July 2007
4 posts
Agility is key to software success
Iterative and agile development methods are truly a paradigm shift from the traditional waterfall methods. The skeptics are afraid of change. They are the people sitting atop of the waterfall knowledge pyramid and do not want to let go their position. I always like to reference an old IBM commercial that had a storyline along the lines of “Adapt or Die”, and that is certainly true when it comes to...
Moving on…
This past week I quit my job in favor of becoming a product manager at eBay. I am very excited about working for eBay however I feel like an emigrant that is moving away from his home. My current soon to be x employer is a startup primarily owned by a good friend that has been with me for several years now. My decision came as a blow that appears to have severed our relationship. Too bad.
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The poor millionaire
In Arabic, we have a saying “extend your feet no longer than the length pf our bed”. This means that you should not spend more than you can afford. In other words, this says you should settle for what you have.
I say bullshit.
Humans are highly adaptive; this means we can settle for anything as long as we have enough to live. Look at Africa, Gaza, Cuba and others. They are all alive, but hardly...
Business
America is all business. You have to earn everything you do. It seams that no matter what you do here, you have to slave for it. Everything costs money, and lots of it. Home, health, happiness, family, time, it is all expensive. No matter what it is, it has a monetary value. Bullshit.