Business
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Startups are interesting “beasts”. I should know, I have a few under my belt. I worked on my own startups, for which I had a hard time funding thus they never really went anywhere, and since I was the only source of investment, not only did they not go anywhere, but I was taken along
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I am a lucky man. There are many reasons I am a lucky man: my wife, my kids and my friends. I do not have (or want) many friends, but the ones I have are the best. One of them I have known for 30 years (he will argue that it is 29 years, but
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Recently there was a post in TechCrunch regarding Facebook’s hype. One comment to the post was that Facebook was already passe and “the new hype was being already developed by three guys in somebody’s garage”. I recently wrote an post regarding Innovation In Technology and the process of creating new technologies; from the need to
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How does innovation happen? Not just in technology, but in general. I think that the question can be answered easily with the next three statements: Necessity is the mother of all inventions. We create it because there is a need. Build a better mouse trap. Paraphrasing Einstein: “I stand on the shoulders of giants” This
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A few weeks ago I was playing with Facebook and I did not get it. I wrote the template for this post and called it “I Do Not Get Facebook”, because I truly did not get it and was not impressed with what they have done … what was the hoopla all about? But now
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In the last few years, Virtual Worlds (VW) have become more common place. It all started with Massive Online Multi-Player Games (MOMPG) and to a large extent, the virtual worlds are extensions of them. Second Life, Club Penguin, Toon Town, to name just a few, are gathering a following. But the questions really revolve around
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My wife, for her birthday, wanted a video camera and since I am such a good husband I bought her one. I am into photography and never really thought about getting a video camera; moreover, most of the digital cameras we own have video capabilities that we never use. The rational for buying yet another
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Software Development Methodologies have been at the core for solving problems with computer software. There are many reasons why a methodology is important, but mostly, because it gives projects a beginning, a middle and an end. Projects are like stories and as such, they can have good or bad endings. Let’s define what a Software
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I often argue that what drives a company is a product strategy that is far seeing. In other words, a 10 to 20 years product roadmap that represents what a company wants to be, how it wants to be perceived in the market and what market position it wants to enjoy through execution of the
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As a technology executive I am always faced with the decision to build vs. buy. For each feature and for each project, for each component that is implemented, the decision has to be made. And it is seldom easy. There are many factors that play into making a decision and it is not always clear
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