My thoughts on software development
ShareI recently read about the SELFMAN project on ReadWriteWeb (Coming Soon: Internet Apps that Heal Themselves). This project, started in 2006, aims to standardize and package the infrastructure needed to manage large-scale distributed applications. So far, they’ve produced some sample / reference applications using components written in Java. I don’t know if the bits themselves [...]
ShareApple has been the undisputed darling of electronics marketing since the introduction of the iPod. Everything they touch turns to gold, and they’ve built the mystique of the Apple brand into a legendary golden goose.
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But it’s been a tough week for Apple.
People have been grumbling about the arbitrary and seemingly random approval process [...]
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“Release early, release often.” This is the Web 2.0 mantra, and it’s also a major guiding principle behind agile development proceses.
In product development, conventional wisdom has it that first-to-market- or first-mover advantage is hugely important. But for software products, this can kill you by painting your product into a corner from which it [...]
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Microsoft and Google have each announced syncing tools for Windows Mobile phones recently, but based on what I’m seeing, I’m sticking with a service you’ve probably never heard of.
Microsoft announced “My Phone” last week, and today announced that it will be available for free. At present, it’s in limited beta, but I’d expect [...]
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I recently saw an interesting post by Gordon Haff that claims that cloud computing concepts can’t really be applied to enterprises smaller in scale than the Googles, Microsofts, and Amazons of the world.
Humbug, I say. I certainly didn’t have that impression when I learned about Azure.
I’ll concede that there aren’t too many enterprises [...]
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