Jahr: 2009
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The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade
James Turner at O’Reilly Radar – The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade: „SOAP was a particularly egregious failure, because it was sold so heavily as the final solution to the interoperatibility problem. The catch, of course, was that no two vendors implemented the stack quite the same way, with the result that…
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What is Lean about the Lean Startup?
Kent Beck at Lessons Learned – What is Lean about the Lean Startup?: „Another basic principle of TPS [the Toyota Production System] is respect for people. One form of respect is not wasting the time of people who are creating new products and services. Another form of respect is inviting customers to be part of…
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Why I gave away my company to charity
Derek Sivers – Why I gave away my company to charity: „I get the deeper happiness of knowing the lucky streak I’ve had in my life will benefit tons of people – not just me. I get the pride of knowing I did something irreversibly smart before I could change my mind.“
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Trust but verify
Derek Sivers – Trust but verify: „But a few devastating times, I found out that I had tried too hard not to micro-manage. I hadn’t managed at all. I had said something once, thought it was understood and agreed, and assumed the best. […] In all of the cases, a simple one-minute verification along the…
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When and How to Micromanage
Joel Spolsky at Inc. – When and How to Micromanage: „I care. Ryan cares. Our staffs care. The venue manager might care but doesn’t know enough. The AV people he hired? Sometimes, they officially Don’t Care, Don’t Know How to Do Their Job, and Really Just Want to Go on Break. And the minute you…
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If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then?
Danny Sullivan – If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then?: „Yeah, in an article about how people can’t afford their homes, you show me an ad about buying an “iconic residential masterpiece” in Boca Raton. And when I don’t click on that, because it has nothing to do with my interests, you call…
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The danger of releasing too early
Gojko Adzic – The danger of releasing too early: „We should prioritise projects to be able to release early something that is genuinely useful, not partial functionality that is useless on its own. If we’re building a car for someone, it makes no sense to ask them to prioritise between breaks or steering in the…
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RFI as rich asset
Kas Thomas at CMS Watch – RFI as rich asset: „I proposed a simple expedient: Require screenshots. If a product supports a certain type of functionality via a graphical user interface, the vendor should have no qualms about showing the UI in question, doing the operation in question. It’s one thing to be told „Yes,…
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Apache Solr 1.4.0 Offically Released
Grant Ingersoll – Apache Solr 1.4.0 Offically Released: „New Solr 1.4 features include – Major performance enhancements in indexing, searching, and faceting – Revamped all-Java index replication that’s simple to configure and can replicate config files – […] Dynamic search results clustering via Carrot2 – Multi-select faceting (support for multiple items in a single category…
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Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?
Joel Spolsky at Inc. – Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?: „You worked hard to build your business; you’re counting on it for your retirement and your kids‘ college and whatever. But if you’re not taking any risks, you’re pretty much guaranteed to fail. Somewhere, there’s someone out there who is taking more risks than…