Very few people manage to establish a fundamentalist separation between their work spaces and their homes. Normally our work follows us home; our shores chase us to work and they both follow us outside. How many times – for instance– have we arrived at the office only to find that the file we worked on… Continue reading 4 Tools to organize your life
How to create effective presentations, III – The endings
You have already mastered the art of transforming your message into a story. You even managed to create a 15-second version of your idea. But once you finish your speech, people haven’t noticed that you’re done. There’s no applause. Maybe you have a problem finishing things. Most of us are lousy to wrap up presentations. Some… Continue reading How to create effective presentations, III – The endings
When was the last time you did a backup?
Thou shalt back up frequently is one of my commandments. According to a recent study, only 28% of people perform a daily backup. And knowing my friends, that seems encouraging! There’re only two kinds of hard drives: the ones that have failed and the ones that are going to fail. A Google Study (who uses… Continue reading When was the last time you did a backup?
Como mejorar tu presencia en lÃnea
En estos dÃas, mi primo me escribió con algunas preguntas sobre su presencia en lÃnea. Él está claro que tener y actualizar un currÃculum es cosa del pasado y lo crucial es mejorar tu presencia web. Mi respuesta consistió en dos partes, una relacionada con LinkedIn y otra con su blog personal. 5 ideas para… Continue reading Como mejorar tu presencia en lÃnea
Stop punishing your users and learn some design fundamentals
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