Archive for Technology
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Forrester on Managing Technical Debt
Forrester Research analysts Dave West and Tom Grant just published their report on Agile 2010. Here is the section in their report on managing technical debt: Managing technical debt Dave: The Agile community has faced a lot of hard questions about how a methodology that breaks development i...
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Taking the Pulse of the Mobile Tech Industry (2010-2011)
One of the cool things about helping judge/select the mobile sessions for SXSW Interactive Festival is that it is like taking the pulse of the Mobile industry — how the mobile industry and technologists feel about the state of things. This year’s mobility and new technology submissions sh...
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Outline of the Technical Debt Seminar at the Cutter Summit
Pictured above are speakers of the forthcoming Cutter Summit. Between the seventeen of us we will cover a broad spectrum of IT topics such as Agile, Enterprise Architecture, Business Strategy, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Governance and Security. Inter-disciplinary...
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Carnival of the Mobilists #236
Check out this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists (#236) at MSearchGroove with topics on Mobile Games, Mobile Web, Mobile Data, Bible Apps, Trends and my entry on NFC. Enjoy… ceo ...
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Click-through rates fall
So today I had a realization… But before I continue, a question: how often do you click on an Ad, or better, when was the last time you clicked on an Ad? Most people that I ask answers this question as follows: “not very often” or “long-time ago”. Now the realization… Today I...
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Follow up discussion on Apple and NFC; Oh and Nokia
Back at Forum Oxford a lot of interesting debates occur. The topic on Apple and NFC is no exception. Being a European forum is no surprise how many Nokia fans get all ticked off about Apple, because things like NFC has been championed by Nokia (with no real success). One of the forum members is a we...
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Apple and NFC — iPhone will trigger the Mobile RFID/NFC revolution
There is a lot of noise/rumors about Apple and NFC after Apple’s hiring of NFC expert sparks digital wallet rumors. NFC is one of those technologies that I have written quite a bit about (see my NFC/Touch page) and that I believe will change how people use their handsets. Unfortunately it has t...
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SXSW 2011 PanelPicker | Vote now; voting ends Aug 27, 2010
A reminder that the 2011 SXSW Interactive PanelPicker community voting is open and that voting ends Aug 27, 2010. SXSW Interactive is on March 11-15, 2011. For SXSW Interactive alone there are 2344 sessions! Wow. And for mobile/wireless and mobile apps there are 96 sessions. Please remembe...
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Forthcoming Technical Debt Events
In just about a week I will be sharing the latest and greatest in technical debt techniques through a Cutter webinar in which colleague John Heintz and I will be speaking . In a little over a month a special issue of the Cutter IT Journal [CITJ] on technical debt will be published. And, in a couple ...
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Beyond Devops
Based on feedback from participants in my Agile 2010 workshop “How We Do Things Around Here In Order To Succeed,” I am planning to offer the workshop as a one-day seminar. A tentative agenda for the seminar is as follows: Introduction to Cultural Framework Exercise #1: Determine Your Cul...
