I’ve heard people start redefining NoSQL as “not only SQL”. (blog post) Bradley Holt
Google’s strategy with search has worked out perfectly : basically, continual incremental improvement. No one can catch up. A good example is this search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=united+5336
Providing very useful information quickly.
Junction is a platform for developing multi-person applications across the Android, iOS, and web platforms.
“As a result, many young companies over focus their teams on their retention metrics, but do not spend enough time getting into intense depth on the actual user experience. This generally results in a frantic numbers chase that does not end in a great product.”
from ben’s blog by Ben Horowitz
Frictionless feedback essential to Consumerized Enterprize Apps…
At Google, “We don’t have a two year plan. We have a next week and a next quarter plan. Most of our successful products were built by small teams reacting quickly.” Indeed, awhile ago I asked Android head Andy Rubin what Android would look like in three years. He said there was no way to know;…
Agreed, but differences remain. Consumers exchange privacy data for low cost distribution. Is IT ready to exchange privacy data for consumerization?
Jean-Louis Gassée says no in this HP WebOS thought piece:
“The consumerization of IT renders the “enterprise-only” pivot null and void. In this new world, Google and Apple wage an ecosystem war: devices + apps + distribution. Add marketing, if you want, but Word Of Mouth is still more potent than ad dollars. Or merely reinforces it.”
Here’s what’s scary: You could easily fit all Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, LinkedIn employees together into the 20,000 seats in Madison Square Garden. They just don’t employ a lot of people, relative to their valuations.
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