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View ArticleWhy Not Having One Is The Can Be Biggest Product risk?
What does the term Product Roadmap bring to your mind? a ‘to do’/backlog list for engineering is a common interpretation. Yes it may be seen as (mundane sounding) list, but not every list/ backlog is...
View Article10 Athletes With Surprisingly Unathletic Hobbies
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View ArticleWhy Apple's Project Titan Is Not About Building A Car
Amidst reports of layoffs across Apple's rumored car division, I fielded several calls from reporters who assumed the news meant Project Titan was dead and Apple had abandoned car-related efforts...
View ArticleHow 4 Chatbots Responded To Random, Unrelated questions
Image Credit: Screenshot Chatbots are not new, especially for this generation. In fact, back in 2000, if any of you had ever been an avid user of AOL Instant Messenger, you probably tried chatting with...
View ArticleAfter A Number Of Crazy Conversations With Potential Entrepreneurs About...
OCCAMS RAZOR & SIMPLICITY Horst.Burkhardt CC tldr: cut features don’t add them Note: You have my permission to republish this article, check the notes at the bottom. Occams Razor Occams Razor is a...
View ArticleAnd How Is This Story Relevant For Our Own Industry?
We have to be brave to change Two years ago, the Golden State Warriors, an Oakland/San Francisco-based NBA team, that hasn’t won a Championship in almost 40 years, changed the game of basketball. And...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know About Google Fiber
Google Fiber has slowly been spreading to U.S. cities, and its recent acquisition will bring it to five additional ones. Its goal is to reduce the cost and increase the availability of high-speed...
View ArticleSuper Sales Performance – Who Do You Need?
When hiring, managers will look for core experience essential to fulfil a role and evidence of the desired skills and qualities which will make an individual a good match for their organisation....
View Article10 Keys To Successfully Managing A Remote Team
Telecommuting is a pervasive workplace trend with no sign of going out of style anytime soon.According to US Census Bureau data, there has been an 80 percent increase in telecommuting in the United...
View ArticleThe Product Quality Staircase
The (Software) Product Quality Staircase TLDR; Your Back-end can only be as good as your Front-end which can only be as good as your Design which can only be as good as your Information Architecture...
View ArticleAbout Spark
Spark Featured as a Top 100 Women-Owned Business in the Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO, September 23, 2016 — Spark, an integrated communications agency primarily owned by women (71%), announced today the San...
View ArticleTop Priority - Employees Or Customers?
Customers and employees are both critical to the success of an organization, but when push comes to shove who should be the top priority? Customers? Employees? Sir Richard Branson, the iconic serial...
View ArticleTraditional Creative & Graphic Design:
A Design Salary Perspective — What can you expect to make? In putting DE$IGN together I’ve decided to share selections of content via Medium in the hopes of gaining interest as wells feedback while...
View ArticleAn Outsourcing nation
The ‘Mysterious Outsource’ The growth of the outsourcing in Ukraine is one of the most considerable achievements of the country over the past few years. In fact, outsourcing generates the development...
View Article1. Don’t Wait Until Later: The First Few Hires Are The Most Crucial. If You...
Palantir and the Problem with Referrals If only we could all look into a palantír and foresee the unintended consequences of our actions. All logos, products, and company names are trademarks of their...
View ArticleWindows 10: What Do CIOs Really Think About It?
CIOs are moving away from periodic refreshes of their operating system every few years. Image: Microsoft Microsoft has big hopes for Windows 10 -- aiming to have one billion devices running the...
View ArticleMY ADVICE? BRING IT BACK TO BASICS:
The Key to Success in Digital Marketing= HAPPINESS This is a fast paced digital world we live in and we as marketers are always looking for new ways to get customers to buy. Why is this relevant now...
View ArticleCloud Gaming Firm LiquidSky Raises $4 Million From Samsung And Tech Leader...
Above: LiquidSky's menu for cloud gaming. Image Credit: LiquidSky Cloud gaming startup LiquidSky has raised $4 million in funding from Samsung Next Ventures, Sun Microsystems cofounder Scott McNealy,...
View ArticleSAP’s Design Journey
SAP Design Wins Big. And That’s a Big Deal. SAP and good design? Not long ago, few people would have thought to associate the two. That, however, is changing fast. On September 22, representatives...
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