Friday File - 17 August, 2007

Another week down. A pretty good mix in the file today, which makes up for last week’s admittedly weaker performance.

Cynthia Rettig over at MIT Sloan gives us a great article on enterprise software, and why, frankly it sucks so badly. I’ll be passing this one along given recent frustrations. Unfortunately, Ms. Rettig offers little in the way of solutions.

Alan Becker faces the horrors of flash animation gone bad, in a highly amusing piece of work. I’m not usually into this stuff, but this one’s worth the time. Brilliant.

Here’s a great bit from Seth Godin on “being the opposite“. Short. Sweet. Insightful.

Finally, Steve Pavlina again, with perhaps the best article I’ve ever read on self improvement. If you’re feeling down, a little beat up or just unhappy with life, you really need to read it.

I’m out for this week. Next week: A new business idea, all about goals and a brand new feature for the currently vacant Thursday spot.

Until then!