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Here Comes the Parade

I wrote an article entitled “How To Keep It Simple” for today’s edition of Parade Magazine. It’s a simplified version of the Laws which I think works better for the 34 million of Parade readers that face the daunting task of shopping for the holiday gift-giving season. As a huge fan of The Office it’s a personal victory for me to appear on the same spread in the magazine. Long live Dwight!

seen   Nov 19, '06

9 Responses to “Here Comes the Parade”

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   Seung-Hun  November 25, 2006

   There is no way for me to watch The Office in my country. However just 5 short video clips of The Office at nbc.com make me laugh. Now I understand where your humor came from.

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   Keith Instone  November 26, 2006

   I think the timing of your Parade article is a coincidence. It was published the same week as World Usability Day (November 14th). If so, great timing! See http://worldusabilityday.org/ for more information.

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   maeda  November 26, 2006

   Thanks for bring it up Keith. I was personally chided by Liz for not working to promote WUD more. Everyone follow Director Liz!

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   Keith Instone  November 26, 2006

   One of the best things about World Usability Day is - “there is always next year”. Perhaps Parade magazine would like to do something next year that is more tightly linked to WUD. Maybe a “guide to holiday gadget buying that makes life simpler” that they publish and is integrated into various WUD events. Maybe Bose, which appears to advertise a lot in Parade, could tout their user centered design methods. Or some other article that let’s consumers know that there are companies that care about making life simple. And so on.

   Keith
   PS Does your book tour bring you through Ohio?

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   maeda  November 26, 2006

   “WUD” sounds like “WMD.” Makes me nervous for some reason I’ve been to Ohio a few times in my life. Nice place. No immediate plans unfortunately.

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   maeda  December 8, 2006

   How interesting. It really is a spam-bot of sorts. I wonder if it’s customized around my passcode. Let me see if I can neutralize it.