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  The business of software

Inspired by a talk I gave yesterday at the BOS conference. This is long, feel free to skip!My first real job was leading a team that created five massive computer games for the Commodore 64. The games were so big they needed four floppy disks each, and the project was so complex (and the hardware systems so sketchy) that on more than one occasion, smoke started coming out of the drives.Success was a product that didn't crash, start a fire or lead to a nervous breakdown.Writing software...

   Software,Design,Business,Software design     2011-10-29 07:22:09

  Dos and Don’ts in Test automation in your project

Test automation is a vital step for any digital solution. With time, its architecture gets more complex, new features are added, and it acquires more users. Thus, your QA team needs to spend more time and effort to ensure the application usability and smooth user experience with no bugs and defects. So here are the things you need to consider before the start of the automation initiative: Define Success Metrics It’s hard to measure success until you haven’t set up clear goals from t...

   TESTING,TEST AUTOMATION     2021-01-12 05:57:45

  People, processes and tools

Some years ago, one of my managers used to repeat this "Accenture truism" (or so he designated it): to fix or improve something, first you need the right people, then you need the right processes to help those people work together, then finally you need the right tools to support those processes. People, processes, and tools - in that order.This is even more true for tech startups than for corporations. As geeks, whenever we face a problem, we often start by looking for a tool to fix it. "Our te...

   Work,People,Process,Tool,Importance,Priority     2011-10-24 11:36:14

  Want to Expand Your Customer Base Globally? A Global Phone Number Is Your First Step

If you want your establishment to connect to the world, you’re in luck. Thanks to technology development, it’s much easier to do this now more than ever. But with this global expansion, you should have a few assets to help you with your success. To maintain your business reachability no matter where your customer is, you can start with a global phone number provided by companies like Telnum. If you’re not sure if it’s the right move, we’ll help you decide whether i...

   VOIP,BUSINESS     2024-01-04 05:28:19

  Essential Rules To Protect Your Credit Card When Shopping Online

You have to protect yourself and your credit card online while shopping. There are a number of ways to do this, but some prove more technical than others. Your basic best defense includes sensible use and layers of protection. The best way to do this is to pick and choose which stores at which you charge purchases. You can reduce the chance of losing your card details to a thief by declining to allow the retailer to store your credit card. Use a password manager to save your passwords and make a...

   SECURITY,CREDIT CARD,MASTERCARD     2019-10-09 08:40:07

  Android socket programming example

Socket is a kind of interface for different sides t communicate, it usually identified by an IP and a port. There are many server side software on a server and they would provide different service. Each server many create some sockets and bind them to some ports so that clients can listen to. Software on the Internet will exchange data though a bidirectional connection established. Each end of the connection has a socket created. In Java, Socket and ServerSocket are in java.net package, ServerSo...

   Android,Socket,Java     2013-05-11 22:17:16

  One minute to understand earnings report of IT giants in last quarter

According to Sohu IT, if you want to know the operating status of a listed technology company, then the company's quarterly earnings report should not be missed. Now it's time for companies to release earnings report for last quarter, a few large IT giants in United States have announced the previous quarter's earnings. But many ordinary readers are not interested in those professional reports with a lot of finance jargon, so we extracted and summarized some important information from Yahoo, Goo...

   Earnings report,IT giant     2013-04-27 10:05:38

  Becoming a Better Developer, Part 2: Know Your Core Competencies

If you're trying to grow your startup you've come to the right place. Get my 170-page ebook on how to grow a startup and join thousands of self-funded entrepreneurs by subscribing to my newsletter at right. For years business consultants have instructed businesses to “know your core competencies.” What this means is “know what you do well and stick to it.” For example: Harley Davidson makes great motorcycles. But they’re probably not so good at making per...

   Developer,Tips     2011-06-29 08:40:10

  Man Survives Steve Ballmer’s Flying Chair To Build ’21st Century Linux’

Mark Lucovsky, famous for building Windows NT and watching Steve Ballmer throw a chair.Mark Lucovsky was the other man in the room when Steve Ballmer threw his chair and called Eric Schmidt a “fucking pussy.”Yes, the story is true. At least according to Lucovsky. Microsoft calls it a “gross exaggeration,” but Lucovsky says that when he walked into Ballmer’s office and told the Microsoft CEO he was leaving the company for Google, Ballmer picked up his chai...

   VMWare,Founder,Mark Lucovsky,Microsoft,Google,Cloud Foundry     2011-11-25 03:00:39

  How to be an excellent programmer

To use a programming language is very easy for a programmer, but it's a dream for many programmers to be an expert software developer. There are five levels of programmers: Novice, Senior novice, competent, proficient, and expert. Most programmers are senior novice. And programmer living in this level are a lot of people who have 1 to 10 years work experience.As a programmer, how to find the bottlenecks for your improvement and how to improve yourself quickly? This is really not an easy question...

   Programming,Tips,Habit     2013-03-26 09:53:38