I’m wondering if we need to get a few of these for the new ProWorkflow office! I can just see the team running web demos whilst zipping around the office. Just needs a drink holder.
It’s called the “U3-X” from Honda and is good example of the growing number of futuristic transportation devices being released. This awesome beast is capable of a whopping 6km/h and weighs less than 10kg. Runs on a lithium-ion battery with about an hours charge.
I’d really love to try one of these…
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I just really like this story… I bet the Mint guys are really stoked about turning the heads of Intuit. Good on them I say! Great job guys!
From this:
“Quicken Online Can’t Believe Mint Is Doing So Well; Sends Threatening Letter”
“Intuit, the company behind the well-known Quicken suite of money management software that includes Quicken Online, can’t believe how well its competitor Mint is doing. In fact, they were so bewildered by Mint’s claims of gaining 3,000 new users a day and jumping from 600,000 to 850,000 users in a matter of months that they decided to send a threatening letter demanding an explanation for this apparently inconceivable feat.”
to this…
“Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner) Mint For $170 Million”
“Intuit will acquire the free online personal finance service Mint, we’ve confirmed from a source close to the deal, for around $170 million. Silicon Alley Insider
first reported a rumour on this. The deal should be announced in the next few days.”
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Julian Stone, CEO – Project Management Software visionary for:
ProActive Software, ProWorkflow, ProWorkflow Blog & Julian101
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One of our team, Lara, just sent me a link to a great article written by Joel Spolsky about programmers and shipping product called:
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The Duct Tape Programmer
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html
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It’s basically saying don’t worry too much about the polish on your code or getting it 100%, just ship it! I talk to other software co’s that get so wound up in perfecting technology that they never get their releases to the customers.
At ProWorkflow, of course we’re always trying to improve technology and programming – that’s just ongoing, but we do ship, and often! We roll out updates about every 1-2 weeks. They contain a mix of fixes and functionality, but the fact is they’re rolled out and the customers benefit.
All functionality updates are posted about on the blog here: http://www.proworkflowblog.com
Back to the the article though, there were a couple of paragraphs that really stood out. Check out these:
“Yeah,” he says, “At the end of the day, ship the fucking thing! It’s great to rewrite your code and make it cleaner and by the third time it’ll actually be pretty. But that’s not the point—you’re not here to write code; you’re here to ship products.”
and…
“A 50%-good solution that people actually have solves more problems and survives longer than a 99% solution that nobody has because it’s in your lab where you’re endlessly polishing the damn thing. Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your product must have it.”
So true! Our Chairman reminds us of the latter on a regular basis. So Ship people, ship, ship, ship!
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About the author:
Julian Stone, CEO – Project Management Software visionary for:
ProActive Software, ProWorkflow, ProWorkflow Blog & Julian101
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I came across a neat tool the other day called Wordle – http://www.wordle.net. It’s a great tool for graphically representing mass words, tag clouds, etc. I pointed it at my blog and here’s some examples of what it did…
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About the author:
Julian Stone, CEO – Project Management Software visionary for:
ProActive Software, ProWorkflow, ProWorkflow Blog & Julian101
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Every now and then I see something that’s just beautiful. Check out these wooden (Hardwood) bikes by Renovo. Man, I wish I had one. Great to see designers using materials in creative ways!
“The smoothest bike you’ll ever ride, stealth quiet, light and responsive, stiff as you want. Renovo hollow wood and laminated bamboo frames will forever change your understanding of what a bicycle should be, and how these natural materials can perform when designed to their strengths.”
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About the author:
Julian Stone, CEO – Project Management Software visionary for:
ProActive Software, ProWorkflow, ProWorkflow Blog & Julian101
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