IEEE Robots for iPad
by iamnotrobot
For the past few months my company, TENDIGI, has been working with IEEE to build this super awesome Robots for iPad app. Check it out!!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robots-for-ipad/id566581906?mt=8
Fear of Missing Out
by iamnotrobot
Feel like a Wallflower? Maybe It’s your Facebook Wall
It’s known as FOMO, or “fear of missing out,” and refers to the blend of anxiety, inadequacy and irritation that can flare up while skimming social media like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram. Billions of Twitter messages, status updates and photographs provide thrilling glimpses of the daily lives and activities of friends, “frenemies,” co-workers and peers.
This is such a problem and we’re just starting to realize it …
Digital magazine services closing up shop.
by iamnotrobot
It’s quite unfortunate that people don’t care more about digital magazines …
The timing of Zinio’s capital raising efforts comes on the heels of the sale of Texterity, a digital magazine services provider, to Godengo, a company that has roots in regional magazine web development and now builds content management systems.
It’s not necessarily a coincidence, but it is a very crowded market out there for digital magazine services and newsstand providers.
In Texterity’s case, the company ran out of money before it could take the necessary next steps to fund growth plans.
… however I very clearly remember standing next to Texterity at a digital magazine expo, thinking to myself, this must be the most unoriginal/convoluted service ever. There were at least a dozen other companies at that expo doing the exact same thing. Taking static content from publishers and adding a layer of bullshit interactivity and calling it a revolutionary publishing platform. Barf.
I hope these digital magazine people find out some day that content is king and you must adapt to the new mediums if you want to survive.
This robot will always beat you at Rock Paper Scissors.
Steve Jobs On The Payoff Of A Great Employee
by iamnotrobot
The following sound clip is amazing and so very true. This is one of the many reasons TENDIGI doesn’t outsource to any other countries. 25:1 is a great ratio and I think a lot of businesses and startups that outsource their software development are certainly nowhere near 25:1. There are language, cultural, and time-zone barriers that prohibit outsourced software teams from achieving that level of efficiency.
(Unfortunately this video is Flash)
