Juixe Techknow

From time to time I just blast tweets about software development, project planning, team dynamics, or whatever else comes to mind. Here is a synopsis of recent tweets and rants. If you want to follow the conversation follow me at techknow and/or juixe and I’ll be sure to follow back.

Software Development

• If bad artists copy and great artists steal then bad programmers copy and great programmers cut and paste.
• You have to think outside our current requirements and think about solutions that fit the platform and which we can build product features.
• Can programmer mood/happiness be deciphered based on rate of check-ins, changelist, source code diff size, amount of refactoring?
• Software is alchemy. The magic of software is that it can turn complexity to simplicity.
• One man’s feature is another’s complexity.

Team Leadership

• A 10:00 PM design leads to 1:00 AM release leads to 8:00 AM FAIL.
• There are sore losers and sour winners!
• You may know your competitors, but do you know your complementor? Complementors are businesses and services that complement yours.
• Know thy competitor, and get to know thy complementor.
• The biggest risk is not taking risks.
• Don’t be afraid of someone stealing your idea, be afraid that someone is actually going to follow through with it
• Taking startup advice is like taking dating advice.

Product Placement

• Google Wave does not feel like a wave, it is more like a creek and I am without a paddle.
• I’m riding the Google Wave, but not drinking the Google Kool-Aid.
• It’s great that Apple invest in design and multi-touch tech, but they need to invest in water proof tech too. I’ve lost two ipods to water.
• I want to tether an iPod Touch with an iPhone.
• The iPhone is the PC.
• I have a growing collection of ebooks on my Kindle, in fact I have not bought a hard cover book since I got my Kindle over a year ago.
• Recharging my Kindle. It used to be that a book recharged my creativity and imagination now I have to recharge my ebook.
• FaceBook should just rename itself to FarmBook! All I see on FaceBook when I sign in are updates from FarmVille, Cafe World, etc…
• Will Microsoft port Google Go to the .NET platform? Why will they call it? G++? Iron Google Go? Google Go 2010 Business Edition?
• What will people abbreviate Google Go down to? GooGo? GoGo? Goo? Goog++? Golang? Pogo?
• ‘Python 300’ + ‘C++’ + Googleplex + $$$ + WTF = Google Go

Self Development

• Creditability is worth more than money in the bank.
• It is better to work on your own ideas than on someone else’s assumptions.
• To think outside the box it helps to first master the box.
• Don’t do what stops you from doing what you want to do unless that is what you want to do.
• You are damned if you do, damned if you don’t, and damned if you hesitate.
• If you don’t have the key to success, call on a locksmith.

Quotes

• The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact. – Matt Mullenweg/#TWiST 26
• You can’t build everything and there is no more a killer feature. Everyone has a different killer feature. – Matt Mullenweg/#TWiST 26
• I am the unhappiest WordPress user in the world, I think it sucks. – Matt Mullenweg/#TWiST 26
• Having a virtual assistant is one of the greatest training for managers. – Matt Coffin/#TWiST 27
• I only believe rumors that I start – Mike Elgan
• Wait a second, … you’ll waiting for me to take a risk, and then you’ll take a risk, that is not risk at all – @jason/#TWiST
• We spend more time worrying and planning for the downside than we do spend worrying and planning for the upside. – Mark Pincus/Zynga
• A lot of what you have to do as CEO is convince the employees that you are not a normal company. – Mark Pincus/Zynga
• If you don’t have control of your company, you are an employee. – Mark Pincus
• The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. – Eric Hoffer