How to to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding.

How to to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding.

I’ve been actively developing software for the past 17 - 18 years. When I began, back in 1987, the recommended language of choice was C. The rationale at that time being that C is a language that closely and faithfully mimics the inner workings of the underlying low level machinery. Obsession with the infrastructure. Yes, computing [...]

I’ve been actively developing software for the past 17 - 18 years. When I began, back in 1987, the recommended language of choice was C. The rationale at that time being that C is a language that closely and faithfully mimics the inner workings of the underlying low level machinery. Obsession with the infrastructure. Yes, computing [...]

Media companies must allow bloggers and citizen journalists to interact with their content or risk becoming less relevant

Media companies must allow bloggers and citizen journalists to interact with their content or risk becoming less relevant

I follow Signal vs. Noise blog regularly, and today came across a very interesting research that was reported in the Yahoo news — Complexity causes 50% of product returns. After reading about the conclusions how complexity is to blame for bad business practices, I had to disagree and point to another, much more virulent culprit [...]

I follow Signal vs. Noise blog regularly, and today came across a very interesting research that was reported in the Yahoo news — Complexity causes 50% of product returns. After reading about the conclusions how complexity is to blame for bad business practices, I had to disagree and point to another, much more virulent culprit [...]

I’ve been enjoying the writings of Kathy Sierra and Amy Hoy for quite some time now. For example, reading the latest edition of Objective View and stumbling upon Amy Hoy’s article “Ruby’s a Gem” made me smile from ear to ear. I simply couldn’t wipe an idiotic grin off my face — her writing is that [...]

I’ve been enjoying the writings of Kathy Sierra and Amy Hoy for quite some time now. For example, reading the latest edition of Objective View and stumbling upon Amy Hoy’s article “Ruby’s a Gem” made me smile from ear to ear. I simply couldn’t wipe an idiotic grin off my face — her writing is that [...]

I offer this to those who, like me, didn’t know this had been codified. I’m so glad someone thought of this, and gave it name. Am I the only one for whom this is news? It’s a playful idea, to call it a “Law”, but it’s good to know that something that emerged in the [...]

I offer this to those who, like me, didn’t know this had been codified. I’m so glad someone thought of this, and gave it name. Am I the only one for whom this is news? It’s a playful idea, to call it a “Law”, but it’s good to know that something that emerged in the [...]

Believe it or not, there was a time when computers commanded plenty of awe and respect. In the olden days, an average computing machinery came with a million plus dollars price tag. Any item that costs more than a million bucks has gotta be something amazing, right? Today’s average computers are truly amazing when compared with [...]

Believe it or not, there was a time when computers commanded plenty of awe and respect. In the olden days, an average computing machinery came with a million plus dollars price tag. Any item that costs more than a million bucks has gotta be something amazing, right? Today’s average computers are truly amazing when compared with [...]

Language is technology. This is not immediately obvious to most of us, but our ability to use and extend and invent languages is a technological achievement (some may even say, our first ever technological achievement). The latest in the series of languages invented by humans are programming languages. Upon discovering (or inventing)...