Monthly Archives: February 2012

How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

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 →

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Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions – Forbes

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

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 →

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Getting the Most Out of QR Codes Using URI Schemes

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

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 →

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BBC News – Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

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’.

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Londroid RNIB workshop – other blog posts

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

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.

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Accessible Software – the Consultant’s version

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

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 →

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Accessible software – somebody pays

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

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 →

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Lean software development: Minimum Marketable Feature and Minimum Viable Product

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

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 →

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The difference between “policy” and “strategy”

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

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 →

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Amazon DynamoDB – a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications – All Things Distributed

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

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 →

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