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GoogleVoice

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:25:24 -0700

Fun attempt by Google to transcribe a google voice message.

Video Highlight Reel of Hexawise - a pairwise testing tool and combinatorial testing tool & Hexawise Blog

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:06:01 -0700

Nice screen cast, by my brother, showing Hexawise - a pairwise testing tool and combinatorial testing tool.

Data on the Largest Manufacturing Countries in 2008 at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:30 -0700

"The USA's share of the manufacturing output, of the countries that manufactured over $185 billion in 2008, 28% in 1990, 28% in 1995, 32% in 2000, 28% in 2005, 28% in 2006, 26% in 2007 and 24% in 2008. China's share has grown from 4% in 1990, 6% in 1995, 10% in 2000, 13% in 2005, 14% in 2006, 16% in 2007 to 18% in 2008. Japan's share has fallen from 22% in 1990 to 14% in 2008 (after increasing to 26% in 1995 then steadily falling). The USA has about 4.5% of the world population, China about 20%."

The Rising Power of Financial Blog Zero Hedge - Money 2009 -- New York Magazine

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:18:32 -0700

Blogger takes on Goldman Sachs manipulation and NYSE changes rules to hide data. But publicity continued and then the SEC drew up a proposal to ban flash trading. "He was on the cutting edge of bringing attention to the problems posed by flash trades," says Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Senator Schumer. This is what journalism is suppose to be about - exposing corruption that powerful interests try to hide.

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:04:24 -0700

Money in news (PBS) and marketing (CBS). Though current mass media outlets (ABC, NBC...) grew from what were news organizations they have become much more like the marketing departments for their corporate parents than news organizations.

InformIT: The Poppendiecks Speak: Two-Pizza Teams and the Software Development Experience The Poppendiecks Speak: Two-Pizza Teams and the Software Development Experience

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:22:39 -0700

The authors of Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck, open up on topics ranging from stupid ideas for "eliminating waste" to the differences between Lean and Agile, to avoiding project failure. "We are not developing software," Tom says. "We are doing something larger and software is just part of the solution."

What Else Can Software Development and Testing Learn from Manufacturing? Don't Forget Design of Experiments (DoE). & Hexawise Blog

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:27:09 -0700

adoption of Design of Experiments methods in software design and testing remains low. This is unfortunate because significant benefits consistently result in both software development and software testing when Design of Experiments methods are properly implemented.

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog & An Introduction to Deming's Management Ideas by Peter Scholtes (webcast)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:25:48 -0700

Webcast of Peter Scholtes' speech at the W. Edwards Deming Institute conference, Nov, 2008.

Dr. Deming - The 5 Deadly Diseases 1984

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:03:02 -0700

Webcast of Dr. Deming talking about 5 deadly diseases of western management (this is before he added 2 more to bring the total to 7 deadly diseases).

Scrum-ban | Lean Software Engineering

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:00:19 -0700

Great post on lean management ideas and their application to knowledge work and project management. Focused on software development.