Proof that <span class="caps">SOA</span> is <span class="caps">NOT</span> Dead!

Proof that SOA is NOT Dead!

Look, they’ve made a TV show:

Nothing Like Extrapolating a Trend from a Data Point

Nothing Like Extrapolating a Trend from a Data Point

It’s always inter­est­ing when you expect one result and get one com­pletely dif­fer­ent. I would have expected the iPad to impact all sorts of things, but never would have thought there’d be a mar­ket for com­put­ing in the senior age group. I have a dif­fer­ent vis­ceral reac­tion to out­come, than I do to the chil­dren I […]

Is it Really So Hard to Communicate Clearly?

Is it Really So Hard to Communicate Clearly?

I can only imag­ine the con­ver­sa­tion around this web form:  Devel­oper 1: “All fields are required.” Devel­oper 2: “What if the user doesn’t live in the US, they won’t have a zip code.” Devel­oper 1: “Then then can just leave it off.” Devel­oper 2: “So… it’s optional?”

The Real Secret to Pricing

Here’s an arti­cle on the new Intel Ultra­book spec­i­fi­ca­tion and devel­op­ment fundthat I wish I wrote myself. It’s funny. There are a cou­ple of good lines. I’d like to add one point that the author missed. When faced with com­plex­ity, most peo­ple retreat to what they know. When it comes to tech­nol­ogy, they don’t know much. […]

The #1 Key Guiding Principle for Success

I’ve blogged about this before. Sev­eral times. You get what you mea­sure. Any sales man­ager knows this. I can’t help but make this obvi­ous com­ment after read­ing an inter­est­ing arti­cle about a new school pro­gram in Ari­zona. (This link is to their mobile page, which is great if you use Instapa­per to read it later.) This program […]