Author Archives: amol
Hit factories
In the gaming industry, success has always been highly unpredictable. Parker Brothers, according to a history of the company, found that there was no secret formula: products that tested well often flopped in the marketplace, while “an in-house flop could
Hit factories
In the gaming industry, success has always been highly unpredictable. Parker Brothers, according to a history of the company, found that there was no secret formula: products that tested well often flopped in the marketplace, while “an in-house flop could
Desktop mail
After a year or two of using only Gmail (in a zillion tabs on my browser, constantly logging in/out, super annoying!), I am going to give a whirl to a mail client again. InkyMail (from a startup in Baltimore) and
Desktop mail
After a year or two of using only Gmail (in a zillion tabs on my browser, constantly logging in/out, super annoying!), I am going to give a whirl to a mail client again. InkyMail (from a startup in Baltimore) and
Women in Horowitzs new book
Partners, mentors, bosses, advisors, and peers from the first ten pages:
Women in Horowitzs new book
Partners, mentors, bosses, advisors, and peers from the first ten pages:
Seed Word of Mouth
Here’s a realization I only came to recently. Since investors are often looking to team up, especially at the earliest stages when it’s hard to judge and your individual elbow grease investment will be low, these investors are looking for
Seed Word of Mouth
Here’s a realization I only came to recently. Since investors are often looking to team up, especially at the earliest stages when it’s hard to judge and your individual elbow grease investment will be low, these investors are looking for
regarding your software project
This is what an old fogey software engineer sounds like. If it sounds like you, take a good look in the mirror at your development process or perhaps ask whether something invented in the 1990s at “Andersen Consulting” or even
regarding your software project
This is what an old fogey software engineer sounds like. If it sounds like you, take a good look in the mirror at your development process or perhaps ask whether something invented in the 1990s at “Andersen Consulting” or even
Overnight success aka You Must Be In It
But with about 25,000 new apps going online every month, Flappy Bird was lost in the mix and seemed like a bust – until, eight months later, something crazy happened. The game went viral. By February, it was topping the
Overnight success aka You Must Be In It
But with about 25,000 new apps going online every month, Flappy Bird was lost in the mix and seemed like a bust – until, eight months later, something crazy happened. The game went viral. By February, it was topping the
Five data points about crowdfunding
Everybody is doing it. In the last 30 days, in my inbox: – Writer/friend launching a subscription/support for her writing – Large startup planning its crowdfunded new product – Super early startup that wants to crowdfund their game app –
Five data points about crowdfunding
Everybody is doing it. In the last 30 days, in my inbox: – Writer/friend launching a subscription/support for her writing – Large startup planning its crowdfunded new product – Super early startup that wants to crowdfund their game app –
The platform war that is destroying your inbox and wasting your time that Google should apologize for: Read vs Archive vs Delete
One of the great platform wars of our age is not – Single vs Double click – GUI vs CL – 32 bit vs 64 bit – ARM vs Intel – Keypad vs Touch – Folders vs Search. It isn’t any
The platform war that is destroying your inbox and wasting your time that Google should apologize for: Read vs Archive vs Delete
One of the great platform wars of our age is not – Single vs Double click – GUI vs CL – 32 bit vs 64 bit – ARM vs Intel – Keypad vs Touch – Folders vs Search. It isn’t any
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