The secrets of a system integrator. My Journey of Startup, Product + Project Development
In creating software, be it a startup or a client project, key decisions need to be made and implemented based on security.
In the world of security I have learnt a few things, usually the long way.
Happy New Year!
The past few weeks I’ve been thinking about how I’d like to continue to build in 2010.
Whether you are on the business side of technology, or the implementation side, there are some common elements to all projects no matter the viewpoint.
Great software systems:
Make users great. Make your users awesome at what they do [...]
I received this funny comic and it got me thinking…..
I have often wondered how a relationship between specialist (Web, designer, programmer, etc.,) can sometimes turn into the customer believing they understand everything better than the specialist, and how to do it.
This is when phrases like:
“Couldn’t you just..”
“All you have to do..”
“It should be pretty simple..”
“Can’t we make it really simple on the screen? Why would that be more work to do it all behind the scenes?”
become more, and more common.
Problem? I don’t know.
Anyone involved in the Startup world is well aware of the name Paul Graham. His essays offer deep insights on startups from his experiences and realizations.
This month he spoke at the 2009 Startup School as part of an all-star group of speakers. He posted a summary of his talk on his website titled “What [...]
I build a Web application when I don’t want to:
- be supporting a thousand environments each with their own quirks. Specifically, viruses, trojans, software interfering, and making it work the same everywhere.
- worry about applying upgrades and taking lots of calls
Crafting software is like.. building a house.
You can try building it without a blueprint or plans or an architect or qualified tradespeople and it will almost always cost you much more and you will have constant issues.
Second, just because you can..
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Building them is what actually creates success.
In real partnerships, if one of the partners is working as an employee, his time gets paid for at a fair wage. This is because the other partners are earning money elsewhere in that time that you would be earning nothing. Is months of your time is equal to a $1800 investment?