technology

Every time I install a new free app, I wonder about exactly how its creators intend to make money. Am I going to see a bunch of ads? Are they going to sell me something? Are they going to sell me to someone?

Microsoft’s recent embrace of open-source software does not eliminate the cost you pay if you decide to embrace its stack.

Setting up infrastructure for a new startup is easier than ever with a set of products like Google Apps and AWS.

The Lean Startup movement has inspired many budding entrepreneurs to build great companies which solve real problems. It has been responsible for many stories of entrepreneurial passion, dedication, and ultimate success. This is one…

Twitter’s Bootstrap is all the rage these days, and for good reason. It’s chock full of aesthetically pleasing, easily customizable styles and useful widgets. Among the latter you’ll typeahead, a widget for auto-suggesting possible…

BREAKING NEWS: In an effort to increase public awareness of its recent IPO, Facebook has just announced a massive advertising campaign using Google’s AdWords platform

Though agile methodologies are optimized for delivery, sometimes a different approach is required. Hypothesis testing from the Lean Startup movement gives us such an approach.

Microsoft’s new Visual Studio attempts to “engender the impression that VS feels lighter and less complex”. In other words, instead of radically rethinking what a great development experience would be like, they focused on obfuscating…

GoDaddy, a leading domain registrar and internet piranha announced that it is withdrawing support for Syria, red light cameras, and Justin Bieber.

When first I started blogging about a year ago, my primary concern was to “not get lazy and stop writing”. Yet, somewhat surprisingly (and in spite of my strong natural tendency to “kick back”), I continued writing all through the year.

Hot on the heels of the iPhone 4S and a rumored TV, Apple is apparently building a car powered by its revolutionary Siri technology

BREAKING NEWS: Google just announced a brand new language called Zoom aimed to replace English. Here’s a quote from the official announcement: “With Go, we were able to create a better C++. With Dart, we re-imagined JavaScript. With…

In the spirit of responsible blogging, I would like to correct a few mistakes I made in some recent posts.

I recently attended a great talk by Steve Blank on Customer Development. It was full of fascinating insights that left me both alarmed and energized (more on that in a bit). Who is Steve Blank? Steve Blank has been in the Silicon…

Steve Jobs’ passing away this week unleashed an avalanche of opinions on every conceivable topic even remotely related to him. Will there be another one like him? What will happen to Apple? Who will lead future technology revolutions?

Amazon just announced a whole boatload of new Kindles and the lineup is quite impressive. There’s the really small Kindle, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire (Android tablet), Kindle Ring (a phone), Kindle Tube (a tv), and of course Kindle…

In a recent poll about most hated jobs, Director of Information Technology topped the list. That’s right, IT Directors hate their jobs more than anyone else. More than garbage collectors, executioners, telemarketers, investment…

In a previous post on Agile testing, I looked at how Microsoft Test Manager and Twist from ThoughtWorks Studios allow QA and Devs to collaborate on creation of functional tests. In this post, I will examine how well each tool allows…

One of the key tenets of agile development is that testing is a shared responsibility. Everyone on the team is expected to figure out what to test and to test the product. In essence, the entire team co-owns all tests. Yet some types…

It’s really difficult to choose a small number of favorite talks from TED’s vast collections, but for whatever reason I decided to try. For those who don’t know, TED is a conference (conferences actually) which gives people a platform…

Very few things in technology impress me more than web applications which are able to massively scale. The ability to serve up gagillions of requests to bajillions of users in milliseconds is nothing short of amazing. And, for whatever…

IBM’s Watson project has recently beat two top human players in Jeopardy. Although this is not the first time that an IBM computer beat a top human player in a game, what Watson did actually scares me a little (more on that in a bit).…

Trunk development is an approach that leverages a single branch of code for all active projects. It helps eliminate painful merges, but requires a heightened level of awareness by the project teams.

Software guys have great sayings. This may be surprising to some since we don’t usually associate mastery of the spoken word with geekdom. Nonetheless, there are some gems out there and I’ve compiled a short list of my favorites.…

A few years ago I decided to write an album. I’ve never written music before and by most accounts lacked all discernible talent for it. I’ve also never studied music before, so things like scale, tempo, and proper song structure were…