Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

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Lifework — A philosophy, a lifestyle, a revolution

April 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Career, Consulting, Pleasure

Around this time three years ago, I started considering the possibilities of being independently-employed for the first time. Quite honestly it had never even really occurred to me before I met people who were doing it — and were happy, successful and encouraging. It wasn’t until August of that year that I actually took the [...]

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Pleasure and Pain turns 3

January 10th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Blogging

Three years ago, I was feeling stagnant and purposeless. I wasn’t happy with the direction of my career and I didn’t know what to do about it. Without a clue what it was, I joined Twitter, and three days later I started this blog. January 10, 2008. This is a tough day for me to [...]

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Pleasure and Pain’s Most Popular Posts of 2010

December 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging

I hate end-of-year roundups. But they’re contagious, so I just can’t help myself. Here are the most tweeted, most commented posts I wrote this year. I hope you like them, too. The UX Design Process for the Boxee Beta January 27, 2010 175 tweets, 23 comments More than a year ago I very proudly announced [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 21

December 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the ~28 people who showed up for the twenty-first week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me. Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour. Whit [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 12

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 35 people who showed up for the twelfth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me. Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour (new [...]

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