Tag: analysis
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One ‘Bad Apple’ Correct Interpretation – On the use and mis-use of “bad apples.”
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What is “Median Voter Theory”?
Median Voter Theory (MVT) suggests that in a majority-rule election, the candidate closest to the median voter’s views will win. Since most voters are partisan and vote predictably, elections are decided by swing voters in the middle. To win, candidates adjust their positions to attract this decisive group, often moving toward the political center. Developed…
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Why are big tech companies so slow? – Because they build, sell, and support a lot features.
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Best Prompt for Academic Papers Summary/Analysis – “Explain this paper to me using the Feynman technique, considering yourself as the author”
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What ‘Free Speech’ Is – “Right now, it is important for Meta to avoid getting on the incoming Trump administration’s shit list, so they, like everyone, are grovelling.” // Good over all, almost philosophic, analysis.
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The State Of Business Buying: Companies Still Struggle To Meet Buyer Expectations – “Buyers are increasingly dissatisfied. Eighty-seven percent of buyers express dissatisfaction with the provider they choose at the end of a “successful” purchasing process. Price is the reason cited most often — but there are others that are perhaps more instructive. Buyers are…
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Why So Few Matt Levines? – There’s not enough news with the same types of events that happen over and over with clear, public records.
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Does Market Share Still Matter? – “we find that the positive relationship between market share and profitability generally still holds, but that it weakens with greater digital transformation. This means that market share increases translate into lower profitability gains for highly digitalized compared to less-digitalized companies. Additionally, it implies that digital transformation benefits smaller firms…
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15 hours a week – ‘And yet, for most of that time, I’ve continued to find that exertion harder to exercise than most, while my flair and ability have gained me attention and love, I’ve seen less of whatever today’s equivalent is of “a satisfactory grade in the public examinations”’
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How Much Revenue Must a Company Generate to IPO? – “Before 2018, only one company IPOed with more than $200m in revenue. In fact, the median revenue at IPO at $90m. Today, the median revenue at IPO is $189m (corrected for inflation), more than double.”
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HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm – Reverse engineering Google search ranking based on method calls from leaked code.
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The Presentation Mistake You Don’t Know You’re Making – ’If your very expensive luxury hotel rooms offer ocean views, silk sheets, and a Jacuzzi, don’t mention the ironing board in the closet or the coffeepot.’ // Seems a little too turns out… // This replication study show that it sort of works. Furthermore that if…
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About Placemark.io – Is there room in the TAM for a startup like me? Seems representative of starting a software-business, there needs to be room in the market, a chance to make it big: “As I’ve said a bunch of times, the biggest problem with competition in the world of geospatial companies is that there…
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101 things I would tell my self from 10 years ago – “You are high in neuroticism, a trait that correlates with worse social relationships and an unhappier life. Sorry; there’s not much you can do about it other than be aware of it. Its saving grace is that it means you are attuned to…
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idling insignificantly
How to survive giving a lot of presentations at conferences I think it was John Willis who told me that a long time ago. Relative to your interests What is Technical Debt? – “In practice, my observations are that most development teams, even in small companies, are too far separated from these types of financial…
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Platform Engineering is just CI/CD infused with enterprise goop (jk…I think?)
Midjourney: a datacenter filled with clouds in the style of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Just when you thought (perhaps, hoped) we finally had an understanding of what “platform engineering” is, Gartner and Forrester came out with a Magic Quadrant and a Wave that re-confuses the category. Or, if you like, helps bring more clarity to…
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The Pessimism Problem Continues to Grow – It’s 60% now: ’Back in 2020, I wrote a post titled “The Pessimism Problem.” We had completed a survey where 54% of respondents agreed with the statement “We regret nearly every purchase we make after the subscription agreement is finalized.”’
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