In 1997 I was graduating college and looking for real world experience writing code. I had majored in business, not computer science, and realized my folly way too late. A friend of mine was working for a publisher of Newton software titles and was getting all excited about this little device called a PalmPilot. What [...]
Archive for the ‘Success Factors’ category
Guessing Ones Way To Success
January 26, 2012Once We Have Attention Then We Only Have Trust
January 25, 2012All of this discussion about trust really started with me thinking about the role of trust in building a business. Building Infinity Softworks has been all about building a relationship with my customer. At the center of that relationship is trust. Trust, then, is the only true currency we each have. That’s the bottom line, isn’t it? [...]
Applauding Decision
January 18, 2012Designing “Mute” I didn’t comment on the latest Apple-du-jour controversy, this one surrounding the mute switch on the iPhone. (I always wonder if it had been a BlackBerry whether anyone would have paid attention.) Frankly, Marco Arment said exactly what I would have said. Good design means trade-offs and settings mean indecision. Sometimes that indecision [...]
The Single Box Theory of Software Design
January 17, 2012I would like to propose a new software design principle I would like to call The Single Box Theory. My Theory is as follows: the closer your software can get to using a single box the more likely it is that customers will adopt it. Google Search has a single box and is brain-dead simple [...]
Defining Entrepreneurs
January 13, 2012What’s an Entrepreneur? The Best Answer Ever The bottom line: Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled. It always amazes me how the simplest definitions are always the best. Read the article. Well worth 5 minutes.
