A historical collection of our writing.
In 2008, I wrote a mini series about Kaizen and Software Development. Kaizen or continuous improvement asserts the centrality of quality as the only way to achieve the trifecta of quality, speed and cost. Simply put incremental improvements around quality will result in lower cost and higher speed. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I’ll be the first to admit that I am a sucker for the command line. Hence I was smiling yesterday, when I saw the Duck Duck Go Terminal hack. But I realize that it is not mass market behavior. So I am happy whenever a bit of command line like goodness finds its way into […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
It is fascinating how the Internet is creating new entities and phenomena that defy existing categories. The challenge that arises is that many politicians and regulators still think in these old categories. Here are just a bunch of recent examples. Uber, Hailo, Lyft, Sidecar etc all enable […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I wrote recently how programming is a great tool for learning because you haven’t really understood something until you can explain it to someone else (and in programming that someone else is the computer). Well yesterday in teaching my Skillshare class I got a good dose of that myself. I managed […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I ended last week’s Tech Tuesday with a call for ideas for a sample project and got a couple of suggestions. Since then though I have come across a great idea for a project. And since I am teaching my Skillshare class today and therefore spending most of the morning hours reviewing my materials, I […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In part 3 of this series I argued that the changes in employment are the main driver behind the massive rise in inequality in the US. That inevitably brings out a number of responses for how to address inequality, none of which I believe will actually work. At the end of that post I already […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
