Business/The Software Industry
You are looking at posts in the category Business/The Software Industry.
Categories
Recent Comments
- Jawsper on AutoScrollPosition should be called DriveTimCrazy
- gaydos on GameTap review
- Tim on Technological Progress
- Chris on Technological Progress
- Tim on Facebook blocks me… from spamming???
Recent Posts
Archives
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
IE8, the least crappy IE ever
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Tim.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Links, Tim.
I’ve been wanting to write about this since I heard this news months ago, and it looks like the curtain has finally been lifted.
Put your money where your mouth is.
Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Games, General/Misc., Ideas, Product Design.
The problem with any review site that has the slightest business connection to the products it reviews is obvious. You can’t criticize games and put in ads for them without running into a conflict of interest.
One of the best ways to force people to review games correctly is to make it in their best economic interests to do so.
Facebook TOS
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Chris, TOS Collection, UI Design.
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
There are 6000 words and 70+ paragraphs. How many Facebook users do you think actually know the legal terms they accept when they join the site?
Quote:
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED.
An idea is not an egg
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Chris, General/Misc., Ideas, Liu's Reviews, Product Design.
An Idea is Not an Egg: You Don’t Just Sit On it Until it Hatches
A smart idea sounds great when it’s in your head. Even before it’s made, we can imagine how great it will be–there would be no iPod, no PC, and no Super Mario Bros. without imagination.
But just because you can already see the finished idea, don’t think that the steps in between “smart idea” and “transformed future” are insignificant. They eat most smart ideas before they hatch.
The next time you hear that someone “stole” someone else’s idea, look at the in between first, and ask: how much of that–the business strategy, the way the product was built–was really stolen?