Comments for skiffie.com http://skiffie.com unraveling a mobile blog! Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Top 10 Apps by <img src='http://skiffie.com/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/facebook.png'/> jabba_29 http://skiffie.com/post/11/top-10-apps/comment-page-1#comment-4 jabba_29 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:01:34 +0000 http://skiffie.com/?p=11#comment-4 An better app to replace Flyscreen - check out http://www.snaptu.com/ An better app to replace Flyscreen – check out http://www.snaptu.com/

]]> Comment on Betas – Good or Bad? by leevikokko http://skiffie.com/post/58/betas-good-or-bad/comment-page-1#comment-2 leevikokko Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:49:20 +0000 http://skiffie.com/?p=58#comment-2 I think it's a shame people use the Beta label as an excuse to bugs, as it should really only be used for services the business model of which is under some sort of an evaluation, to indicate to the user: "things might change, we might shuffle bits and pieces around, or even close down unexpectedly if we so choose." As an enlightened developer I'm pretty sure you've read Alan Cooper's masterpiece "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum". After ten years of its publication, when I look around I'm afraid too few people on the planet have taken time to read it. The user-facing features of every electronic device on the planet are increasingly defined by software, not hardware. This really worries me. Given the current (subjective) overall quality in any software production in this world, we will unfortunately need ctrl-alt-del our washing machines, cars, freezers, razors, and radios more and more in the near future. I think it’s a shame people use the Beta label as an excuse to bugs, as it should really only be used for services the business model of which is under some sort of an evaluation, to indicate to the user: “things might change, we might shuffle bits and pieces around, or even close down unexpectedly if we so choose.”

As an enlightened developer I’m pretty sure you’ve read Alan Cooper’s masterpiece “The Inmates Are Running the Asylum”. After ten years of its publication, when I look around I’m afraid too few people on the planet have taken time to read it.

The user-facing features of every electronic device on the planet are increasingly defined by software, not hardware. This really worries me. Given the current (subjective) overall quality in any software production in this world, we will unfortunately need ctrl-alt-del our washing machines, cars, freezers, razors, and radios more and more in the near future.

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