Paul Graham has posted an essay on The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups. Graham hits a bullseye when he claims that a big mistake that startups make is that they don’t make something that users want (After all of my usability posts this week, I feel like I want to leap into a Steve [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Paul Graham: The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
November 15, 2006
Usability strikes twice in one day
November 15, 2006
In today’s episode of On Point on WBUR, “Simplicity in Technology“, host Tom Ashbrook interviews John Maeda, whose latest book, “The Laws of Simplicity“, deals with creating simpler products and electronic gadgetry. (I’ll post more about this once I listen to the episode!)
To my surprise, I see that WordPress thinks I wrote this [...]
Today is World Usability Day
November 14, 2006
Today is World Usability Day, as declared by the Usability Professionals’ Association. Various events are planned all around the world in an effort to raise awareness about usability – and there are YouTube casts (many from the Boston Museum of Science) and webcasts in case you missed any of the events. Maybe you’ll [...]
Java released to Open Source community
November 13, 2006
Sun will be releasing Java under the GPL Open Source license.
While we’ve always been able to download the source code to see what goes on behind-the-scenes in Java’s classes, this is the first time that the javac compiler and JVM code will be revealed. Sun should finish releasing the source code to its implementation [...]
Welcome!
November 11, 2006
Welcome to From Idea to Product! I intend to use this blog to spread the joy of transforming fascinating ideas into outstanding software products. I will cover best practices and new innovations in the software lifecycle, the ups and downs of business and marketing, and most importantly of all, the travails and the glee of [...]
