Archive for September, 2004

Drew McLellan writes about the downside of incremental upgrades to web applications: "Do everything you can, no matter how sound your reasoning, to group process and interface changes together into a package. Call it a new version or whatever and tell the user about the changes you

Elena Dykhno launched a few days ago this great resource with forthcoming code samples (including .NET code) and a scratch pad (that currently documents the XML interface but not yet SOAP calls), both dedicated to version 4.0 (currently in beta) of the Amazon Web Services. The code samples are not there yet, but I know [...]

One of the main challenges I encounter every time I participate in launching a new venture is striving to create a culture that is open and collaborative, as well as informal and fun to be a part of, yet not obsessed with soft consensus to the point of drowning in details. On one hand you [...]


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I'm CEO of an online trade publishing firm in the marketing and defense verticals. We try to make news and data digestible and useful in an environment that is more noisy each day. This personal blog mixes my thoughts and interests on politics, business, software, and more, based on my business and personal experiences. Over the years I have posted items that turned out spectacularly wrong, and a few posts that stood the test of times better. Personal views only.

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