During the last few month I’ve been explaining software engineering to management types quite a bit.  Most of the “bosses” that I talked to weren’t technical at all, so I was trying to stay away from famous concepts, examples, and terminology as much as I could.  Of course,...

This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials. Company Name Backboard 20-Word Description Backboard makes it quick and easy to get feedback and approval on your documents, right in your brows...

Software, energy, people Gregory T. Huang wrote: Updated Dec. 3 with comments from Ed Lazowska (see below): Seattle-based Verdiem, a cleantech-meets-computing firm, announced its new chief executive today. He is Jeremy Jaech, the co-founder of software powerhouses Aldus and Visio, a University of Wa...

Software, management, startups Gregory T. Huang wrote: Collaborative work management—it’s not the sexiest topic, but it’s a big business. Seattle-area entrepreneur Brent Frei estimates that his newest startup, Smartsheet, is the “301st company in the space.” The basic i...

In Episode 21 of Implement ERP Fast, we will continue our discussion on ERP Process Intergration. Also in this episode, I will revisit WHY I produce this podcast and my perspective on the BEST approach in implementing an ERP system. I have added two new steps to the beginning of the integration proc...

Recently, my Mac hard drive failed and I lost all my work of filing documents into nice organized folders on my desktop. Fortunately, most all of my documents live in my inbox in their own files. Thanks to improving search ... [Read more]...

I am a big fan of Software as a Service, but it frustrates the hell out of me to see industry pundits over-hype it without really understanding it.  Here are 3 killer (in the bad sense) half-truths about SaaS: 1 - SaaS is simpler, easier to implement than On-premise software (see update at the ...

I've been working on my CFUnited presentation titled "Reviving the Lost Craft of Writing Specifications" and thought I'd publish a teaser that might make it into the final version. This is raw, rough, uncut and unedited so beware. // Sometimes, a client knows what they want in the end, but really tr...

When I started this post 2 months ago, it had a more tongue-in-cheek working title: NetBooks - the Little Gem in Hiding - clearly a play on Dennis Howlett’s  post, NetBooks - a little gem.  That’s because despite Dennis’s positive review of this new SaaS solution for smal...

Centralization is a bug That is the first message conveyed by Tim Bray as an Ambassador From the Web at the XBRL conference. He continues by quoting Bill Joy Wherever you work, most of the smart people are somewhere else This is the reason why I have such a problem with centralized data sources and ...