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Career Stall For Technology Workers: What it is, what to do about it
November 14th, 2011 | Random | Posted by: Mario Laudi
It’s a story everyone writes at least once. You start a new job full of vim and vigor, but your zeal goes from all-consuming to merely comfortable. The job isn’t terrible, it isn’t great, it’s just…routine. But then routine melts into boredom, disinterest and distraction. You start to procrastinate, surf the ‘Net and take long… read more
You may have heard of the book The Tipping Point,written by Malcolm Gladwell. It has been recommended as one of the 10 most important business books of the 1990s, and the author is a Canadian to boot. His premise for the book is this; at some point, certain businesses or trends take off. Think Google,… read more
What Matters Now: Compiled by Seth Godin – Get the FREE ebook download here!
January 7th, 2010 | Random | Posted by: Mario Laudi
Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. Seth Godin recently released a free ebook that explores this idea, by compiling the ideas and thoughts of over seventy big thinkers, each sharing a word/idea for you to think about.
See talent in a whole new light. Read The Talent Code today.
December 10th, 2009 | Random | Posted by: Mario Laudi
Tom Peters guarantees that you won’t read a more important book this year – or any other year. The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle is a masterpiece that will inspire anyone who’s interested in human performance. It’s a fascinating look at the intangibles that separate the great ones from the rest.
The sequel to last year’s very successful event is looking for people to get involved.
Here Comes the Golden Age of Web Development
March 6th, 2009 | Random | Posted by: Craig Fitzpatrick
Craig looks at why four features in the beta release of Apple’s Safari Web Browser portend good things for web development on the whole.
The "Uncanny Valley" of desktop apps and web interfaces
February 24th, 2009 | Random | Posted by: Craig Fitzpatrick
Craig argues that web apps are moving toward being “interactive documents”, which put the content first and the controls second. On the desktop, the apps were first and the content was second. “If all we’re doing is porting”, he argues “then we’re pulling the bad forward along with the good”.
Devshop is attracting interest from US-based VC firms, says founder and CEO Craig Fitzpatrick. But what he’s looking right now is another angel financing round.
Devshop is a hosted project management application specifically designed for planning software projects. Not planning weddings, or building roads – just software. And now it’s even better.
Was your product ‘assembled’ or ‘carved’?
February 8th, 2008 | Career Success, Random | Posted by: Craig Fitzpatrick
Can ‘good’ design be measured empirically? Craig Fitzpatrick thinks so, and distills some rules for interface design based on a real-world show-and-tell