March 2008

Reconceiving Resumes

by Brian on 03-23-2008

in general

Here is a recent post from Seth Godin, top selling marketing author and one of the web’s most popular bloggers, on the importance (or unimportance) of resumes. Godin’s criticism is that, “Having a resume begs for you to go into that big machine that looks for relevant keywords, and begs for you to get a [...]

The New Pragmatist

by Brian on 03-05-2008

in general

I’ve been quiet here lately because I was working on a big Open Conceptual essay. This is exciting because I haven’t managed to pull one of these off since November. (Somehow I used to write one per week last fall.) The New Pragmatist is actually my longest essay so far, and maybe my best. It [...]

The New Pragmatist

by Brian on 03-03-2008

in general

Last week I was checking out the new Alltop aggregator and noticed the title, Pragmatism and the Future of Product Design on the Critical Mass’s Experience Matters blog, posted by Dave Robertson. As with the topic of my last post on frank’snotes, I was excited to find other people discussing what I’m passionate about (I [...]