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  • The future of UI – interview on CBC

    By Scott Berkun, January 29, 2010

    The folks at CBC’s Spark show interviewed me about the future of UI, and the boring post.
    Good stuff on innovation, ui design, whether I’m a curmudgeon or not, the Ipad and more. ~10:00 long.
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January 27, 2010

Should Americans get more vacation?

In a series of posts, called readers choice, I write on  whatever topics people submit and vote for.  If you dig this idea, let me know if the comments, and submit your ideas and votes.
This week’s reader’s choice…

January 26, 2010

Twitter reconsidered

I wrote a post in June of 2009 called Calling Bullshit on Social Media. The goal of the post was to put twitter, and facebook, into an honest perspective, given all the hype and idiocy surrounding the phrase social media….

Recent Essay (more essays)

#60 – How to be a free thinker

By Scott Berkun

In the same way a man can be chained to an oak tree, a mind can be chained to an assumption, a religion, a political party, or any idea of any kind. But the idea, like the tree, should not…

Essay #59 – How to pick a president

Turning off all media for 48 hours does amazing things for clarity. When you return to the web and TV, the insane and unintentional comedy of the civilized world becomes clear. As Voltaire wrote, “God is a comedian playing to…

Essay #58 – How to innovate right now

The biggest secret of innovation is that anyone can do it. The reason is simple: It’s just not that hard. Look up the word “innovate” in any dictionary and see what it actually means, instead of what you think it…

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