Well-coordinated work across teams - let's say design and development - is a huge deal when it comes to delivering a good product on time! So, part of my job as a project manager is making sure that the assets passed from design into development are ready for implementation. At the very heart of the … Continue reading Improving App Design Review, Ensuring Design is Ready for Development
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Scaling a startup session @ SxSW with Werner Vogels
Werner Vogels, the amazon CTO, in a very informal way talked with Conten.ly, Distill Networks, and some other CEO/CFO/CCO's on how the start-ups were scaling. Werner still claims that Amazon is a startup. Yeah, just with billion valuation and an IPO. How cute, noted Shane of Contently. (UPD: this was shared lightning fast all over … Continue reading Scaling a startup session @ SxSW with Werner Vogels
A fine line: Journalism, Storytelling and Advocacy
>>German writer and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer once famously said, "silence in the face of evil is evil itself." When there is potential for storytelling or reporting to create a tangible impact, is there an obligation for the journalist or greater media ecosystem relay a call to action to the reader? What is the role of … Continue reading A fine line: Journalism, Storytelling and Advocacy
How to accurately estimate external projects. Part 1 – Delays caused by communication
This is a first article from “How to accurately estimate incoming projects” series, aimed to help you see the possible future pitfalls. This includes both outsourcing projects and the ones where different teams around the world are involved.IT industry is dynamic. Companies change APIs, IDEs, upgrade hosting servers software, raise new compatibility issues. Of course … Continue reading How to accurately estimate external projects. Part 1 – Delays caused by communication
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Nothing new this 2 weeks. Well, in fact tons of new stuff this 2 weeks, but no time to blog at all. We are experiencing extreme-2-week-game-development and are almost ready to release "how not to screw up big projects" book (this is a joke, everything's under control). Meanwhile, we posted some stuff at codebranch blog, … Continue reading no title
MS to challenge interactive web with kinect controlling JS library
Latest post by LongZheng reveals MS Research’s plans to ship JS library for kinect-enabled website. We already mentioned this in our twitter, but today’s little article will take a look at opportunities that this fact brings to the market. Kinect has been a revolutionary addition for XBOX and sold millions of copies first year, becoming the fastest selling … Continue reading MS to challenge interactive web with kinect controlling JS library
Scott Barnes on reading MS’ Roadmap
This is really interesting to watch! One of the best argued and balanced critical statements come from MS' former employees, that's why I follow for example Scott Barnes (@MossyBlog). Check this out 😉
AWESOME! Microsoft’s Speech Recognition and Instant Same Tonal Voice Translation
Having worked in the sound recognition field in mobile space (bird sounds) I know about this hard process a bit. Mostly I was using predefined algorithms and just implemented them in c#, but my poor knowledge and puny brain would never do such amazing stuff! Natural UI comes to life! You can always see that … Continue reading AWESOME! Microsoft’s Speech Recognition and Instant Same Tonal Voice Translation
Apple moves to ARM? No way in at least the next 4 years!
7 years ago Apple announced that they would be moving from PowerPCs to Intel’s x86 CPUs in two years because they had been producing less heat and running much faster (PowerPCs were built by IBM. The 8-core version of this chip also powers PlayStation 3 ). This was a very dangerous step, which definitely brought … Continue reading Apple moves to ARM? No way in at least the next 4 years!
October is for Launch. Huge announcements from Microsoft, Apple and Google: Mobile Platforms News Overview
crosspost x codebranch There were so many announcements this month, that the tech press kept whining about the jetlags and whole difficulty of travelling around the globe. And we’re not talking about the small announcements and launches – all of the three IT giants had something new for the ever growing personal computing market. October … Continue reading October is for Launch. Huge announcements from Microsoft, Apple and Google: Mobile Platforms News Overview
Marat Kiniabulatov | Agile Coach, OKR, PMO 