what actually makes it float. It is worth assuming that to make things work, it takes more than what meets the eye,...
This is one of the most sound advice I have heard, when it comes to dealing with criticism. I heard it from non other than Reid Hoffman, one of the founders of LinkedIn. Not everybody comes from the same frame of reference, and they interpret things differently. So it...
