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I'm M. Jackson Wilkinson, a technologist, designer, speaker, educator, and writer in San Francisco. I'm the CEO and Founder of WeSprout, which is coming soon. I'm from Philadelphia, went to Bowdoin College in Maine, root for the Phillies, and love to sing.

  1. Cahier — February 09, 2010

    Diversifying Your Design Strategy

    Smart consumers balance risk in their financial investment portfolios, and smart designers should consider design and product investments the same way.

  2. Links — December 22, 2009 — 0 Comments

    Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem | Magazine

    While most entrepreneurs would like to have as much cash on hand as possible, it was a double-edged sword for the Duke Nukem Forever team:

    Yet the truth is, Broussard’s financial freedom had cut him off from all discipline. He could delay making the tough calls, seemingly forever. “One day, Broussard came in and said, ‘We could go another five years without shipping a game’” because 3D Realms still had so much money in the bank, an employee told me. “He seemed really happy about that. The other people just groaned.”

    The pursuit of perfection these guys displayed is certainly admirable, but in the end, it was completely foolish. Duke Nukem Forever became the poster child for vaporware, and it was all because they didn’t know when to call it a day and ship some software.