I finally managed to get myself to watch some of the Windows 8 / Metro keynotes from Microsoft’s build conference. Especially Jensen Harris’ (Director of Program Management Windows User Experience) intro to “8 traits of great Metro style apps“. And I have…
Product Decision Criteria #1: Make the best product!
At Hypercritical podcast (episode #32) John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss product decisions at Apple. The #1 product decision criteria at the board room (or any executive level) should be: “Make the best product” (for the customer) How often are…
WAC push with Tizen
The launch of Tizen (collecting the remains of MeeGo and LiMo) explicitely mentions the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) APIs as one element of the solution. The other one mentioned was HTML5. Could this give WAC another push besides the Apple, Amazon,…
7 Disruptive Innovations
Great infographics on 7 disruptive innovations.
Square processing $2bn in payments per year
Interesting update on previous post on how Square is doing with their smartphone based credit card terminal business.
Windows Phone chief Andy Lees: “Customer want choice” – Not too much!
Interesting interview with Windows Phone chief Andy Lees in the Seattle Times. “Q: Do you think the iPhone 4S (running on iOS 5) gives you an opening? Do you think they missed an opportunity there? A: Yes I do. I think, from an…
Social Innovation
Matthias Horx of Zukunftsinstitut gave an interesting presentation on the future of family, women in business, work and society yesterday at the launch event for Bayerisches Zukunftsministerium. Out of a lot of interesting facts, findings and prediction there were 2 things I…