Interview Preparation Article
Hi everyone. David just forwarded me this blog post. It’s a really good composite of things to know for an interview. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-google.html
View ArticleGetting Real — 28b
Getting Real is about stripping out everything that isn’t necessary in order to build an agile, streamlined product. It’s about forcing each feature to prove that it’s worth the time and energy before...
View ArticleMurtaza Jafferji: As We May Think Response – 28a
As We May Think. by Vannevar Bush, is an interesting essay from 1945 that has amazing insight and seemingly predicts technologies such as computers, the internet, the web, speech recognition, and...
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As ever, hindsight is 20/20 (or better), but it’s still amusing to read about Bush’s prediction of a walnut-sized camera that can take 100 pictures and only needs to be wound once. Not amusing because...
View ArticleChasm-crossing – 26a ngordon
I think I am not qualified to give any real opinion on how to cross the chasm, or even to really pick both books. I think Crossing the Chasm is probably right – it is a major issue for any sort of...
View ArticleCrossing the Chasm
Geoffery Moore ‘Crossing the chasm’ is about the specifics of marketing high tech products during the early start up period. There is a big difference between people who are willing to try new...
View ArticleGetting Real
‘Getting Real’ is a great book about developing software and running business. One of the important concepts discussed in the book is about the concept of less. The authors believe that the days of...
View ArticleMurtaza Jafferji: Getting Real Book Review 28b
The book, Getting Real, by 37signals is filled with principals that application developers should keep in mind whenever they are building an app. It contains many great rules that someone should follow...
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When I read the Zen of Programming, I loved it: very amusing, and very insightful. It reinforced many ideas I’ve found to be integral to programming in my limited experience. However, this summer, as I...
View ArticleAs We May Think Response
Reference: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/as-we-may-think/3881/ In July 1945, Dr. Vannevar Bush published an article entitled “As We May Think.” It was prompted by the volume of...
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