With apologies to Bobby McFerrin, who’s, after all, a pretty amazing musician with a 5-octive vocal range, but it’s what we need to do. We worry too much…and it gets in our way. There’s a great quote by Guy Kawasaki from his book “The Art of the Start” that could be applied to improving your […]
The rule of 3: brevity and rhythm
[Note that this is a slightly abbreviated version (yes, really…) of the original. The original only went to the subscribers to my daily email tips, but you can get all the goodies too if you type your email in that box. You’ll always be the first to know what’s going on, and sometimes, it might […]
It’s ok, I know you don’t really care about architecture
I’m serious. And actually, you’re right not to care about it. Let’s face it, it’s not like we’re building La Sagrada Familia or something that grandiose. While the idea is that if we do our job right, lots of people will benefit. It’s neigh-on impossible for anyone to come along 100+ years later and wander […]
How architecture can save your life…or get you killed
I’d originally planned to write a different email today, but in doing some quick research to make sure I wasn’t being loopy, I found something I wanted to share with you. The excerpt below is one of many recollections of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF, I ran across: === In 1957 I was flying B-52’s […]
Want some stinky ogre security? Are you sure about that?
One of the scenes in the original Shrek that I find rolling around my head on a semi-regular basis is where Donkey and Shrek are walking through the Sunflower fields, and Donkey’s trying to understand why Shrek would go fight the dragon and rescue a princess just to make someone happy. …I mean, he’s an […]
