Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

Why have children, or – as a company – why have customers? (Assuming you’re lucky enough to have them.) You better treat your customers as grown-ups, but I think there’s some similarities. In both cases, it’s the natural thing to do: We have the former for more love in our lives, and the latter for…

I just discovered this article from 2004, which I can strongly relate to (having worked with headphones for years now)… Jeff Atwood – This is your Anti-Productivity Pod: “’Staying late or arriving early or staying home to work in peace is a damning indictment of the office environment.‘ […] Changing your work environment, however, is…

Ralph Windsor and Naresh Sarwan of DAM News have published an excellent article: The Digital Asset Management Value Chain: The Future Direction Of DAM In 2013 And Beyond describes the current market, with literally dozens of similar vendors “commit[ing] major proportions of their development team’s time […] replicating functionality that a section of their competitors…

Ralph Windsor and Naresh Sarwan of DAM News – The Digital Asset Management Value Chain: The Future Direction Of DAM In 2013 And Beyond: “As a buyer, you can’t pick and choose features from one and plug them into another, you have to sift through reams of potential options and try to select the least…

David Heinemeier Hansson – Your life’s work: “In an industry so focused on the booms and busts, I find myself a kindred spirit with the firms of old. Places where people happily reported to work for 40 years, picking up a snazzy gold watch at the end as a token of life-long loyalty. Committing myself…

“D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS. D3’s emphasis on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework, combining powerful visualization components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation.”

“Subtitles by fiddleware: Easily create subtitles for your videos directly in your web browser.”

Michael Lopp (Rands In Repose) back in January 2011 – Managing Nerds: “Amaze your nerd. Build calm and dark places where invoking the Zone is trivial. Perform consistently and efficiently around your nerd so they can spend their energy on what they build and not worry about that which they can’t control. Help them scale…

Kas Thomas – Going on a Software-Design Feature Fast: “Find out (via built-in analytics) what the least-used feature of your product is. Get rid of it. […] Replace [it] with API methods and helpful tooling (an SDK). Charge no money for the SDK.”

Derek Sivers – Everything is my fault: “I announced decisions, then assumed they were being done, without following-up to ensure. I whimsically delegated to the wrong people, avoiding the mental work of choosing wisely. […] Now you’re the powerful person that made things happen, made a mistake, and can learn from it. Now you’re in…