The Bottomless Notebook

The Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams

Every Web team has its own take on dividing up roles and responsibilities and implementing processes for design and development. Formal titles, job descriptions, and reporting structures can vary widely. But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success.

Yahoo! To Buy Overture

On Monday, July 14, both companies announced the plans of Yahoo!, the Internet's top search directory, to buy Overture, the Internet's top pay-per-click engine. The move was not surprising to industry insiders, but was very surprising to the public.

Celebrate Your Quirks!

About 5 years ago, I became deaf in my left ear, due to nerve damage. At first I wanted to hide it, ignore it, pretend it didn't exist. I didn't want to wear hearing aids - that just told everyone I "had a problem".

Persistence

Recently, I received the following message from one of my faithful BizWeb Gazette subscribers: