RSS
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
Categories
- Android
- Application design
- Business models
- Cloud
- ElephantPM
- Excel
- FogBugz and Kiln (Mercurial)
- Frameworks
- HTML5
- Humour
- Infrastructure
- iPhone
- James Bayley
- Keyapt
- Lean startup
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Music
- PRINCE2
- Project Management
- Puzzle
- Railo and ColdFusion
- Science
- Stakeholder engagement
- Uncategorized
- User Experience
- Windows Phone 7
Blogroll
Meta
Monthly Archives: February 2012
How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes
Lean Startup advocates like myself are fond of letting the numbers drive the business. I found this amusing… How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did via How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was … Continue reading
Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions – Forbes
Nice summary, Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions The only three true job interview questions are: 1. Can you do the job? 2. Will you love the job? 3. Can we tolerate working with … Continue reading
Posted in Business models
Leave a comment
Getting the Most Out of QR Codes Using URI Schemes
A really interesting article on QR codes. I am not sure how many people ever actually use them. Certainly my HTC did not come with a bar code reader on it. One of my customers ran an ad with 20,000 … Continue reading
BBC News – Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’
More worthy of Stalin than Trudeau The Canadian government has been accused of “muzzling” its scientists. via BBC News – Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’.
Posted in Science
Leave a comment
Londroid RNIB workshop – other blog posts
Other posts relevant to this weekend’s workshop Android: Ice Cream Sandwich Accessibility photo of a winner I will add more links to this page as they emerge.
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Accessible Software – the Consultant’s version
This my personal blog rather than my company blog. Professionally, I help organisations implement process changes, particularly in the areas of project and process management. The indulgence of a personal blog is that I can present my views in a … Continue reading
Posted in Android, ElephantPM, iPhone
Tagged Royal National Institute of Blind People
Leave a comment
Accessible software – somebody pays
Today I went to the Londroid (London Android) Office RNIB Hackathon that was sponsored by Blue Via. The goal was to help app developers to learn more about the needs of blind people. This was a great event and I … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Business models, iPhone
10 Comments
Lean software development: Minimum Marketable Feature and Minimum Viable Product
In an earlier post I talked about Eric Reis’ game changing book The Lean Start-up and Minimum Viable Product. This excellent blog post from Jeff Patton provides another layer of detail. [Agile] Stories must be minimal marketable features The term … Continue reading
Posted in Business models, ElephantPM, Project Management
3 Comments
The difference between “policy” and “strategy”
I am writing a book on project management (ElephantPM) and I have been looking for a succinct explanation of the difference between “policy” and “strategy”. The project management function itself is operational (project managers have line managers and do the … Continue reading
Amazon DynamoDB – a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications – All Things Distributed
I am interested in Amazon’s new NoSQL database DynamoDB. We develop Android applications and a core requirement is scalable session management. This seems to be a primary use of DynamoDB. Dynamo was born out of our need for a highly … Continue reading
