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Continue reading →: Sociotechnology, Public Policy and the Global Economic Crisis
Today’s Washington Post includes an article on “How We Can Restore Confidence” in our economy. Confidence, after all, is one of the energetic drivers of the economy – without it, spending grinds to a halt, and the delicate equilibrium of economic flow is jeopardized. The author, Charles T. Munger, reflects…
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Continue reading →: Google Measures Energy to Conserve Energy
Why measure? Because measurement compels behavior. I’ve written about this previously in my article on the Trash Guy, but now Google is taking note: ”Studies show that being able to see your energy usage makes it easier to reduce it.” This is the driver for their new Google PowerMeter project,…
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Continue reading →: The Wii Fit and Quality Considerations
This week, Forbes published an article called “The Truth About Wii Fit and Weight Loss”, noting that even though the Wii Fit is now in over 1.5 million households, it still isn’t delivering the health benefits that were envisioned. Why? Because people just aren’t using the Wii Fit enough to…
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Continue reading →: Quality is Better When You Feel Good
How you perceive quality is influenced by your expectations. And sometimes, your expectations are subconscious or emotionally driven. For example, a product may have all the features you, as a consumer, could possibly want and need – and it might perform well too! But it still might not satisfy everyone,…
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Continue reading →: Software Hell is a Crowded Place
I’ve been thinking a lot about management fads lately, and ran into this 2005 article by Nick Carr, titled “Does Not Compute”. Here’s the part that caught my eye: “A look at the private sector reveals that software debacles are routine. And the more ambitious the project, the higher the…
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Continue reading →: How Usability and (Software) Quality are Related
ISO 9241-11 defines usability as “the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.” The four elements that define usability within this context are as follows: both the users and goals must…
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Continue reading →: Why Software Reuse is Hard – More Perspectives
A couple weeks ago I presented my perspective on Why Software Reuse is Hard. I also posted a link on LinkedIn, and wanted to capture the comments that were received there. I think it’s interesting to note how many people support the concept of continuous learning for competitive advantage in…
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