• Have a .com web address? Know the legal risks. Something definitely worth remembering if you use a .com domain. (0) #

• Twitter moving away from hashbang – really glad about this. I’m not a fan of hashbangs at all and I hope more companies will follow suit. (0) #

• http://vimeo.com/36768371 – some serious time and effort has been put into this. Brings back memories of working at Brandsauce. (0) #

• http://htwins.net/scale2/ – Another great visualisation. (0) #

Software Development KPI’s

Been doing a bit of research recently on KPI’s in relation to software development and the following list of articles I found may be useful for others:

• http://www.customsoftwarebypreston.com/key-performance-indicators
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/news/20020715.html
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/10b.html
• http://www.itsmsolutions.com/newsletters/DITYvol5iss33.htm
• http://niksilver.com/2012/01/19/meaningful-software-metrics/
• http://niksilver.com/2012/01/26/performance-targets/

Ironically this Dilbert comic strip also popped up in my feed reader during my research!

In summary implementing the wrong KPI’s can have a very dangerous effect on business processes not just software development.

• Windows 8: New UI, but old-school Microsoft – RussellBeattie.com. This is exactly what I thought when I saw the new UI in Windows 8. Just because the UI works on a 4inch or 10inch screen doesn’t mean it’ll work on a 24inch PC screen. Right tools for the right job springs to mind. (0) #

• Star Wars: Suggested Viewing Order. A lot of thought has gone into this and the suggestions do make a lot of sense. I’ll be going for the “Alternative Suggestion” when I make my soon to be wife watch Star Wars for the first time. (0) #

• Money Chart. I love these kind of data visualisations. (0) #

Devotion to Apple

I read Marco’s post about the Asus Zenbook and I have a bit of an issue with his view. Is he certain that logic board design was Apple’s and not Intel’s or a manufacturers like Foxconn? Even if it was Apple’s did they not simply copy the overall product design of companies such as Sony, who have had a range of powerful yet portable laptops out for a while, or Dell (with the Latitude X1) with the MacBook Air?

Don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of Marc’s blog and I’d love a MacBook Pro laptop again but I do have an issue with the blind devotion some Apple users have to the Apple brand sometimes.

• Coding Horror: Serving at the Pleasure of the King. Great article about the Apple ecosystem. I agree with Jeff as a consumer I love Apple and their products but as a developer I have major issues with the way they control their ecosystem. (0) #