For those of you developing applications on the cloud, performance is often a critical concern. It turns out that it’s surprisingly difficult to evaluate cloud offerings beyond just looking at price or feature charts. When we looked at how our own users could measure the relative performance of Google Cloud Platform, it was clear they… Read More »
It’s been 25 years since Ray Oldenburg coined the term third space. “A generic designation for a great variety of public places that host the regular, voluntary, informal and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realms of home and work,” as Oldenburg, an urban sociologist, wrote in 1989. That might sound stuffy and stilted… Read More »
An interesting architecture with alternatives to big software providers. Vinted is a peer-to-peer marketplace to sell, buy and swap clothes. It allows members to communicate directly and has the features of a social networking service. Started in 2008 as a small community for Lithuanian girls, it developed into a worldwide project that serves over 7… Read More »
21st century capitalism needs a revolution. How does growth happen – from a strategic point of view? The great Joseph Schumpeter argued that growth happens through a process of creative destruction. There’s a simpler word for that: turbulence. I think there’s a problem with this thesis. In an interconnected world, there are more and more… Read More »
This is a guest post by Jenny Richards, a professional database administrator who is currently employed at Remote DBA. In the world of databases, there is no single silver bullet fitting for every gun. How you select the database to use is very dependent on every other factor of your work: Who are you… Read More »
When people want to get more done at work, they double down on the time they put into their jobs. They adopt a new productivity approach, stay at the office late, work weekends, revamp to-do lists, and try to cram more into every day. But what if the secret to performing better at work, and… Read More »
Everyone aspires to have purpose or meaning in their career but how do you actually do that? What practical steps can you take today or this month to make sure you’re not just toiling away at your desk but you’re doing something you genuinely care about? What the Experts Say Unfortunately, most of us don’t… Read More »
A surprising thing happened during a recent brainstorming session I led for a retail client. We were supposed to be coming up with ideas for improving the company’s customer experiences, but the head of operations could not think of a single new customer service idea to explore. And the development leader failed to identify any new ideas… Read More »
One of the promises of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that everything should talk to everything else. These talkative “things” include sensors, consumer appliances, home automation systems, and even connected vehicles. The frameworks through which such interconnectivity is arranged, controlled, and mediated – that is, how these things “entitle” each other to connect –… Read More »
A leader’s most precious resource is not their time. It’s their focused attention. Time merely passes, while focused attention makes things happen. When we’re able to gather and direct our attention toward a particular task or interaction, we can have a significant impact in a minimal amount of time. But when we’re unable to bring… Read More »