Archive for Technology
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SXSW Interactive and Wireless Future15
Wow, we are less than a week away from SXSW Interactive and Music Festivals. And I’m very excited. The Interactive Festival runs from March 12 – 16 and this year is looking solid! One of the new additions to the Interactive Festival is the Future15 series on Convergence, Greater Good, ...
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MobileMonday Austin/SXSWi Special Event | Mobile App Design | March 15 2010
Don’t miss our yearly MobileMonday Austin/SXSW special event. We are having a great set of speakers.. Our Next MobileMonday event is on March 15, 2010; the registration form is at http://www.mobilemondayaustin.com. Seating is limited so please register. Thanks to our sponsors Mobile Behavio...
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How to Combine Development Productivity Data with Software Quality Metrics
Consider the situation described in Should You Invest in This Software: One of your portfolio companies expects to ship 500K lines of code in 6 months. The company asks for additional $2M to complete development and bring the product to market. Using technical debt quantification technique...
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Turning the “Law of Software Physics” Upside Down
Next week, Michael Mah will be presenting new quantitative data on software productivity, cost, time-to-market and quality. Here is an excerpt from the announcement of his talk: Many companies are adopting Agile practices in an effort to increase project throughput, reduce cost, and improve qua...
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Should You Invest in This Software?!
Source: martinfowler.com/bliki/TechnicalDebtQuadrant.html Consider the following scenario: You are a venture capitalist. One of your portfolio companies has been working for a few years on a promising software application. Various surprises with respect to schedule and functionality have been...
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Calling All Developers | Mobile Developer Survey
Our friends at VisionMobile are conducting a mobile developer survey, sponsored by O2 Litmus. The survey close date has been extended to March 26 and the results will be published in Q2 2010. And there are prizes! All participants will be included in a draw for 24 great prizes: 2 particip...
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Using Credit Limits to Constrain “Development on Margin”
Buying (stocks) on margin is broadly recognized as a risky investment strategy. Funding long-term investments with short-term debt exposes the investor to margin calls as he/she might not be able to secure more financing when needed. The resultant margin call is never pleasant. The accr...
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We had an awesome MobileMonday Austin Feb 2010 | Thanks to our sponsor Skyhook Wireless
Wow, what a great MobileMonday Austin event we had last Monday Feb 22. With around 120 people attending, a great agenda and speakers, and a good time, it is safe to call the event a success. The opening by David, the demos by the various companies and the panel on Monetizing Mobile Apps moderate...
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The Mojo of Innovation Games
This post is a shameless plug for Innovation Games. Shameless that it might be, it is grounded in the hands-on experience I acquired as a participant in Luke Hohmann’s workshop on the subject last week. Colleagues Ken Collier, Alan Shalloway and Michele Sliger took the workshop together with me. ...
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To prevent telemarketers from calling you, add yourself to the National Do Not Call List
I hate telemarketers; nothing personal, but I hate when they call home and when they call my mobile consuming my minutes! If you want to avoid being called by telemarketing companies, you should add yourself to the National Do Not Call List. Add your mobile and your home numbers. The Nationa...
