More than a living

To continue to riff on the “Common sense isn’t so common” theme…
I know you’re a smart cookie. So I know, for certain, that you’re often blindsided by moments of clarity. Insanely insightful leaps of intuition that just kind of pop into your head.
“It all seems so obvious,” you say to yourself. And after people quit […]

Here are good ol’ More than a living, we like to think we’re pretty upfront about our mistakes.
It’s not that we like making them.
But once they’re made, there’s a certain amount of catharsis in delving into the causes and results of the mistake. Especially when it helps us see the correct path for solving the […]

Sigh. Since you asked. Yeah, that’s the long and the short of it.
Kumquat is on the way. Seriously. No, I mean it.
Good thing this is a personal project and not for a real client.
As if I don’t feel bad enough, Basecamp continues to rub it in. Guilting me me, day after day after day.
Hang on, […]

Sometimes, these things just write themselves. Or I write them, when I’m doing something else. Either way, this little ditty I composed seem worthy of inflicting upon the masses.
I’m going to elaborate a bit on a problem with which I’ve struggled my whole professional life. (I’m sure Toby will be willing to corroborate this.) It […]

Sometimes, you can provide too much detail.
What? Rick? Mr. Over explain everything? Surely you jest.
No, I’m serious. (Re-reading this post, I realize I have committed this sin, yet again.)
Let me give you an example.
If you are around me for any period of time, you’ll hear me utter a common phrase.
“I’m not a designer.”
I realize that […]

Since I’m in a self-deprecating mood, now seems to be as good of a time as any to write the next entry in our series of mistakes surrounding the development of Kumquat.
Kumquat launches on February 14. No really. It says it right there on the schedule. February 14, 2007.
So where is it?
Well, it didn’t launch […]

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I would try to take some time to highlight some of the mistakes we’ve made (and maybe are continuing to make) with Kumquat.
Now, there are plenty of mistakes through which to sift, so I was trying to decide where to begin. That took some time. Plus, I wanted […]

I am really good at making mistakes.
Ask anyone.
They infuriate me. But I make them. Quite a bit.
But often, I’m not really supposed to talk about those mistakes. Because my employer might find it embarrassing. Or because shareholders may lose faith. Or because it may make me look bad.
There are a variety of reasons. And I […]