Do you believe in market research? I have spent too long being able to manipulate the answers I want from market research to rely upon its findings any more than I do weather forecasts. Many of the great success stories in marketing only came about because someone at the top of an organisation wanted to ignore the research and follow his own prejudices - on the basis that all his competitors would be carrying out the same research, receive back the same conclusions, follow them slavishly --and he would therefore be left with a unique proposition for his own product, which he in any event believed in.
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It's a great time for ebooks. There are at least six ebook reader devices on the market or in preparation. A major business magazine predicts that up to seven million of these devices will be sold next year. A major consulting firm says ebook sales will account for ten percent of the publishing market in five years. And an executive at the leading computing firm predicts that 90 percent of all publishing will switch to electronic form in just 20 years.
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All recordings from NoSQL Live Boston now online! Today I finished uploading all recording I made from the NoSQL Live conference in Boston. They are now all located at COM.lounge TV (which I also reactivated for this). This also means that they are available in podcast form.
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This weekend I created a little application called git achievements. Similar to the XBox360 Achievements you can unlock all sorts of Achievements while you use git. It brings a bit of fun (and bragging) to those who use or who are learning git. via benjamin-meyer.blogspot.com
"In the last few months I have discovered a new passion and new purpose to my life," Pratt told PEOPLE. "With this in mind, I have decided to take a break from my obligations to MTV's "The Hills" and discontinue filming any more episodes for this current season."
Currently studying software engineering with a focus on encryption at USC, Pratt said he's headed to work for American Defense Enterprises in their cyber security division.