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Projects and experiments and writing

by Bill Wren on October 25, 2010

I haven’t been doing a great deal of posting here lately for a number of reasons — I have, however, been writing. Currently, I’m working on six different paying projects and, because I need to complete and/or maintain them, I’ve changed my schedule up a bit. Normally, when I sit down at the laptop first [...]

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What happens next?

by Bill Wren on May 11, 2010

There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s why they ask, “What happens next?” A great recent example of this in action is [...]

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Seduction and the security of diversification

by Bill Wren on April 26, 2010

We have a crazed and almost bipolar relationship with very big technology companies. We hate them as we love them; love them as we hate them. They seduce us, we know we’re being seduced, but we love the seduction even as we think, “Oh, this is going to end very badly.” Only human beings could [...]

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Satisfaction vs. success

by Bill Wren on April 12, 2010

Given a choice between satisfaction and success, I’ll take satisfaction every time. Why? Because of the difference between the two. One is focused internally and the other externally. We often speak of satisfaction as a negative thing. When we say we’re satisfied we often mean, “It’s okay. I’m satisfied.” Something is good enough, not great. [...]

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Web sites and vertical vs. horizontal

by Bill Wren on April 2, 2010

I came across a discussion on LinkedIn where the question was asked, “Why do we still design web sites that are vertical?” In the responses, I saw some examples of pages that were horizontal — you scrolled left to right. The question went on to muse about how our monitors are more landscape oriented and [...]

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