Question: Why does such good innovation often come from Johnny Geek living in his parent’s basement, while companies are willing to pay human resources millions of dollars to recruit said geek?
Answer: because Johnny Geek in his parent’s basement, and not with the company.
If he* actually had a day job, there would be two scenarios:
It is [...]
The fruit of a year-long effort is finally up and running! Evolvist.com is a user-driven directory of sustainable and otherwise “smart” businesses and organizations. We started out with a collection of New York-based listings, but you can (and should!) nominate businesses anywhere you are! You’ll see I already started Evolvist.com Montreal simply by nominating my favorite cafe there. Start [...]
Some companies, more than others, are prone to PMS. It makes everyone cranky, unproductive and just plain miserable. This PMS does not occur once a month—no, no, it occurs constantly. What is this PMS of which I speak? Perpetual Meeting Syndrome.
It is the Sisyphusian cycle of meetings to discuss why something has not been done, [...]
It’s only been a couple years since I started developing ecommerce systems, so I’m not qualified to tell you how to build them. On the upside of things, my mistakes are so fresh in my mind that I can certainly tell you how not to build them.
Here are the top ten things I have learned [...]