Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
I don’t know which format will win, but Microsoft and Intel are backing HD-DVD. Kinda interesting since Intel’s new best buddy, Apple, backs Blu-Ray. My guess is that it will be much like DVD-R vs DVD+R in that eventually drives will do both. At this point, I don’t think anyone cares about formats. People care about price and availability. If the price is too high, or the content is not available in their format of choice, people will get it themselves off some P2P network.
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
After reading this post about intellectual honesty during job interviews, I think I need to make sure my resume is scrubbed of things I use to know, but wouldn’t dare to claim anymore. I used to do C, C++, and Mac development. I’d have a hard time answering any specific question on those topics anymore.
One thing that does bother me about this is that, depending on the interviewer and/or company, skill set can be the deciding factor in hiring. I may not be proficient in objective-C, but if someone hired my to do that work, I’m sure I would be a very productive member of the team. Where do I come up with the nerve to say this? Well, I have a track record of learning new technologies on the fly and ramping up quickly on new projects. My strength is not a deep understanding of a particular technology, but the ability to quickly understand a technology and apply it to the development of a product.
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
I had never heard of Sturgeon’s Law until I heard it used in presentation by Cory Ondrejka about virtual worlds. Sturgeon’s Law is that “Ninety percent of everything is crap.” I’ve been following The Long Tail idea for awhile. The basic idea behind it, is that when you get rid of physical limitations, the crap (the 90%) becomes very important. I wouldn’t say that these “Laws” contradict one another, I think it just says that you can make money selling crap. Nothing Earth shattering, just my way of understanding what every MBA and sales-dude knows.
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