Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info Professional Curmudgeon — Geek — Software Professional Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:05:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What about phase four… hatred? http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9172 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9172#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:05:46 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9172 I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases.  There’s vision, patience and execution.

Steve Ballmer]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9172 0 Marketing http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9168 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9168#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:05:48 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9168 Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

Bill Gates]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9168 0 Creativity http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9166 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9166#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:05:30 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9166 Many people think they can’t paint, but I think everyone has artistic ability of some kind.

Eva Wines]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9166 0 Personal Choice http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9163 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9163#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:04:25 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9163 Whether you get a speeding ticket or not is completely within your power.

Lt. Eric Roeske, Minnesota State Patrol]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9163 0 Stability http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9153 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9153#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:53:49 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9153 Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

Warren Buffett]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9153 0 Livin’ the miracle http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9151 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9151#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:09:43 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9151 Love at first sight is easy to understand.  It’s when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle.

Sam Levenson]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9151 0 Prophesy http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9145 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9145#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:49:19 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9145 The way you see them is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is the way they often become.

Zig Ziglar]]> http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9145 0 Waste Time http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=7470 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=7470#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:00:41 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=7470
  • Music from my adolescence. Ohhh yeahhhh.
  • People spliced together (clever!) into an eternal moonwalk
  • George Washington transcribed these civility and manners rules from an old Jesuit handbook
  • Only four phone booths left in NYC, all in my ‘hood on West End Avenue
  • “Welcome to our branding house” – great sendup of ironic hipster agencies
  • MC D. Vader, as you’ve never seen him before.
  • Esther Dyson has over 4 *billion* emails in her inbox?  My head just exploded.
  • Easy science quiz – only 10% of Americans who took the test actually got all 12 answers
  • Here’s the cool trailer for a “Tron” sequel, slated for 2010
  • Fun with verbal tics (heard on podcasts and radio all the time)
  • Bob Mankoff on humor & Jewish humor
  • Funny gotta-be-a-hoax about an airport in Central Park
  • Amazing, must-see crowdsourced music video
  • How Ben Franklin started his day
  • Today’s Blondie quote, with some visual strangeness
  • A wall of fluff, different each time you load
  • Fun Addams cartoons
  • Neat chalkboard animation
  • Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the pentatonic scale
  • Roller-babies – not sure if it’s funny or creepy
    • from Good Experience newsletter]]>     http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=7470 0     Usability testing http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9139 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9139#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:00:42 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9139 We don’t need no stinking usability testing…

    University Website from xkcd.com, 29-Jul-2010

    This is the result of the sales department being in charge of the web site, instead of the people who know about marketing, the department who’s supposed to be in charge of customer research.

    ]]>     http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9139 0     Leading http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9124 http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9124#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:33:01 +0000 Dr. Wingnut http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=9124 Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

    Steve Jobs]]>     http://www.drwingnut.info/?feed=rss2&p=9124 0