Category: Technology
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Compose AI (Product Review)

My summary of Compose AI before using it? I’ve heard that Compose AI is a good tool to help people compose their email, saving time in the process. How does Compose AI explain itself in the first minute? The strap-line on the Compose AI website reads “Write Faster With AI, Save Time”. When I sign…
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“The IPO Playbook” (Book Review)

Steve Cakebread is a CFO with a lot of experience in leading companies to Initial Public Offering (IPO). In his earlier career Cakebread worked at Autodesk, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard, after which he was involved in three successful IPOs, at Salesforce, Pandora and Yext respectively. In “The IPO Playbook” Cakebread shares his lessons learned and…
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Shop Pay (Product Review)

My summary of Shop Pay before using it? Shopify’s new proprietary payment method. How does Shop Pay explain itself in the first minute? If I go to the Shop Pay website the first thing that I notice is that the site doesn’t mention Shop Pay. Instead, it talks about “Shop”: “Set up Shop and turn…
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“Ask Your Developer” (Book Review)

“The truth is that most software is pretty simple. It’s what developers call CRUD applications: Create, Read, Update, Delete. Most apps online are forms that let the user input data, modify data, report out data, or delete data. Nearly every website or mobile app you’ve ever used is 95 percent CRUD operations. This isn’t rocket…
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Superhuman (Product Review)

My summary of Superhuman before using it? I expect an email service, similar to Google’s Gmail, but stronger on user experience and security. How does Superhuman explain itself in the first minute? When I go to the Superhuman website I see a promise of “The fastest email experience ever made”, followed by a call to…
