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Thoughts: Why do this?


Recognizing and avoiding the long tail

I would argue the long tail was one of the main reasons why agile methodologies replaced older methodologies. Prior to agile, most software was developed and delivered over long periods of time, and if done well there various checks and balances (documentation, reviews, structural adherence) that addressed things like the long tail. Within agile these…

The slow death of search

I can’t speak for your experience, but more and more I find search (google in particular) to be far from useful. Very often I try to find various information, and search either leads me away from locations of value, or presents me with content that is unrelated. Why is this happening? Well there are many…

Pet Walking in BearVelo

Having used a variety of cycling, walking and other activity applications on my phone, I had some ideas of what I liked, what I felt they were lacking and what I thought I would value in an application. I tabled the idea, working on other apps that would provide elements of the activity application, but…

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