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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

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I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, My philosophy emanated from my days of programming and later designing corporate software in the early 1990′s.

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Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters

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Initially as a systems designer and programmer and post MBA as a strategy consultant. It soaked up all of our development resources and didn’t allow us to focus on what we felt our company strategy was. Some companies / products are designed for large organizations from day 1. Avoid elephants in your early stages.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 2.0. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, And importantly Web 2.0

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Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay

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Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. finance software such as Wesabe and Mint, and applied it to the corporate expense area.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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He shows data that the overwhelming majority of major enterprise in the US is currently adopting or looking to adopt social networking technology. As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. Enter the World Wide Web (WWW).

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development

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► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? Build a SWAT team 3.