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Under Pressure 22 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Deep in the middle of the night, illuminated by the glow of five screens full of graphs, data, code, and live video, I sat on edge, as I monitored a small army of servers. The O Music Awards, a 24-hou...
It’s About Damn Time 15 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
The last two months have been a whirlwind of activity and positive evolution for Happy Cog.We have been on a small, carefully-planned hiring spree for almost all of our departments. We put a lot of mi...
For Shame. 8 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Our profession’s affection for public shaming is well-documented. Following morning exercises atop the Bauhaus, Johannes Itten lined his students at rooftop’s edge, held aloft their previous day’s wo...
Getting Real About Self-Confidence 1 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
When I was a rookie designer, self-doubt ruled my life. On a typical day, harsh criticisms like: “You’re a terrible designer! So and so asks way better questions than you do. You’re using four button...
Thomas Bayes, Save Me From Statistics! 25 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
The only class I’ve ever failed was Statistics. I mean I flat-out failed that class. Since then, I’ve been statistically impaired. I’ve never argued with the value of crunching collected data, but I’...
The Dumbest Man in Congress 18 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
Years ago, when men wore hats and the world was black and white, a small-town newspaper roused the ire of its hometown legislator, one Phineas P. Farnsworth, by labeling him “the dumbest man in Congre...
Stand on One Foot and Other Public Speaking Tips 11 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm
This is my last week at Happy Cog. I’ve coded a lot of websites in my six-plus years here, but I’ve also written and spoken a lot about coding websites. At Happy Cog, you are encouraged to put yoursel...
MegaDesk Today. MegaHotDesk Tomorrow. 27 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
Assuming you’re at work, it’s very likely you spend more time at the very desk you’re sitting at right now than you do anywhere else. However, if your employer has followed some of the latest trends i...
Keep Calm and Carry On 20 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
You know the poster: the one that was really amazingly-inspiring for a few minutes in 2000 until it was killed by hundreds of parodies. I’ll admit it. I loved it when I first saw it. Still do. In cas...
Hey Hoy! 13 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
Before I published a few posts and contributed to a podcast or two offering lo-fi career advice, I never got emails from strangers asking me for my opinion about their particular career dilemmas. Now ...
