What if your man­ager sets a totally unre­al­is­tic dead­line for your design but con­veys a very dif­fer­ent belief. And you feel he’s full of it because you don’t hear him talk­ing but his boss? What do you do?

We have cre­ated a com­plete indus­try around high stand­ing mem­bers in our soci­ety, only to encap­su­late their moments of deep­est despair.

You can build a piece of fur­ni­ture with just a ham­mer, but it depends on what your def­i­n­i­tion of “fur­ni­ture” is, because with just a ham­mer you won’t get very far.

Even though from the out­side the appar­ent behav­iour may seem strange or out of place, the incen­tives dri­ving the per­son behind the behav­iour can ALWAYS be understood.

For Soft­ware Design­ers, Require­ment Engi­neers or any other soft­ware project par­tic­i­pant, short ver­sus long term think­ing can make or break projects. Read why

Soft­ware Design­ers need to be aware of the need of a solid soft­ware project foun­da­tion in order for them to fully max­imise the poten­tial of their soft­ware designs

Gol­lum, cham­pagne and soft­ware design­ing all in one post… is that even pos­si­ble? Read more to find out!