Technology

Why Might Someone Want to Change Api Providers?

I was asked this ques­tion ear­lier today, and I think it’s an impor­tant point. Let me start with a story. It’s a com­mon tale, one of ambi­tion and good-intent. Hap­pens all the time. Peo­ple in a com­pany (or, “resources in an orga­ni­za­tion” if you talk like a corporate-weenie) fig­ure out how to solve prob­lems, often work­ing around […]

Happy Birthday, Muffin

Most of you prob­a­bly know of my affec­tion for caf­feine. What you might not know is how deeply I adore muffins. They’re like the best of cake, cup­cakes, and bread all in one tiny lit­tle pack­age. That’s why I so delighted to announce my friend’s new project: Happy Birth­day Muf­fin (no comma). Cel­e­brate a birth­day with […]

Here’s an Idea for Brand Innovation Using Technology

It’s excit­ing to think about the brand inno­va­tion pos­si­ble as tech­nol­ogy spreads through every aspect of our lives. While watch­ing TV last night I saw a Charles Schwab com­mer­cial. The com­mer­cial talked about all sorts of “reg­u­lar peo­ple” who trade and invest with them. The com­mer­cial trig­gered an “eh” response in me, fol­lowed by a “why don’t […]

An App is a Feature

I’m always look­ing for a new metaphor, today (as I was strolling through Kobe in search of a latte) I think I came upon another. I keep hear­ing about how few apps are mak­ing money, and how hard it is. I’m sure it is. But I think that’s the wrong lens to view your idea […]

Progress Software Divests Talent and Innovation

Progress Software’s strat­egy of cre­at­ing a multi-tenant PaaS infra­struc­ture to cap­i­tal­ize on big data is sound. Try­ing to do it with Main­frame, CEP, and data­base dri­vers is the con­fus­ing part. Read Neil Ward-Dutton’s analy­sis for good perspective.