So you are building a new product. Great! However, one of the worst mistakes you can make is to wait for it to be done before thinking about how you are going to market it. via Pocket
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Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. They don’t realize that a more viable solution is to get more done per existing hour, rather than creating more hours. We all know at least one person who is always “very busy” and works plenty of hours, but generates few significant results. Every person, no matter what their passion, needs to revisit the principles of time management from time to time. However, this topic is particularly critical to entrepreneurs, who struggle with challenges and crises…
Many of my friends and colleagues know I’m a time management nerd; I love calendaring, tasks, and flagging emails more than is healthy for a single person. One of my favorites is using calendar colors to audit my time each Friday.
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When Android Wear, Android Auto and Android TV launch this fall, they’ll solve a problem that has plagued Android since day one: an inconsistent user experience across devices. Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham points out that unlike Android phones from different manufacturers that sport ugly custom UIs, launchers and interacting with Android on different smartwatches was exactly the same. In fact, Google’s engineering director, David Burke, told Cunningham that with Wear, Auto and TV, the underlying software and interfaces will be controlled by Google, not the OEMs.
This is a move very similar to Microsoft did with Windows Phone 7: they told the OEM’s to get out of the way of design and made it an imperative to design from the bottom of the OS all the way up to the user. The result? A beautiful, consistent experience across disparate devices – a.k.a. the Apple Method.
Google, Not Device Makers, Will Control Android Wear, Auto and TV UI
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By Andy Glover & Matt Archer 1. Unfixed bugs camouflage other bugs How many times have you heard a tester say, “Good news, I’ve re-tested the bug you fixed and it’s working perfectly, but I’m now observing a new bug”? You might be in luck, fixing a bug may reveal no further problems, but …
Ten reasons why you fix bugs as soon as you find them – Ministry of Testing
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“How To Tell If You’re In A Cloud-Friendly Industry” via TechCrunch.
Great article and summary of the key points that determine how cloud-friendly an industry is.
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According to Meeker, more than 1.8 billion photos are uploaded and shared daily across these platforms. These photos are not findable: more and more people are choosing to share one-to-one, creating richer, more personal connections.
“How Messaging Apps Are Changing the Way Businesses Connect With Customers” via @huffposttech
Mapping this consumer trend to the enterprise world makes it clear that companies will need to focus on small team collaboration scenarios to drive adoption of new productivity tools.
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Put simply, the recent success of Zendesk and MobileIron indicate that the investing public appear willing to accept short- to medium-term GAAP losses on the promise of quickly advancing revenues in the medium term.
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“If Google Now became more integrated into Android, the OS might function more like one of those contextual homescreen/launchers, like Aviate (acquired by Yahoo) or Cover, which place relevant apps on Android’s lockscreen.
The difference is that Google Now would not be just a layer on top of the OS, but a deeper part of the OS that’s capable of gathering data from the apps that run upon it and using that data to provide users with relevant, timely information and intelligent suggestions.”
“A Sneak Peak into the future of Android” via TechCrunch
Interesting news about the direction of the Android platform. The deep integration of Google Now is both exciting and scary.
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And a year ago, OCP announced plans to build a network switch. And not just any network switch, but one designed as a software-defined networking (SDN) device. SDN is a radically new way to build networks that threatens Cisco, or at least Cisco’s 60+% profit margins.
“Facebook Just Fired A Huge Shot at Cisco” via BusinessInsider.
It’s easy to forget how big Cisco’s dominance is over the hardware that powers the internet.
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As participation in sports declines, and is displaced by the fitness industry – the infomercial devices, the ellipticals, the gyms that profit because members don’t show up – intensity is leached out of athletics. Ritual becomes habit. Sport becomes exercise. What was meaningful, vivid and shared becomes mindless, boring and socially isolated (Bowling Alone at Bally’s). This is why most people think of physical exertion as a chore.
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