I had the opportunity to spend some time with Andrew McAfee in London last week, but for some reason I hadn’t yet seen his article in November’s Harvard Business Review. So we didn’t talk about it. Shame, but one that’s easily corrected.
It’s well worth a read; I’m working on my comments and will share them [...]
Varieties of Work-Changing IT
November 5th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Four pillars
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Of birds flying around unwalled gardens: There’s hope in them thar hills
November 5th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Four pillars
For a while now, I’ve been tracking what’s happening with Songbird, and more recently I’ve started playing with it. It works. At least the parts of it that are meant to work, work.
Ross Karchner at Ross Notes puts it succinctly:
Songbird looks like it is shaping up to be the cross-platform, open-source iTunes replacement I’m looking [...]
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On filmmaking and software development: Part 2
November 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars
Yesterday I ended my post with a quotation from Wikipedia on development hell, and that’s where I want to start today. There are many reasons why film (and software) projects go wrong, and they all have to do with the script.
The script is central.
When producers and directors are looking to attract talent into a project, [...]
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