Wired has a very interesting piece on how the Duke Nukem Forever project failed. It’s not only relevant because DNF is part of the nerd culture but also because it is a very interesting tale about a company that could not achieve a reasonable Definition of Done (DoD).
In software development we often talk about Done […]
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Duke Nukem Forever and Magic Bags of Money
Published by December 22nd, 2009 in agile, business, case study, digital media, economics, management, thoughtworks and trends. 3 CommentsWatch Your Language!
Published by June 11th, 2009 in business, case study, digital media, domain driven design, domain specific languages, language adaptation, language oriented programming, software design and trends. 10 CommentsIt was one of my first days in the job. I was hired to head the development of several products for a media company and my new boss and I went to my first meeting.
The room was full of different types of people. You could tell those who were media producers from the managers […]
ABC SBS Review Discussion Paper: The Geek Eye – Part 1
Published by January 27th, 2009 in business, digital media, software architecture, trends and web. 0 CommentsI am really interested in the movements made by the Australian government on the digital media space. Although some parts of it don’t understand the Internet at all usually the public broadcasters -SBS and ABC- have some interesting initiatives regarding the digital frontier.
Last October the government published a paper titled “ABC and SBS: Towards a […]
Sponsored Videos: Monetising YouTube
Published by November 13th, 2008 in business, digital media and trends. 0 CommentsI think that the new Google announcement for YouTube sponsored videos is just great.
I was in a project very similar to this one once. It was a very advanced solution –in business terms- where ads and sponsored content could be bought online using simple tools. The rates were more expensive than YouTube’s but still would […]
Benchmarking Fairfax Media
Published by October 9th, 2008 in business, digital media and web. 1 CommentLiving in Melbourne for almost one year now it is pretty common for me to read Fairfax Media’s publications, especially The Age, a very popular Melbournian newspaper. I believe it’s the most informative general news periodic I’ve read around here. Reading its online version is always a painful experience though. I’m no user experience expert […]
Olympic Tail
Published by August 16th, 2008 in business, digital media, economics and trends. 1 CommentFor the first time in my life I’m watching the Olympic games every night. Brazil is not doing a good job at all but it is a way to feel closer to home.
Anyway, this morning I went out to have breakfast with my wife. While we were out Brazil got its first Gold Medal, Cesar […]
Some days ago ABC released their Internet TV project. The website tries to bring an experience similar to the Apple TV/Windows Media Centre, with fully featured menus and metadata on the video clips. The default behaviour for the video player is to be in full-screen, a clue that maybe ABC is interested in people that […]
Web 2.0: Here Comes Everybody
Published by July 19th, 2008 in business, digital media, domain driven design, java and trends. 0 CommentsDisclaimer: I’ve never read the book but I love the title.
Reading this I have to ask (once more):
Mashup server?! WTF? How long until we see something like JSR-666: Mashuplets?
