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Years ago, I read a biography on Nikola Tesla. While I found many aspects of this great inventor's life intriguing, the one…
In the "No-Kill Pop Box (Instead of Popups)" article, the first part of this series, code was provided to make a box of content pop onto the web page the visitor is viewing. It was presented as an alternative for webmasters who are losing income because of pop-up killers.
Success in your career usually means having the abilities of a gymnast--flexibility, strength, focus and skill, heightened by resilience, perseverance, determination and practice. The ability to accommodate change often requires all these things as well.
Sitting in Perry's Los Angeles office was a humbling experience. The mahogany walls, teak boardroom table and leather-bound engineering manuals made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set. But I felt right at home when I walked up to the white board and started doing the math. Marker in hand, I asked Perry a series of questions aimed at quantifying the cost…
When I was a little boy, my great-grandfather had a scarecrow in his garden. I often wondered if the scarecrow ever really fooled anyone or anything that came near it. According to my great-grandfather, it worked on those creatures that were easily scared, fooled or didn't know better. Today, I have come to think of certain executive marketing officers in this manner: If they put…
In my corner of the software industry, I will work from six months to a couple years to develop and release a new computer game. I can sell sequels or expansion packs, but I generally cannot sell upgrades as with other software.
