Step 1, read this: "Dear GeekWire: A coding bootcamp is not a replacement for a computer science degree". It's short, it won't hurt.
I got this comment.
more ..."The world runs in legacy code and the cs degrees focus on leading edge
Most of what is learned in cs [is] never …
Why? Why are Enterprise Computers so hard to use? What is it about computers that terrifies corporate IT? They're paying lots of money to have me sit around and wait for mysterious approver folks to decide if I can be given permission to install development tools. (Of course, the real …
more ...Read this on Gizmodo: "How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet" Compelling stuff: "Integration Is The Enemy of Innovation". "[Corporate Development milestones] often completely ignore what made the smaller target valuable in the first place." Lessons learned: it's hard to apply structured, formal, financial controls to innovation. As soon …
more ...There's a cool infographic on technology change in FrugalDad. See The Great Disruption: The Future of Personal Tech. It's interesting and informative, but the few predictions it makes are not really disruptive. You wouldn't see anyone lobbying against the suggested future directions. They're all good ideas that leverage existing technology …
more ...Read this http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/04/25/david-brooks-competitiveness-vs-creativity-ge-vs-apple/ It's a brilliant analysis of innovation and creativity.
more ...Read "Why Software Patents are Evil" by Simon Phipps in InfoWorld. It's an excellent summary of the problems caused by patents applied to software. There's a great TED Talk by Johanna Blakley on "Lessons Learned from Fashion's Free Culture" which reinforces the essential point. Software patents don't help anyone. The …
more ...when it comes to the exceptional cases, all bets are off. So keep your mind open to weird, young [ideas] that you meet …more ...
Saw this on Twitter from @hunterwalk:
Startups piss people off because their existence is a statement that incumbents aren't doing their job well enough
Also true of IT internal innovation. Pitch a novel, innovative idea to management, and most organizations will find ways to avoid it. Suggesting a bold new …
more ...Read this: How Ma Bell Shelved the Future for 60 Years.
AT&T firmly believed that the answering machine, and its magnetic tapes, would lead the public to abandon the telephone.
How many good ideas are set aside by managers who simply don't have a clue what users actually want …
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