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Behind the Scenes at the Microsoft Zune Design Laboratory

Lead Designer: [Holding up an iPod] Ok, so we want to make one of these.

Associate Designer: Embrace and extend one of these, you mean.

LD: Right, right. [Nods] Right. So are we done?

AD: Well, no. We have to design it.

LD: I thought we were embracing their design.

AD: No, Jobs has good lawyers. We need to do [...]

The War of Art

The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield, is one of those epiphany books. It advertises itself as a guide to getting past the blocks that keep you from expressing yourself creatively, but it’s much, much more than that: it’s a manifesto on the importance of overcoming your fear and letting your soul speak through your [...]

How To Give A Presentation

Many people hate giving presentations at work, and for good reason. I personally would rather eat a plate of broken glass soaked in cyanide than get up in front of people and talk for an hour. But that’s what I had to do, yesterday. And, in order to get through the process without fainting or [...]