Mashups, Markets and Motherhood: XX Redux -- an Op Ed
Nice post by Tereza. I can certainly relate since my wife is going through this right now.
The following piece was published yesterday by Reuters — my first Op Ed.
The following is a guest post by Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of Honestly Now Inc., a web and mobile social media platform which will release its beta product to the market in September. The opinions…
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some impressive numbers from Microsoft
Frank Shaw from MSFT put up a post on The Official Microsoft Blog with some impressive numbers. In particular:
- 14 Million: Total number of Netflix subscribers vs 23 million Total number of Xbox Live subscribers
- 150,000,000 Number of Windows 7 licenses sold, that’s 7 licenses every second
Marco.org: The iPad doesn’t need to do everything
first balanced and logical ipad review I’ve read. btw: checkout instapaper.com
Rationalizing the purchase of an iPad usually includes a few of these:
- I’ll carry it around most of the time.
- I’ll be able to replace my laptop with it.
- I’ll be able to replace my Kindle with it.
- I’ll bring it on trips instead of my laptop.
- I’ll respond to email with it.
- I’ll get work done…
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CTO vs VP Engineering: what’s the difference
Not surprised that most people still get it wrong, here is a great post by Mark Suster
The best CTO’s / Chief Architects are purists. They care about the quality of what is build more than they care about end customers. They should be setting the standards for how code is developed.
VP of Engineering is a people manager. They still have the respect of their team because they’re technical by training. But they’re that rare breed that also understand the human element. They know how to motivate their people. They understand the different character types and which prefer carrot vs. stick. They know how to get people to hit deadlines. They know when it’s OK to push hard for the team to hit a deadline even if it means yet another all-nighter or weekend. And they know when to tell YOU to get stuffed because the team has reached maximum stress / effort. A great VP of Engineering manages as well up as they do down.
