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I’ve been doing some thinking. [It’s OK, Malc, I am still taking the tablets :-) ] I was thinking about Doc’s piece on Markets Without Marketing, Hugh’s response and Tara’s response. I was thinking about Nick Lemann’s piece on Amateur Hour in the New York Times, Mitch Ratcliffe’s response and Jay Rosen’s response, as also … Continue reading “If you (re)build it they will come”
Yes, it’s nearly time for the next recap. Tempus f. and all that jazz, but I hope to complete the recap before I go on vacation with the family in early August. So I thought I’d share a few things buzzing around inside my head, see what you think. The first theme is about client-side … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Four more themes before the next recap”
[A health warning: This is a very provisional post. I haven’t thought through it too deeply, but there’s something about it that compels me to write it now.] I’ve always been fascinated by collaborative filtering ever since I read the research papers on Firefly sometime in 1998. I got hooked on it by the time … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Thinking about Generation M and their approach to software”
I’m going to be lazy and use parts of Wikipedia’s summary of The Mythical Man-Month. And make a few assertions as to why we may need to revisit the whole shebang. Yup, another very provisional post. More musing than thinking. The Mythical Man-Month: When we develop for the web, are there really any more large … Continue reading “Four Pillars: Time to rethink Frederick Brooks?”
Many years ago, when I was working at Burroughs Corporation, we were building software for mainframes with dumb terminals. And then, as now, we would get regular complaints from “users” about the system being “slow”. [An aside: An old friend, David Taylor, recently reminded me at a conference that the term “user” now seems reserved … Continue reading “Four pillars: A toast to Beta”