The power of One An Article by Kathy Sierra headrush.typepad.com It's not teams that are the problem, it's the rabid insistence on teamwork. Group think. Committee decisions. Most truly remarkable ideas did not come from teamwork. Most truly brave decisions were not made through teamwork. The team's role should be to act as a supportive environment for a collection of individuals. People with their own unique voice, ideas, thoughts, perspectives. A team should be there to encourage one another to pursue the wild ass ideas, not get in lock step to keep everything cheery and pleasant. ideasteamworkcollaboration
A Conference Without Slides An Article by Vitaly Friedman www.smashingmagazine.com What if there was a web conference without slides? At SmashingConf Toronto we will do exactly that. All talks will be live coding and design sessions on stage, showing how our speakers design und build stuff — including pattern libraries setup, design workflows and shortcuts, debugging, naming conventions, and everything in between. The Cognitive Style of PowerPointBan PowerPoints