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In a recent destinationCRM article , a couple of Oracle execs say: Transforming your business to a customer-centric organization starts with a CRM-focused services-oriented architecture. I have to disagree. While I concur that well-architected solutions
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While working last night, I needed to view a video demo, and I was presented with this message from Windows Media Player: I hadn't done any updates, or installs, so I have no idea why Media Player decided that I needed to log off and back on. Notice that
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37signals warns about four letter words . We've run into this here in our development in the past. "We can just do ..." This tends to result in redesign later on down the road. I'm guilty of it myself at times. Once you acknowledge it, recognizing when
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The New Yorker has a good article on feature creep vs. simplicity . "And marketing and sales departments see each additional feature as a new selling point, and a new way to lure customers. Often, the result is a product like Microsoft Word 2003, which
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I've been working on a web services project for a customer over the last few months. I'm in Austin, the customer is in Atlanta, and the developer on the project is also in Austin (but not in the same physical office as myself). I needed a way to work
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Back when I was working at Clarify, a good chunk of my time was spent doing custom development work, i.e. consulting-ware. We developed the code, and handed it off to the customer. We (the consultants) did some testing, but the customer was responsible
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Hugh again reminds us of what's important: Reminds me of one of my favorite sayings from Kathy Sierra : "So, how does this help the user kick ass?"
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The Austin .NET User Group put on another fantastic Code Camp this past weekend. I was especially proud to see 3 members of our staff presenting. You guys rocked. Kevin Miller launched a potential new career as a public speaker/presenter with a well-received
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Bret outlines some future plans for Watir . It's very cool to see the things he's already put in place here at Dovetail in just a short period.
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A cleaner, more functional GMail I use GMail for my personal email, and functionally it's great, but I always thought it could use some help in its look and feel. Even the new beta of Hotmail has a nicer look. Not any more. Lifehacker recently rolled
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