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Comment on Amy Jo Kim’s Gamification Workshop Slides by Gamification

Gamification — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:21:45 +0000

With well-explained gamification

Comment on A proposal for Better Software 2011: a startup workshop on marketing storytelling by Julius Pesicka

Julius Pesicka — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:43:41 +0000

Keep to see something new from you

Comment on Two simple marketing principles by Fatal flaws and promising miracles « Homo Surfens

Fatal flaws and promising miracles « Homo Surfens — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:51:11 +0000

[...] addenda to the previous post on fatal flaws in marketing: yesterday I saw a big ad of the new mini saying more or less “If feel like you are not living [...]

Comment on Two simple marketing principles by Pietro Polsinelli

Pietro Polsinelli — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:09:19 +0000

“Aren’t some flaws only apparent *after* they’ve been solved?” – Yes, they are. It is what in marketing is called “creating the need”.

Comment on Two simple marketing principles by mikecane

mikecane — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:05:19 +0000

An iPad does not address a fatal flaw? Are you restricting “fatal flaw” to human aspects? What fatal flaws then do cars, radios, TV, etc NOT address? And the Internet itself? Aren’t some flaws only apparent *after* they’ve been solved?

Comment on Your change manifesto– a service for change (webcast) by pmhut

pmhut — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:56:44 +0000

As someone heavily involved in project management (and change management) through PM Hut ( http://www.pmhut.com ) I can tell you that your idea is unique (I have never heard about it before) and very interesting…

I believe though that this tool should be part of another, bigger tool (such as a PM or a PPM tool).

Comment on On the pseudo-concept of “best developers” by Allen Cheung (@allenmhc)

Allen Cheung (@allenmhc) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:40:00 +0000

I think when people speak of “the best developers”, they’re talking more about the skill of the average developer being high, and having a positive feedback loop where high-caliber devs work together and boost each other’s skillset and knowledge. In this case, I totally believe the valley is such a place, where skill shared begets additional skill.

Of course it’s silly to think that a certain region creates more talent; rather, like I said above, it’s a system of mutual learning and connections that foster the talent, and the kicker is that talent elsewhere see this and *move* to learn and gain this experience. I’ve seen this over and over again with interview candidates, where they’re definitely smart, but have stagnated at their previous jobs because they had no one to challenge their expertise. Being the best developer in the room is not necessarily a good thing.

Comment on Daily Rituals & Flipboard by Pietro Polsinelli

Pietro Polsinelli — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:59:40 +0000

Yes, but still only for the iPad!

Comment on Daily Rituals & Flipboard by onto

onto — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:55:06 +0000

There is a flipboard competitor. Check out “zite” – I find the degree of personalization somewhat better.

Comment on Daily Rituals & Flipboard by Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:51:51 +0000

I totally agree that it’s surprising that no one is building a Flipboard competitor. Especially a simple web based competitor. All of the tools are out there. And as a side rant, I’m annoyed that Flipboard doesn’t let you change the font size. Tried feedly but their font settings are just plain broken and no one seems to notice. Nice post.