I was talking to the Development Manager for the project I am working on today and he told me about a Japanese phrase which describes what he likes to strive for when developing software. It is called “Miroyokutaki hinshitsu”, which literally means: “things gone right”. The concept is related to the experience of using software that…
I just tried to call a business this morning to rent a bicycle for this weekend since mine got stolen while I was in school. When I called they were obviously closed since it was 7:30am and no one picked up the phone. However, the amazing thing was that they didnt even have an answering…
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Windows Live Spaces just got reviewed for the second time by PC Magazine and it came through with a 4/5 rating. That is pretty good I have to say. The writer definitely does a good job of highlighting the product strengths and makes some interesting suggestions for improving the product. Feedback always welcome! As…
As I have started adding more and more blog feeds to my Live.com page, it is clear that there are many different strategies in writing blogs. One strategy is to write long descriptions or analyses of products/websites/news articles. Another strategy is to write short blurbs which talk a little bit about the product/website/news article and then…
Below is an article from Advertising Age about how MTV is shifting its online advertising sales strategy from one focused on its growing number of vertical properties to one which focuses on target "psychographic personas". I think that this makes sense for MTV since it will help them to alleviate their siloed approach to ad…