"Where Good Ideas Come From" By vijay on January 6, 2011 — 1 min read I just completed reading the book Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. An extremely well written book with very acute analysis of the genesis and life cycle of innovation and ideas. The book is one of most technical reader friendly books, especially if you are into software development you’ll find nodding... More
→ Measurement By vijay on September 15, 2010 — 1 min read On the same subject of Measuring: Software organizations tend to reward programmers who (a) write lots of code and (b) fix lots of bugs. The best way to get ahead in an organization like this is to check in lots of buggy code and fix it all, rather than taking the extra time to get... More
→ You Can't Innovate Like Apple By vijay on September 1, 2010 — 1 min read Old, but still worth linking again. First, forget about it unless you are willing to invest significantly and heavily to establish a culture of innovation like Apple’s. Because it’s not just about copying Apple’s approach and procedures. The vast majority of executives who say, “I want to be just like Apple,” have no idea what... More
Pirate Bay Receives Notice To Keep a Torrent By vijay on August 26, 2010 — 1 min read Another example of Mac Software Developers Awesome-coolnesss ! A few months ago Dmitry Chestnykh, the founder of Coding Robots and copyright holder of Mémoires, discovered that his program – like many others – was being shared via The Pirate Bay. Out of curiosity he decided to download the torrent to find out how it was... More
→ Simplicity isn't that simple – 52 Weeks of UX By vijay on April 25, 2010 — 1 min read Anyone who occupies themselves with the task of creating truly usable products becomes instantly aware that achieving simplicity is not that simple. For any single feature in a product we must take into account the way it looks, the way it functions, its place in the overall system, affordances to help convey context of how and why it... More
