Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

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Clay Shirky – The Collapse of Complex Business Models: „Some video still has to be complex to be valuable, but the logic of the old media ecoystem, where video had to be complex simply to be video, is broken. Expensive bits of video made in complex ways now compete with cheap bits made in simple…

Theresa Regli at CMS Watch – Core application versus corollary applications in DAM: „Where the confusion often starts is when, as is often the case with DAM products, #2 [the external or „self-service“ application] looks completely different from #1 [the „core“ application]. This is where it’s important to note that most DAM products are a…

Cal Evans at php|architect – The Number One Developer Productivity Tool: „If you require your developers to work onsite, the number one productivity tool you provide for them is a door that closes (well, 4 walls and a ceiling to go with it). Given control of their environment, developers can reach their peak productivity most…

„Tsung is an open-source multi-protocol distributed load testing tool. It can be used to stress HTTP, WebDAV, SOAP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, LDAP and Jabber/XMPP servers.“ (Via Nat Torkington at O’Reilly Radar.)

Joshua Duhl at We Speak Digital Media – The Importance of Usability in Digital Asset Management: „By contrast the other DAM systems used an approach that took into account the user’s role, permissions or privileges to inform the UI what to display and what to hide. The user interface was tailored to the role, set…

Mike Taylor – Whatever happened to programming?: „And then — anyone who’s ever actually released software will recognise this — then in a sense the actual work begins. For the program to stop being a private project and become a public product, it needs documentation — APIs, command-line manuals, tutorials. It needs unit tests. It…

Tom Krazit at CNET News – Google announces business app store for Google Apps: „Scott Farquhar, CEO of software tools company Atlassian, showed how Google Apps can be integrated directly into his company’s software development tools. For example, software developers using Atlassian’s project-management tools can have Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Chat applications integrated directly…

Matt Gemmell – iPad Application Design: „Most users need only a small set of features, and software is better when it’s focused. A nice side-effect of focused software is that the UI is easier to design and comprehend (because there’s less of it, and it’s more obvious why each thing is there). The trick is…

Dave Rodenbaugh – Five Pervasive Myths About Older Software Developers: „Experienced software developers smell crap a mile away. […] They won’t put up with managers asking them to work 80 hours a week because the customer wants the software next month and they already told you it will take 3 more months to complete with…