Adam Kalsey

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Form or function in hotel design (November 11, 2015) The hotel has one of the most beautifully designed rooms I've ever stayed in. It's also the worst designed hotel room I've ever stayed in.

TechBurnOrati (February 2, 2007) Technorati's logo for their new service looks familiar

Intuitive (June 6, 2006) An intuitive interface is natural only because of previously-learned behaviors.

Fresh paint (July 7, 2004) I started refactoring the site and ended up with a new design.

Signs (February 2, 2004) Beautiful and useful signage.

Rounded corners in CSS (July 7, 2003) There lots of ways to create rounded corners with CSS, but they always require lots of complex HTML and CSS. This is simpler.

Simplified Form Errors (July 7, 2003) One of the most frustrating experiences on the Web is filling out forms. When mistakes are made, the user is often left guessing what they need to correct. We've taken an approach that shows the user in no uncertain terms what needs to be fixed.

Be yourself (June 6, 2003) When does emulating Amazon's user experience become copying?

Rounded tab corners (May 5, 2003) Jemima Pereira has added rounded corners to my CSS tabs code. By opening the code, it was made stronger. That's the value of open source.

Cingular Standards (April 4, 2003) Cingular Wireless is now using CSS for their site layout.

Credible Design (November 11, 2002) If you want your customers to have confidence in your company, make sure your site is well-designed.

Commercial CSS layout (October 10, 2002) Here's a couple of large-scale Web sites that use CSS instead of tables for layout. Do you know of others?

Embrace the medium (October 10, 2002) The Web is different than print, television, or any other medium. To be successful, designers must embrace those differences.

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Aug 1: Most companies cascade OKRs down their org chart thinking it creates alignment. Instead, it fragments strategy and marginalizes supporting teams. Here's what works better than the waterfall approach.
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Jul 23: Most teams struggle with prioritization because they're trying to optimize for everything at once. The real problem isn't having too many options—it's not having a clear strategy to choose between them. Without strategy, every decision feels equally important. With strategy, most decisions become obvious.
Behind schedule
Jul 21: Your team is 6 weeks late and still missing features. The solution isn't working harder—it's accepting that your deadlines were fake all along. Ship what you have. Cut ruthlessly. Stop letting "one more day" turn into one more month.
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Jun 21: AI and megafunds are about to kill the traditional venture model, forcing smaller VCs to stop hunting for hidden gems and start rolling up their sleeves to fix broken companies instead.
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May 3: AI can process data at lightning speed, but wisdom comes from human judgment—picking the best imperfect option when facts alone don’t point the way.
Decoding Product Leadership Titles
Mar 18: Not all product leadership titles mean what they sound like. ‘Head of Product’ can mean anything from a senior PM to a true VP. Here’s how to tell the difference.

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