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Tech Ed 2007: register now!
2007-07-18 20:46:00 People, Register now for the 2007 Tech Ed, an event organized for software developers (5 - 9 November 2007) and IT pros (12 - 16 November 2007) already familiar or willing to learn more about the Microsoft platform. It’s taking place in Barelona, Cataluña, Spain. Since you read my blog and I’m a nice person, here are ... More About: Software , Europe , Internet , Education , Entertainment
5 reasons SaaS developers enjoy their job
2007-07-17 23:41:00 If you’re a software-as-a-service publisher (eg Google as far as Google Earth or Google Gear aren’t concerned, SalesForce, Idylis, TellMeWhere, Netsuite, Excentive, Facebook, Zlio, Brainsonic, Microsoft as far as Live or Titan are concerned, U.[Lik], eBay, Yahoo!, Inspirational Stores Group, Amazon, 37Signals, Neocase, Advance IT, Constellation, blueKiwi, SideTrade, Twitter, etc.), here are 5 reasons you’ll ... More About: Internet , Java , Project Management
?Grinding it out? - the franchisee?s manual
2007-07-17 23:33:00 This another part in the saga of my thoughts on ‘Grinding it out‘, an account of Mcdonalds, written by Ray Kroc. I’m about 3/4 into the 210-page book. Let me start with a disclaimer: ‘Grinding it out’ is a book written to promote the McDonalds way and aimed at motivating existing staff and operators, as ... More About: Economics , Globalization , Books , Africa , Outsourcing
The Ghost of the Desktop RSS Reader
2007-07-17 09:05:00 I noticed that I’d migrated unconsciousnessly into using Google Reader as my main RSS Reader. Previously I’d used NetNewsWire Lite like many others (even occasionally using it with NewsGator Online). There were many underlining reasons for this. First of all, NetNewsWire Lite doesn’t archive posts, so I found out that if didn’t read posts from some ... More About: Desktop , Ghost , The Ghost , The D
Open source can be very, very expensive
2007-07-17 00:22:00 I had dinner tonight with a friend and technical consultant jumping from a 3-month mission for an industrial companies to another 3-month mission for another industrial company. So far, so good. The issue is that one of these clients hates to pay for software and has the weird habit of wanting to develop in-house all its ... More About: Software , Europe , Economics , Globalization , Education
Attract software developers and boost your GDP
2007-07-15 23:34:00 Dubai isn’t dumb when it comes to economic policy. Some economists there have noticed software giants (Google , Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, SAP, IBM, BEA, Yahoo!, etc.) acquired companies on a valuation related to the number of software developers such preys accounted. A few years ago, it was commonly agreed that a software giant would be willing ... More About: Software , Economics , Globalization , Education
Twitter - streams of consciousness
2007-07-14 09:57:00 This is a plug, I can’t call it anything else. But it’s a well-meant one. Last night I checked out Twitter for the first time. I had been avoiding it like the plague until now. It just seemed the place for disclosure-junkies like Scoble and other bloggers. And even though I disclose a lot online, more ... More About: Software , Entertainment , Organization , Business Intelligence
America - the land of process-innovation?
2007-07-13 15:32:00 I’m currently reading ‘Grinding it out‘, the tale of McDonalds through the eyes of Ray Krog. A review will follow eventually, but here are some initial conclusions. The first few pages were about Krok’s rise to power, what made the man the man he is. A first note is that he was really a blue-collar worker, ... More About: America , Economics , Globalization , Internet , Education
Sam & Max - Episodic gaming that works
2007-07-12 15:14:00 It’s safe to say that I learned some of my English from the great adventure games from LucasArts and Sierra. There was something magical about the Space Quest series, Indiana Joneses, Maniac Mansions, Monkey Islands and, yes, even Leisure Suit Larries that I’m afraid is lost to that era and can’t be resurrected (cf. the hopefully ... More About: Software , Internet , Gaming , Works , Business strategy
I tested the iPhone?
2007-07-10 22:50:00 …about a week ago @ VirtuOZ party in Paris. Thank you Franck Lassagne from Giiks (in French) for bringing yours. I could only play with it for a few seconds as Cédric Giorgi - see my blogroll, left in the background, and Jérôme Bouteiller, from NetEco, wanting bad to steal it from me. Which they did. But ... More About: Video , Software , Google , Europe , Entertainment
Overwhelmed with emails: SOS
2007-07-10 00:31:00 I can’t keep up. 3402 unread emails on my personal mailbox (+ something like 50 on my professional mailbox) - I’m overwhelmed. Okay, emails have changed the way people communicate. But clearly, this initially amazing and handy tool going to the mass market has created a monster. Tonight when I switched on my computer, I had ... More About: Internet , Organization , Consulting , Emails , Business Process Management
Daft Punk Dance
2007-07-09 23:33:00 Gosh, that girl is serious about dancing. PS: yes, I know, another post tightly linked with technology. You know, I could have elaborated on buzz marketing or video on demand. You’re lucky. More About: Video , Internet , Entertainment , Punk , Dance
Poll: Are you getting an iPhone? when it comes to Europe?
2007-07-09 11:36:00 Ok, the hype in the US seems over. In Europe it’s about to begin, maybe? Some mobile-carriers have unofficially been announced: O2 in the UK, Orange in France, and T-Mobile in Germany. Nothing yet in the Netherlands or other smaller countries. I’m curious whether the hype will continue on in the ?old? continent, as I hear ... More About: Iphone , Poll , Consumer Electronics , Rope
Margins in software vs. hardware or services
2007-07-08 21:09:00 I found this table on the web, pretty interesting: Btw, Software is the industry with the highest gross margins amongst all industries. More About: Hardware , Economics , Services , Microsoft
I want an iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-Phone?..
2007-07-08 01:50:00 Thank you Mr Pogue, this is hilarious. Steve is a co-author on Tech IT Easy. You can find out more about him on this blog?s initial announcement. More About: Entertainment , Phone , Consumer Electronics
Community p. 1
2007-07-06 13:26:00 There have certainly been some interesting topics on this site?from the way, Google’s advertising network is organised, to the traction of being single on Facebook. And that brings me to following pictures on the right, which show two types of network, one that is organic and the other that is somewhat by design. The circular ... More About: Globalization , Friends , Community , Organization , Networks
10 reasons I love blogging
2007-07-06 01:37:00 I have become a de facto source for information (still a modest one, but better a little something than a virtual black hole) I have become a de facto destination for information - between When people google my name, they find my blog rather than the - often, stupid comments I left here and there. Having a ... More About: Video , Europe , Internet , Entertainment , Friends
The BumpTop desktop - a usable interface?
2007-07-04 14:17:00 Jeremy and Steve asked me to write something about the BumpTop desktop, which was introduced a while ago but shows a lot of promise (see the the video below). To be honest, I’m suffering a little from fanboy-fatigue, in that there is so much cool stuff coming out and I feel like I would just ... More About: Software , Desktop , Interface , Desk
5 things you should know about SaaS
2007-07-04 00:52:00 Felt like sharing some thoughts on SaaS with you today - those who already know something about SaaS won’t learn anything from me here - and I’m willing to learn if you’re in the mood to comment. But those who are discovering what Software as a Service is might find something to take away. 1) SaaS ... More About: Google , Security , Economics , Internet
Software as a Service videos on YouTube
2007-07-03 01:59:00 Here’s a selection of videos about SaaS, or software as a service (aka software on demand) - a new way for individuals and corporations to ‘consume’ software, whether it’s Web 2.0 Internet software or traditional software. First an overview of what SaaS is: Jim Steele of Salesforce and Marc Lautenbach of IBM @ a conference (crappy quality ... More About: Video , Videos , Software , Youtube
Software business models
2007-07-03 01:33:00 About one month ago, I felt I had to try this new Q&A feature on LinkedIn and asked to the community a question that resulted close to this: “Hey guys, I’m having a hard time writing a blogpost that lists all possible software business models. I need you help!“. I actually collected pretty valuable answers from ... More About: Software , Business , Economics , Models , Outsourcing
Is Enterprise Software?dead?
2007-07-02 02:10:00 “We aren’t considering investing in enterprise software anymore” recently said a venture capitalists at a recent public gathering. Will venture capitalists stop invest in ‘traditional’ enterprise software startups? This is what one may think when listening to many of them nowadays. This is highly unlikely though, and here’s why. The YouTube deal must have rung the bell: ... More About: Video , Software , Europe , Internet , Microsoft
The mobile web is knocking on our doors
2007-06-28 21:42:00 For quite some years we already see the mobile web being promoted by carriers without a real breakthrough. The web on a mobile device so far meant an expensive service, in many cases a misfit of the content to be displayed on tiny screens and the lack of convincing (business) ideas for ... More About: Europe , Internet , Mobile , Entertainment , Apple
Will virtual worlds contribute to democratize art?
2007-06-27 21:40:00 I am really interested by how Internet contributes to give everyone access to art, being by stimulating new types of artistic creation or new types of artistic presentation. But virtual worlds are accelerating this democratization at an unprecedented rhythm. Here is a review of the different types of artistic presence in Second Life. Some artists ... More About: Worlds , Virtual , Contribute , Virt
Ten good reasons to use Joomla!?or to throw it away
2007-06-27 00:26:00 ?Message from Jeremy: To all Tech IT Easy readers, who could obviously not necessarily remember the initial announcement, I have invited my friend Steve to help me try to provide you, dear readership, with everyday better technology insights. Steve?s mission statement is that there?s no mission statement: what matters most here is to raise the ... More About: Software , Project Management , Joomla , Reasons , Good
Software marketing management dept. - timing matters!
2007-06-26 01:51:00 Most early stage software publishers or ISVs (independent software vendors) rightly focus on production (software development) and sales in the beginning of their growth curve, and hence seldom have a marketing department from scratch. I believe this is the right approach: when facing a certain resource scarcity, focusing on generating revenues rather than deploying cost centers ... More About: Marketing , Software , Project Management , Organization , Management
Welcoming Matthias Schwenk on Tech IT Easy
2007-06-25 02:46:00 I’m very glad to welcome Matthias Schwenk on Tech IT Easy. For the record, Matthias already is a prominent blogger in Germany. His personal blog (in German) appears #14 in the consulting section of the German business blogs ranking. Matthias, who I met through the blogosphere, defines himself as a Web 2.0 evangelist. His vision is ... More About: Europe , Economics , Internet , Education , Asia
1st anniversary of Tech IT Easy: thank you all
2007-06-24 01:37:00 Tech IT Easy was born on June 23th 2007 in Barcelona. One year later, the blog accounts 9 bloggers, 420 posts, 2111 comments. To all the people who, through their silent visits, valuable comments or interesting publications, have contributed in building this blog that we hope will keep on growing for a little while, the Tech ... More About: Software , Security , Europe , Internet , Friends
Around the web: interviews with leaders
2007-06-22 00:03:00 Message from Jeremy: To all Tech IT Easy readers, who could obviously not necessarily remember the initial announcement, I have invited Vincent to write about innovative start ups based in the Netherlands, Apple, the media industry, incubators, business books and many other things that happen to interest him at the moment. Vince, they’re all yours! Hi ... More About: Internet , Education , Microsoft , Interviews , Amazon
Negotiating a release date is stupid
More articles from this author:2007-06-21 01:48:00 The few software entrepreneurs who don’t know anything about software development think they can actually negotiate a release date with their R&D team. This vision is dumb. A release date is no bargain, it’s a fact. If you want to ship on time, reduce the functional scope. In other words, remove the ‘nice to have’ and leave ... More About: Software , Economics , Project Management , Organization , Stupid 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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