Twitter is turning to a gigantic echo chamber (and that pisses me off)
I don't really know what game they're playing at Twitter. But it looks like they're trying to turn a service able to share information at the speed of light and create unlikely conversation into the kind of sterile echo chamber that would make MSN and the whole makeup blogosphere jealous. [...]
4 good reasons to run a private beta
Is launching yous product with a private beta still relevant in 2010? I was discussing this point last night with a real beta sceptic. He said a private beta is an old fashion way of generate some buzz, and make people talk about you for free, or almost. Sooooo 2004, and overhyped since Gmail invita [...]
Win 20 exclusive invitation to Play Nicely, the project management with fun Web application
Last month, I did a review about Play Nicely, an online tool introducing a splash of fun in project management. Still in private beta, Play Nicely just announced a new release coming with fancy feature, such as Github / Subversion integration and achievement badges for the best bug squashers. [...]
Is Foursquare already dead? Aka the Sick Sad World of useless social networks
Is Foursquare already doomed? A few days after the geolocation service announced a 20 million dollars fund raising, the question is already relevant. Not because of Foursquare itself, but for every social network having its 15 minutes of fame before falling into the pit of oblivion. A few weeks ago, [...]
Why doing simple and cheap when complex products sell more expensive?
Being an advocate of lightness and simplicity sometimes makes you forget about the "hard market reality" (sic). A few weeks ago I was heaving a lunch with the CEO of a software company who explained me why complexity was his core business: We designed a complicated software on purpose. It gathers ev [...]
Play Nicely: if coding is fun, managing code should be fun too
In 5 years of managing software development, I've tested almost every bug tracker and project management tools on the market. Most of them are either unfinished craps or unusable gas factories. Despite a huge choice available, my experience has been quite disappointing so far. [...]
Facetime is coming, are we ready for mobile videochat?
Video chat is an old science fiction fan dream. It has been existing on cartoons drawing what would be year 2000 since the end of the 19th century. Being able to chat face to face making fun of the distance may be an old dream, it has a hard time becoming true despite not technological issue. [...]
About Web performance and user experience
Web performances has been a trending topic for the past 3 years, both as a user experience and a SEO matter. Many domains started to raise awareness on a slow Web being a critical issue, as people get used to get their content instantly. [...]
What eBay iPhone app says about mobile shopping
eBay is the most popular mobile shopping in the world, having more than 8 million downloads on the App Store and counting. After traditional bids and classified announces, the biggest auction website now attacks the mobile shopping market. In addressing this new market, eBay faces 2 challenges. The [...]
Is Twitter trying to kill the ecosystem that made it successful?
As a young platform in a constant (r)evolution, the Web is a very interesting environment to observe. There is no need to wait for ages to see history repeating, mostly when it comes to doing mistakes. The day Microsoft included Internet Explorer as a core component of Windows, it killed innovation [...]
Web usability and user experience are 2 passions I had the chance to turn into professionnal activity.
