Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 27, 2009
Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 15 Basic Steps To Mind-Blowing Customer Service: Lessons From A Paris Produce Shop by Starbucker on December 27, 2009 My wife and I have been in Paris on a two week vacation, spending the holidays in one of my favorite cities in the world.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 9, 2009
I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. I always take a very different approach in early conversations. If I’m being asked to do startup software development, I’m going to push fairly hard on key questions that the startup needs to have answered before
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Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 28, 2009
Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Google Makes an Acquisition to Help Build Google Wave. Google acquires [link] a online word processor that lets people to work together in real-time [link] ht @itworks [from [link].
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Code Simplicity
DECEMBER 1, 2009
A long time ago, I wrote an essay called “Why Computers Suck” (it was given the title “Computers” and “ What’s Wrong With Computers ” in two later revisions, and the original title never saw the light of day). The article was fairly long, but it basically came down to the idea that computers suck because programmers create crazy complicated stuff that nobody else can understand, and complexity builds on complexity until every aspect of a program becomes
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Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 13, 2009
Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leader’s 5 Keys to No Nonsense Communication by Starbucker on December 13, 2009 I like words. All kinds of words. I guess you could say I’m infatuated with the English language. In fact, one of my favorite books of all-time is Webster’s Dictionary.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 14, 2009
Just saw a great post by Mark Geller - Developers wanted… in Los Angeles, U.S.A. (you can get to know Mark a bit more in my post Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller ). Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A. If you have solid web skills and a few years experience, either with a commercial company or running your own legit projects, there are dozens of companies in L.A. who would love to talk with you.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2009
IBM - Smart Business - United States. So far today in Rochester, seen IBM Smart Business [[link] a new cloud-integrated iTunes-like app marketplace & service. [from [link]. Are SOA and Agile a Good Match? - ebizQ Forum. RT @Peter_ebizQ Do SOA and Agile work well together? You know, like chocolate and peanut butter. [link] < Hot convo, join in [from [link].
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Steve Farber
DECEMBER 23, 2009
My friend, Timna Pilch , described this video as “the most adorable, weirdest thing&# she’s ever seen. “Adorable&# and “weird&# are words you don’t often hear in combination, but I think they’re fitting in this context. I offer you this adorable/weird video of our cat, Rudy, and dog, Ellie, as a treat for the holidays.
The Programmer's Paradox
DECEMBER 30, 2009
You'd think I'd learn. You really would. I've posted a number of entries about issues with ZFC set theory, all of which, through the patient help of a number of readers, have proven to not live up to their expectations. As it stands, nothing I've said so far has shown any real problems within set theory. ZFC set theory has proven itself durable, and although I find some non-intuitive attributes to the formal system, it has proven itself consistent.
Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full How A Glass Half Full Helped Me (And Can Help You Too) by Starbucker on December 20, 2009 TerryStarbucker.com turns 4 on 12/25; Today, in marking this anniversary, I tell the story of how my philosophy of "Half-Fullism" was born.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 7, 2009
I talk to a lot of founders of startups. My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Normally the product is defined as a web site. Most founders are fairly passionate about the features and functions of the web site, iPhone application, Facebook application, or whatever web application represents the product.
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Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Home About the Blog Michael’s Bio Resources Lead on Purpose Entries RSS | Comments RSS Top Posts Lead on Purpose featured Five leadership practices for improving customer service Five factors of leadership Real-world examples of customer service Leadership and Product Management Five stages of problem solving Guest Post: The Yin-Yang of Product Management -- Market Sensing Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Market sensing Product manager responsibilities Recent Comments Doug Tay
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2009
BriefingsDirect Transcripts: BriefingsDirect Analysts Unpack the Psychology of Project Management Via 'Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0' and SOA. Top Analysts Unpack the Psychology of Project Management Via Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0 & SOA: [link] A terrific convo IMO. ;-) [from [link]. Video review of Andrew McAfee’s “Enterprise 2.0″ « Customers Are Talking.
Code Simplicity
DECEMBER 29, 2009
So, there’s a lot of talk on the Internet about privacy. Some people say that privacy is only desired by those who have something to hide. Some people insist that privacy is a human right that should never be violated without consent. There’s only one problem with this whole debate: what is privacy, and why would anybody want it? This is rarely defined–most people just seem to assume that “everybody knows” that privacy is, so why would it have to be explained?
Sailpoint
DECEMBER 27, 2009
Despite the economic challenges, this has been a record year for SailPoint as we’ve doubled our customer base and expanded into Europe and APAC. As we look forward to 2010, we have been reflecting upon the recession and how it will impact next year – particularly in regard to how companies consume, purchase and view technology. With that in mind, I offer the following four trends and predictions for 2010: 1.
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Jeremiah Grossman
DECEMBER 25, 2009
Ten of Application Security industry's coolest, most interesting, important, and entertaining links from the past week -- in no particular order. Web-Based Worms: How XSS Is Paving the Way for Future Malware Best Security Improvements in 2009? Securing tomcat Microsoft IIS vuln leaves users open to remote attack My Gmail Account and Google Apps Got Hacked Is code auditing of open source apps necessary before deployment?
The Agile Manager
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Michael Milken , the former junk bond king, has a charitable foundation. His foundation did some research a few years ago that determined that 70% of 7 chronic illnesses - things like diabetes, heart disease, lung cancer and so forth - are preventable through lifestyle change. They concluded that if people took better lifestyle decisions, doctors could focus their energies on enhancing and improving the quality and duration of life.
Ruminations of a Programmer
DECEMBER 23, 2009
Alex Popescu talks about Drizzle replication in his MyNoSql column. He makes a very interesting observation in his post regarding Drizzle's replication capabilities into a host of NoSQL storage backends. "Leaving aside the technical details — which are definitely interesting., the solution using the Erlang AMQP. implementation RabbitMQ. — I think this replication layer could represent a good basis for SQL-NoSQL hybrid solutions".
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2009
Twitter / Jerry W. Purple: ZINGERS. Take a look at th. Take a look at this fantastic image on Web 2.0 and co-creative community: [link] and [link] (via @twHIVE_W20) [from [link]. [link]. Take a look at this fantastic image on Web 2.0 and co-creative community: [link] and [link] (via @twHIVE_W20) [from [link]. Enterprise 2.0: Study Shows Adoption is Real - ReadWriteEnterprise.
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The Programmer's Paradox
DECEMBER 24, 2009
Revision 2.0: Dec 28, 2009 -- I've made the changes suggested by Chad Groft, and boris in their excellent comments. Before you go any further, PLEASE read this introductory paragraph fully and carefully. Over the last couple of weeks, I've been writing several posts about a very subtle problem in ZFC set theory, whose results wind through a great deal of the existing work.
Steve Farber
DECEMBER 21, 2009
The inspiring folks at smokin’ hot Kineticom (whom I’ve written about many times on this blog) have done a remarkable job of integrating The Radical LEAP into the fabric of their company. For one thing, they give a yearly award for Love, Energy, Audacity and Proof to the team member who best embodies each quality in the way he or she approaches work.
Jeremiah Grossman
DECEMBER 23, 2009
In case you haven’t seen the news , Fortify recently launched a one-stop SaaS shop ( Fortify on Demand ) for software security testing (support for Java,NET, and PHP). This snippet from their site spells the offering out nicely: “Fortify on Demand is a set of hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions that allow any organization to test and score the security of all software with greater speed and accuracy.
QAspire
DECEMBER 21, 2009
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid I was recently studying the anatomy of failed/troubled projects and following came out as a learning. Here are top 10 project management mistakes that should be avoided: Estimating project tasks based on poor inputs on scope and too many assumptions. Starting project without 102% clarity (100% clarity on scope/technology and 2% knowledge of how you can add value).
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Ruminations of a Programmer
DECEMBER 13, 2009
Over the weekend I upgraded my Chrome to the developer channel and played around a bit with Web Sockets. It's really really exciting and for sure will make us think of Web applications in a different way. Web Sockets have been described as the "TCP for the Web" and will standardize bidirectional communication technology for Web applications. The way we think today of push technology is mostly through Comet bsed implementations that use "long polling".
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
DECEMBER 24, 2009
bit.ly, a simple url shortener. RT @johnguidos Social Networks Evolving Faster Than Laws Can Govern: [link] [from [link].
The Programmer's Paradox
DECEMBER 19, 2009
What I am about to say, if true will really surprise a lot of people. We all have a tendency to believe that once something is locked in stone, then by virtue of that, it is unshakable. Well, that's mostly true, but mankind has a vast amount of learning left to do. Picture a spreadsheet, but it's no ordinary spreadsheet. To the left and to the right it extends out infinity.
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