#tech-market
5 posts
2017 - January
1 post2016 - March
1 post2013 - November
1 post2013 - July
1 post2009 - August
1 post2017 - January
1 post[Off-Topic] Why are we all moving away from Apple?
This retrospective argues that the iPhone, cloud, and web apps made switching systems easy, while Apple stopped advancing after Steve Jobs. To the author, technology has been stuck since 2010.
2016 - March
1 postWar is Over, or is it? A New Dawn for Microsoft
Bash on Windows and free, open-source Xamarin tools could make Windows attractive to non-.NET developers. The author sees a plausible way out of OS X, but only if Microsoft delivers on its promise.
2013 - November
1 post[Off-Topic] Tech Startups, B2C overcrowding. Boring.
The text criticizes the race toward nearly identical B2C startups and argues that B2B innovation starts with understanding corporate processes. Without that experience, the shortcut can leave a generation years behind.
2013 - July
1 post[Off-Topic] Comfort Zone: Taking to the Streets Isn't the Only Solution
The author criticizes turning complaints about pay, conditions, or investment into a strategy and argues for taking on hard problems, because personal effort can create room for innovation there.
2009 - August
1 post[Off-Topic] The Damn Regulation Law Is Back!
The author criticizes PLS 607/07 for restricting systems analyst jobs to degree holders, leaving enforcement unclear, and threatening self-taught developers and the free market.