Ben Scofield

Ben Scofield

… rarely updated

02 Nov 2017

Expert (n.)

I’m doing a deep dive into the research on expertise (or, maybe more accurately, continuing to dive into that research — it’s been something …
20 Jun 2016

Attention, please

I’m flying back from Nordic Ruby (my first conference talk in three years; my last one was at Nordic Ruby, too, which made for a lovely …
15 Jan 2015

My 2014 in Reading

I had a lot of fun writing up my year in reading last year, so I thought I’d do it again for 2014. Goals I mentioned in last year’s post …
05 Jul 2014

Wanting to be, not to do

It’s about a month and a half until my 10th wedding anniversary, and I’ve been reflecting on how I was feeling before I got married. I …
26 Apr 2014

Predictions for Comixology+Amazon

Note: I don’t have any special insight into the business arrangements here; I haven’t been paying as much attention to the comics industry …
16 Feb 2014

Postmortems: trust and confidence

I am a strong believer in the value of a good postmortem after a customer-affecting incident — and after internal incidents, and after …
04 Jan 2014

Two problems with antifragility

I’m no fan of Nassim Taleb (of black swan, antifragility, and needing-an-editor fame), but I forced myself to finish his last book …
19 Dec 2013

My 2013 in reading

I’ve been using Goodreads reliably this year to track my reading (well, the book and graphic novel portions of my reading). Over the last …