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By Tyler King    |     September 1st, 2009 View Comments
Why you can't find good reviews online
Have you ever done a quick Google search before buying a product to check out how other people feel?  Doesn't it seem odd how overwhelmingly negative the comments generally are? For example, look at this Palm Pre message board.  I have a Palm Pre and I think it's an amazing device. &n...
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By Tyler King    |     September 5th, 2009 View Comments
Focusing on experience means you expect a mediocre hire
Here's some advice for anyone that ever needs to hire a programmer: Stop focusing so much on years of experience.  I think this advice is probably fitting for almost all jobs, but I'm certain that it is for programmer positions. The other day I was writing up the description and requiremen...
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By Tyler King    |     September 7th, 2009 View Comments
Are there more problems with new software?
I have a lot of experience helping people switch technology.  From setting up a new cell phone to changing operating systems, I've seen it all.  No matter who is making the switch, there's always a little but of push-back when new problems are encountered. There always seems to be the idea that the ...
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By Tyler King    |     September 9th, 2009 View Comments
Don't let users design
The end goal for any smart software developer is to create something that the users enjoy. It matters little what the software does as long as people like using it. Happy users generate a lot more money for you than any amount of measurable utility will. Making your users happy can be a lot mor...
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By Tyler King    |     September 14th, 2009 View Comments
Don't send an email to confirm that you won't send me emails
I had to deal with some pretty terrible software earlier today so I thought I'd share.  I've been getting emails from my Alma Mater that I really have no interest in, so I clicked the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email. First, let's go over what I expected.  I expected to g...
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Tags: Bad Software
By Tyler King    |     September 17th, 2009 View Comments
Windows hotkeys you should know and use
I spend a fair amount of time looking over people's shoulders while instructing them on how to do various things on their computers.  Of all the ways in which many people could improve their productivity, I think learning basic hotkeys would probably lead to the most noticeable results.  T...
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By Tyler King    |     September 19th, 2009 View Comments
Sales or Development - The chicken or the egg?
I got in an interesting conversation tonight with a friend of mine that works as a sales rep.  We were talking about his job, and we somehow got on the topic of how important the product is to a salesperson.  His claim was that the product is completely irrelevant to a salesperson because ...
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By Tyler King    |     September 21st, 2009 View Comments
Base decisions off hope, not fear
If there's one thing that a start-up company has an abundance of, it's decisions that need to be made.  The smaller and newer a company is, the fewer things are already defined which means that every little step in the process requires at least a little creativity. I think that there are b...
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By Tyler King    |     September 21st, 2009 View Comments
A terrible commercial
Here's an IBM commercial I just saw on tv. It starts with "What is cloud computing" and then continues with a bunch of vague meaningless statements that in no way explain what cloud computing is. Seriously, does this commercial do anything to answer the original question? In my opinion, this is t...
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Tags: Copy, Marketing
By Tyler King    |     September 27th, 2009 View Comments
Compromise is the death of Innovation
Bracken and I are in the process of designing our first round of software.  I'll write a post in the next couple of weeks explaining exactly what we're working on, but what's been more interesting so far is how we've been making decisions.   First let me say that I'm really excited ab...
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