A Prayer for Molly

Earlier this week, I attended the STC Summit in Dallas. I spoke in the Usability and User Experience track on the importance of sketching in the design process. The STC organizers did a wonderful job putting on theirconference. Molly Holzschlag of Molly.com was scheduled to give a keynote presentation, but she had to cancel at the last minute because of an ear infection. Rumors did spread through the conference about a keynote speaker missing. As rumors go, they were mostly negative and completely FALSE. Yesterday, I sent an email to Molly to let her know that people were extremely disappointed about her not making the keynote talk. Molly is a wonderful thinker and leader in the community. The conference attendees did want to see Molly. In many respects, the extreme disappointment is a tribute to Molly’s contributions. The audience wanted to see Molly, hear her voice, and learn from her. Molly and I exchanged some really great emails. She told me about her ear infection and these antibiotics that prevented her from traveling. Today, I want you to take a few minutes to pray for Molly Holzschlag.