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The Corporate Hamster Wheel
An honest and often irreverent look at life on the corporate hamster wheel, and what it’s like to escape it.
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A Valuable Lesson I Learned as a Trainee Programmer in 1979
A Valuable Lesson I Learned as a Trainee Programmer in 1979
And why this might be important to fledgling entrepreneurs
Mark Stuart Farrar
Aug 13
What Is the Think-Aloud Protocol?
What Is the Think-Aloud Protocol?
And how can you use it to design and test system usability?
Mark Stuart Farrar
Aug 6
How Not to Treat Your Employees
How Not to Treat Your Employees
And why you should always have a side-hustle on the go
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 30
How the Worst Possible Idea Can Lead to Good Ideas
How the Worst Possible Idea Can Lead to Good Ideas
It’s a bit like Reverse Thinking on steroids
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 23
What Is the Most Important Decision You Need to Make as an Entrepreneur?
What Is the Most Important Decision You Need to Make as an Entrepreneur?
Hint: it’s probably not what you’re expecting
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 16
A Short Review of Minimalist Side Hustles: Do It On Your Terms! by Jamie Northrup
A Short Review of Minimalist Side Hustles: Do It On Your Terms! by Jamie Northrup
A book that follows its own advice
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 15
Attribute Listing as an Ideation Technique
Attribute Listing as an Ideation Technique
A systematic way to create new variations of existing products or services
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 9
Why My Two of My Businesses Succeeded
Why My Two of My Businesses Succeeded
And what you can learn from this
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jul 2
Using Forced Connections to Solve Problems Creatively
Using Forced Connections to Solve Problems Creatively
A similar technique to random words with one crucial difference
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jun 25
When Is a Keyboard Not a Keyboard?
When Is a Keyboard Not a Keyboard?
My introduction to touch typing in the 1970s and why everyone should learn this skill
Mark Stuart Farrar
Jun 23
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