Ben Yoskovitz shares his experience with SaaS [http://www.instigatorblog.com/lessons-learned-running-a-saas-business/2008/03/10/] (Software as a Service), in which he suggests that vendors should charge their customers monthly, or offer discounts for longer term commitments. In my opinion, a more efficient option will be to offer a PAYG…
The KISS principle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle] (“keep it simple, stupid”) is not new to the tech world. It’s the basis of many successful innovations. The principle is somewhat similar to Occam’s razor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor] (“entities should not be…
For a long time I’ve been fascinated [https://www.nilkanth.com/index.php?s=tibet] by a land called Tibet. Now, there’s a state of unrest [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin] is the most peaceful…
Technology Review (published by MIT) presents a list of 10 technologies [http://www.technologyreview.com/specialreports/specialreport.aspx?id=25] that they think are most likely to change the way we live. From Offline Web Applications to Graphene Transistors, most of the stuff is darn interesting.…
I came across this website called CyberEconomics [http://ingrimayne.com/econ/TOC.html] the other day, that explains the various aspects of micro and macro economics. I studied economics back in school as well as in college, but the approach quoted below made much more sense than before: > People…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything related to the Mono project [http://www.mono-project.com/], the open source (and cross-platform) implementation of Microsoft’s .NET. But something really interesting came up today. Mono has been ported to the iPhone [http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Mar-10.…
As I’ve been using C# 3.0 with VS.NET 2008 at work on a production project, I thought it would make sense to mention the great tutorials [http://michaelsync.net/2008/02/29/c-30-tutorials-with-visual-studio-2008-for-beginners] posted by Michael Sync on the subject. One of the most appealing aspects of…
A recent article at Forbes titled “The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing [http://www.forbes.com/home/enterprisetech/2008/02/29/mitra-india-outsourcing-tech-enter-cx_sm_0229outsource.html] ” reads: > Information technology and IT-enabled services will employ 4 million people in 2008 and account for 7% of gross domestic product and 33% of…