Artigos

25 de janeiro, 2011

Hector's list of happiness

Jason Yip just brought to my attention Hetcor’s list of happiness, from the book Hector and the Search for Happiness. Just bought it and will start […]
18 de janeiro, 2011

Software development, craftsmanship and how to choose a professional

Last week I read two very interesting posts in Dan North’s blog: Programming is not a craft On craftsmanship The first one explains why software development […]
3 de janeiro, 2011

The good is the enemy of the good enough

Everybody knows the phrase “the perfect is the enemy of the good” attributed to Voltaire. But sometimes even “good” is way too much for what is […]
7 de novembro, 2010

How can we improve?

Today I just read two posts about how to improve from blogs of very diverse topics such as swimming and leadership. The blog post about swimming […]
2 de novembro, 2010

Let's use the "reduce, reuse, recycle" motto when writing software

When my 4 years old daughter likes a song, she asks me to repeat the song over and over. I believe this is no news for […]
13 de outubro, 2010

Purpose beyond profit

If you have a small kid who goes to kindergarten you most certainly have used the word purpose during your conversation about her day at school. […]
12 de setembro, 2010

How do we know what the customer wants?

In my last post I mentioned the lessons we can learn from the end of Google Wave and I also mentioned how important it is to […]
29 de agosto, 2010

Prototype: first impression

The word prototype is formed by two greek words, protos (first) + typos (impression). We know how important it is to use prototypes as a first […]
9 de agosto, 2010

Google Wave sunset provides some interesting product management lessons

Last week Google’s announcement about the end of Google Wave made me review and rethink about some product manangement lessons. Product discovery Marty Cagan, former eBay […]