Monthly archive for July2010

What are User Stories?

User stories are a collection of ‘stories’ that a service provider could expect to hear from a client, for the purpose of describing and fully understanding a product-to-be. User stories are short sentences that describe, in non-technical terms, what a user wants to do on…

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Too little, too late?

The cell phone community has lost two of its kin rather quickly the past week. The Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two were not even two months old before Microsoft decided to pull the plug and discontinue them. The Kin One and Kin Two were…

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Results not Side Effects

There’s a common expression “Better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.”  In the world of software engineering, taking this motto to heart can lead to robust and stable software.  Far too often, we try to verify every possible prerequisite before performing an…

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The Not So Popular Social Media Sites…

We have all heard that joining social media sites can greatly affect your company’s business growth.  I am trying to figure out exactly which ones to do and why. There are thousands of different networking websites, so obviously we need to choose the top sites…

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