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Barnes & Noble doesn’t only do books and tablets, it also does recommendations
I’m always intrigued to find out how digital businesses tackle the issue of user engagement through tailored recommendations. Content providers like Netflix and Amazon notoriously spend a lot of money and effort into their recommendation engines and it was interesting to find about how Barnes & Noble (‘B&N’) are now handling recommendations through their latest “NOOK” device.…
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Apple’s iPad and its “price umbrella”
Hearing Charles Arthur, Technology Editor with The Guardian, talk about a “price umbrella” intrigued me. He mentioned these two words in relation to the launch of the iPad Mini and I wondered how a price umbrella works. This is what I’ve since learnt: Price umbrella – This term refers to the pricing effect typically created…
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Book review: “Implementing Lean Software Development”
Books like “Implementing Lean Software Development”, written by Mary and Tom Poppendieck, act as a good reminder of the principles behind Agile and Lean development practices. The book explains in great detail (and supported by relevant real-life examples) the main things that underpin an ‘iterative development approach’. In some of my previous blog posts I concentrated…
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How does language service LinguaSys work?
If you’re into basketball, no doubt you’ve heard about Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks (who won the NBA Finals two years ago, credit to an outstanding Dirk Nowitzki, but that’s a different story). Cuban is the main reason I learned about LinguaSys. LinguaSys specialises in products and services that help international businesses understand…
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