“Perhaps because polish is so visible, many people erroneously believe it to be the most important part of […]
The Shape of Story
How to Choose
I’m overwhelmed. You are probably overwhelmed also. The last week, it’s been my inbox. I’ve got so many […]
The Sunday Report
Because I’m teaching Story and about do do a unit on Interactive Fiction, this is the bulk of […]
Why Design Needs Entrepreneurship (and Entrepreneurship Needs Design)
In my opinion, there are two conversations that are a waste of time. One is “should designers learn […]
Sunday Report. Status: Giddy
Reminder: if you love these blog posts, buy my essay collection. Keep me writing! “I look into Christina […]
I’d like to be a better visual designer. Assume I’m ~ new. Can you recommend an overall approach or strategy?
Reminder: if you love these blog posts, buy my essay collection. Keep me writing! I went a little […]
Breaking Point
I worked in restaurants for many years before I fell in love with the internet. If you wait […]
Sunday Report
I got a request to bring Sunday report back into play. It makes sense, since Gleanings, back when […]
Time Travel by Book
A twitter conversation prompted me to look up a booklist I kept in 2001. Kinda awesome. Via […]
My Year in Highlights
Here are this year’s highlights from my reading on the kindle. I find it interesting that I barely highlit […]
10 Ways to Read More Books Next Year
After reading 70 books, Austin Kleon listed his advice on reading more books. I hit my personal adult reading […]
Favorite Reads in 2014
In 2014, I went everywhere. That’s a topic for another post. But travel means lots and lots of […]
My Warm Gun Talk on OKRs
Is up! Enjoy!
DO DO: A Productivity Game
I’ve been blocked for two days. I kept sitting down at the computer to work, then I’d get […]
Workshop Design
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand. ~ Confucius, 450 […]
Where in the World is Wodtke?
As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d share my upcoming workshops and talks Interactions 14 South […]
Why We Can’t Get Things Done
UPCOMING! Tuesday I have a virtual seminar on OKRs! Sign up now to join me. We all have […]
Places Make Us
My Keynote from Midwest UX is available. it is about how, as we make places, places make us […]
Execution is Everything
Every published writer has had it – the people who come up to you and tell you that […]
The Sunday Report
This week has mostly been about writing. I’m revising my book, and I needed a way to make […]
How to Change the World in Four Simple Steps
The world is full of trouble. Racism, sexism, war, greed. You want to make things better, but it […]
The Sunday Report
I’m going to try something new here, and round-up the cool stuff I found each week while doing […]
Cascading Your Objectives and Key Results
In 2014, I was working with startups and this was fine. it is not fine now, and I […]
The Extra-Chunky Internet
When I first read Malcolm Gladwell’s Ketchup Conundrum in 2004, I knew it was important to the work […]
Never Take The Package Deal
If you have met Richard Saul Wurman, you have a Richard Saul Wurman story. Even 37 signals’s Jason […]
Learning from MySpace
Originally published in The Journal of Information Architecture The joy of the city is its diversity. A great city […]
Resources for Drawing Ideas
A few months back, I started a journey. As a painter, I was confident in my ability to […]
What do I call this thing?
Since I started blogging and speaking about OKRs and how to use them, it’s been clear that OKRs […]
Diversity Is Hard
The opening keynote was a woman, the closing keynote a black man. In between there were 16 white […]
Dave Gray Makes a Concept Model
I am currently obsessed with how people diagram and make concept models. I asked Dave Gray, who is […]