Comments on: Book Review on “The Innovator’s Solution” and interpretations as it relates to web development http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/ Sean Tierney's Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scrollin' On Dubs » “Getting to Plan B” is a must-read for every entrepreneur http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-377828 Scrollin' On Dubs » “Getting to Plan B” is a must-read for every entrepreneur Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:16:48 +0000 #comment-377828 [...] and entrepreneurship, if I had to recommend just one it would be a tossup between this one and Innovator’s Solution. My head is spinning with thoughts and I feel like I’ve only retained maybe 30% of the [...] [...] and entrepreneurship, if I had to recommend just one it would be a tossup between this one and Innovator’s Solution. My head is spinning with thoughts and I feel like I’ve only retained maybe 30% of the [...]

]]> By: Scrollin’ On Dubs » Agile perspective on US education, China and a 13-step demolition proposal http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-361197 Scrollin’ On Dubs » Agile perspective on US education, China and a 13-step demolition proposal Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:41:17 +0000 #comment-361197 [...] at which they already excel. The philosophy of disruption espoused in books like the “Innovator’s Solution” says that we’d be silly to go head-to-head on that axis of competition; we’d be [...] [...] at which they already excel. The philosophy of disruption espoused in books like the “Innovator’s Solution” says that we’d be silly to go head-to-head on that axis of competition; we’d be [...]

]]> By: Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » First impressions of Apple TV http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-85563 Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » First impressions of Apple TV Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:46:41 +0000 #comment-85563 [...] My perception of the Apple TV before using it was “this could be neat but it seems like a technology solution chasing a problem.” My feelings after having used it is that it makes you forget that you’re using the Internet - it’s more like a Tivo experience than an Internet surfing experience. The interface, transitions and usability that went into it make you want to explore and play with it. By taking a situational vs. feature-centric approach, they zeroed in on the scenarios that people want to use this for and nailed it. There’s only a few minor deficiencies at this point - but like the iPhone, this is a strong first showing for a product. [...] [...] My perception of the Apple TV before using it was “this could be neat but it seems like a technology solution chasing a problem.” My feelings after having used it is that it makes you forget that you’re using the Internet – it’s more like a Tivo experience than an Internet surfing experience. The interface, transitions and usability that went into it make you want to explore and play with it. By taking a situational vs. feature-centric approach, they zeroed in on the scenarios that people want to use this for and nailed it. There’s only a few minor deficiencies at this point – but like the iPhone, this is a strong first showing for a product. [...]

]]> By: Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » Book takeaways: Buzzmarketing http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-78374 Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » Book takeaways: Buzzmarketing Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:43:05 +0000 #comment-78374 [...] There has never been as fierce a competition for people’s mental cycles as there is now. And we can expect the competition for attention to get more desperate over time. As Hughes says, “without attention nothing happens” - it’s the whole “tree falls in the woods” phenomenon. The pattern that manifests again and again in companies as they grow is that they start out with a bold approach that gets them famous and then they become complacent and reserved gravitating towards less-risky decisions- it’s essentially the Innovator’s Dilemma. Messaging evolves to a pasteurized, mr-potato-head-like jumble of blandness quilted together by committee. Viewers mistrust it, and more likely, stop caring altogether (kind of how we feel about Microsoft at this point). [...] [...] There has never been as fierce a competition for people’s mental cycles as there is now. And we can expect the competition for attention to get more desperate over time. As Hughes says, “without attention nothing happens” – it’s the whole “tree falls in the woods” phenomenon. The pattern that manifests again and again in companies as they grow is that they start out with a bold approach that gets them famous and then they become complacent and reserved gravitating towards less-risky decisions- it’s essentially the Innovator’s Dilemma. Messaging evolves to a pasteurized, mr-potato-head-like jumble of blandness quilted together by committee. Viewers mistrust it, and more likely, stop caring altogether (kind of how we feel about Microsoft at this point). [...]

]]> By: Grid7 - Build something. BIGGER. - FAW #25: Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-51255 Grid7 - Build something. BIGGER. - FAW #25: Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software Fri, 25 May 2007 23:23:08 +0000 #comment-51255 [...] PC/Microsoft centric - perhaps Joel’s evangelism of the BDUF philosophy stems from his first job being at Microsoft. We’re an all-Mac/Linux shop with a general aversion to MS software and philosophy. I believe there is a fundamentally different way MS people tend to look at the world- I wrote about situational vs. attribute-based assessment awhile ago in my review of the Innovator’s Solution. People that use MS stuff tend to think that Microsoft = computers in the way that people that first used AOL to connect to the Internet thought that AOL = Internet. This is unfortunately a sheltered viewpoint. Languages like Ruby and frameworks like Rails talking to databases via an Object Relational Mapping layer make it possible to develop using a tracer-bullet style that is diametrically opposed to the traditional waterfall approach where you must know all the feature requirements up front and start with building an immuatble database schema that anticipates everything. Since software is organic and never finished, it’s silly to think that the waterfall approach is practical. I’m surprised that Joel still touts BDUF and Microsoft. [...] [...] PC/Microsoft centric – perhaps Joel’s evangelism of the BDUF philosophy stems from his first job being at Microsoft. We’re an all-Mac/Linux shop with a general aversion to MS software and philosophy. I believe there is a fundamentally different way MS people tend to look at the world- I wrote about situational vs. attribute-based assessment awhile ago in my review of the Innovator’s Solution. People that use MS stuff tend to think that Microsoft = computers in the way that people that first used AOL to connect to the Internet thought that AOL = Internet. This is unfortunately a sheltered viewpoint. Languages like Ruby and frameworks like Rails talking to databases via an Object Relational Mapping layer make it possible to develop using a tracer-bullet style that is diametrically opposed to the traditional waterfall approach where you must know all the feature requirements up front and start with building an immuatble database schema that anticipates everything. Since software is organic and never finished, it’s silly to think that the waterfall approach is practical. I’m surprised that Joel still touts BDUF and Microsoft. [...]

]]> By: Sean Tierney http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Sean Tierney Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:56:50 +0000 #comment-3 Craig, thanks. If you're an application developer, consider participating in Grid7 because this is PRECISELY the type of company it will be. The collective energy and intelligence of the "free thinking" people that will be collaborating towards the same goal should be amazing. cheers Sean Craig,
thanks. If you’re an application developer, consider participating in Grid7 because this is PRECISELY the type of company it will be. The collective energy and intelligence of the "free thinking" people that will be collaborating towards the same goal should be amazing.

cheers

Sean

]]> By: Craig M. Rosenblum http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2005/10/17/book-review-on-the-innovators-solution-and-interpretations-as-it-relates-to-web-development/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Craig M. Rosenblum Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:34:02 +0000 #comment-2 Wow, this article blows me away. This kind of goes to my grain of being, how impressed i am, both with you and the book..... It would be nice to work in a company that thought like that, or find a way to learn how to think like that... Thank you... Wow, this article blows me away.

This kind of goes to my grain of being, how impressed i am, both with you and the book…..

It would be nice to work in a company that thought like that, or find a way to learn how to think like that…

Thank you…

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