{"id":949,"date":"2009-12-13T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/?p=949"},"modified":"2009-12-13T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T04:06:07","slug":"retweet-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2009\/12\/13\/retweet-november-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Retweet November 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/techknow\">techknow<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/juixe\">juixe<\/a> and I&#8217;ll be sure to follow back.<\/p>\n<p><b>Software Development<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If bad artists copy and great artists steal then bad programmers copy and great programmers cut and paste.<\/li>\n<li>You have to think outside our current requirements and think about solutions that fit the platform and which we can build product features.<\/li>\n<li>Can programmer mood\/happiness be deciphered based on rate of check-ins, changelist, source code diff size, amount of refactoring?<\/li>\n<li>Software is alchemy.  The magic of software is that it can turn complexity to simplicity.<\/li>\n<li>One man&#8217;s feature is another&#8217;s complexity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Team Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 10:00 PM design leads to 1:00 AM release leads to 8:00 AM FAIL.<\/li>\n<li>There are sore losers and sour winners!<\/li>\n<li>You may know your competitors, but do you know your complementor?  Complementors are businesses and services that complement yours.<\/li>\n<li>Know thy competitor, and get to know thy complementor.<\/li>\n<li>The biggest risk is not taking risks.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be afraid of someone stealing your idea, be afraid that someone is actually going to follow through with it<\/li>\n<li>Taking startup advice is like taking dating advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Product Placement<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Wave does not feel like a wave, it is more like a creek and I am without a paddle.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m riding the Google Wave, but not drinking the Google Kool-Aid.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s great that Apple invest in design and multi-touch tech, but they need to invest in water proof tech too.  I&#8217;ve lost two ipods to water.<\/li>\n<li>I want to tether an iPod Touch with an iPhone.<\/li>\n<li>The iPhone is the PC.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>Recharging my Kindle.  It used to be that a book recharged my creativity and imagination now I have to recharge my ebook.<\/li>\n<li>FaceBook should just rename itself to FarmBook!  All I see on FaceBook when I sign in are updates from FarmVille, Cafe World, etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Will Microsoft port Google Go to the .NET platform?  Why will they call it? G++?  Iron Google Go?  Google Go 2010 Business Edition?<\/li>\n<li>What will people abbreviate Google Go down to?  GooGo?  GoGo? Goo?  Goog++?  Golang?  Pogo?<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Python 300&#8217; + &#8216;C++&#8217; + Googleplex + $$$ + WTF = Google Go<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Self Development<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creditability is worth more than money in the bank.<\/li>\n<li>It is better to work on your own ideas than on someone else&#8217;s assumptions.<\/li>\n<li>To think outside the box it helps to first master the box.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t do what stops you from doing what you want to do unless that is what you want to do.<\/li>\n<li>You are damned if you do, damned if you don&#8217;t, and damned if you hesitate.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have the key to success, call on a locksmith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact. &#8211; Matt Mullenweg\/#TWiST 26<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t build everything and there is no more a killer feature.  Everyone has a different killer feature.  &#8211; Matt Mullenweg\/#TWiST 26<\/li>\n<li>I am the unhappiest WordPress user in the world, I think it sucks.  &#8211; Matt Mullenweg\/#TWiST 26<\/li>\n<li>Having a virtual assistant is one of the greatest training for managers. &#8211; Matt Coffin\/#TWiST 27<\/li>\n<li>I only believe rumors that I start &#8211; Mike Elgan<\/li>\n<li>Wait a second, &#8230; you&#8217;ll waiting for me to take a risk, and then you&#8217;ll take a risk, that is not risk at all &#8211; @jason\/#TWiST<\/li>\n<li>We spend more time worrying and planning for the downside than we do spend worrying and planning for the upside. &#8211; Mark Pincus\/Zynga<\/li>\n<li>A lot of what you have to do as CEO is convince the employees that you are not a normal company. &#8211; Mark Pincus\/Zynga<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have control of your company, you are an employee. &#8211; Mark Pincus<\/li>\n<li>The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. &#8211; Eric Hoffer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ll be sure to follow back. Software Development If bad artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,44,87,89,90,804,39,40,77,28,88,91],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p902K-fj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}