I love a lot of what 37 signals are about but I must say I don’t agree with David’s view that monetize is word we don’t need. Monetize doesn’t mean making money. Monetization is a conversion process, which is why I like the word (even though I use it sparingly because it is so misunderstood). [...]
The old school software industry is under huge economic, cyclical and competitive pressure. Dogs growl and bite when backed into corners. Some comments I have been reading on recent posts about SaaS are highlighting the pressure which is now extending to CIO’s and CFO’s. These key decision makers are having to decide whether to keep [...]
I’m an X-files fan, I admit it. I love a search for the truth but there is a major problem. Truth and reality are constrained by the observers knowledge, wisdom and measurement (senses). We know that scientific process is designed to maximize observation, but it is still always so constrained. While you have not obtained [...]
Scott Rossenberg points to a very interesting article in The Antlantic. In a nutshell China has a huge trade surplus undistributed to its people. A lot of it sits in US, UK and Australian government bonds. China is very sensible doing this for their economy in order to prevent inflation. It is an onerous balancing [...]
In an old movie called The Gods Must Be Crazy a light plane pilot throws a coke bottle from his window and it hits an African Native on the head. The African Native hasn’t had much to do with western culture and thinks it came from God. He decides it might be a weapon because [...]
My new years resolution is very low key. It is to add a little more rigour and discipline to life. People tend to go for big ticket resolutions but it takes a revolutionary change in your life to have them happen. We all know they don’t, humans just fail badly honouring their New Years resolution [...]