Here are some of my favorite examples of helping someone get started on the Web. If you like 25 cent words you can also file it under “usability”, “user interaction” or even “heuristics”. Tumblr – love their start up screen for the first time user Shopify – love their little floating explanation div’s that you [...]
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Some of the strengths I look for in software developers are openness and flexibility. Openness to ideas that can improve development outcomes, and flexibility in terms of being able to fit into any development process, be it Agile, Extreme, Waterfall, Rational, Scrum, or a process that has been tailored to a specific business situation.. When [...]
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I really enjoyed this article and presentation. The analogies and responsibilities are one’s I find compelling. Major Kudos to Netflix if they can enact the ideals as practice, but I like the approach of explaining clearly what’s important to them. Perhaps this is why my interactions with their Web site and staff have been so [...]
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When I first made the transition from playing music professionally to the corporate world, it was with the specific goal of helping people work together through the Web. The skill sets I had from music were not unlike engineering – and I had a long history with computers dating from seventh grade, when I began [...]
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I really enjoyed this article and presentation. The analogies and responsibilities are one’s I find compelling. Major Kudos to Netflix if they can enact the ideals as practice, but I like the approach of explaining clearly what’s important to them. Perhaps this is why my interactions with their Web site and staff have been so [...]
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I have been meaning to put this list up …here is a rough first pass at some of my favorite books. They all have something to offer, even if some have more than others. Where there are more than one author I have only listed the first for now. Marketing and Product Development: Crossing the [...]
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