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Re: Should I Hire A Development Shop Or An Individual Developer?

Roland Hesz — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 05:11:38 -0000

For the individual developer con. The really good ones usually have a network where they can bring in expertise in other areas. They also tend to be picky with who to recommend as they are putting their own reputation and future contracts on the line.

Re: The Importance of "Occasional User" Requirements

Roland Hesz — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 08:02:44 -0000

Alan Cooper's book, The Inmates are Running the Asylum is a very good read, and the "personas" technique is something that can be used quite successfully when designing any UI, especially for infrequent users.

I like the "personas" technique even though I have not seen it used that much. Which is a shame as it can be quiet effective.

Re: Why Are We So Afraid Of Selling?

Roland Hesz — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:25:57 -0000

For me, it is mostly "don't brag, be humble, who do you think you are?" flashbacks from school. Putting yourself forward confidently was frowned upon by teachers, and later by classmates.

Lot of people see confidence as arrogance - "why do you think you are so special? You are not (insert relevant famous person's name)"

It is hard to overcome this background, and I always feel awkward when I try to sell myself, having this nagging feeling that I am promising more than I'm worth, presenting myself in a false way.

I am now working with a coach and I told her that one of my big problems is that I know that I am good, I just have difficulties believing it.
If that even makes sense.

Re: 5 Siri alternatives for Android

Roland Hesz — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:08:10 -0000

I hope Siri is way better at speech recognition than either of the above. At the moment, most of them are basically useless.

Re: Would you stay or leave this company?

Roland Hesz — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:52:17 -0000

What are the guarantees that after he finishes with the project, 3 month from now they won't lay him off again?
What are the guarantees that it won't happen again next spring?
I would look for another position ASAP as there is no way you can trust the company.
Knowing the devil didn't help him at all. He was not able to avoid being laid off. So how is it an advantage?

Re: 10 Things I Hate About So-Called Gurus!

Roland Hesz — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:58:57 -0000

Spot on article.
I think you can spot the false gurus easily - they have the word "guru" in their profile.
And to answer your question
"If there are more than 7,000 gurus alone on Twitter, how many of them are real and how many are just guru-wannabe’s?"

None.

Re: Apple Should Definitely Reconsider its Overall Strategy – Now!

Roland Hesz — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:34:17 -0000

As soon as Apple will start to "diversify" it will go the way of Microsoft.
Microsoft biggest problem is that it actually runs on everything, they have no control over the hardware, the additional softwares - the ones that cause 90% of the "windows" errors -, and so on.

As soon as Apple gives up this tightly controlled environment, it will meet similar problems.
"My Mac OS died!!!!" - because the driver for that graphic card was not vetted.
"My Mac OS always freezes !!!" - because I installed a bazillion useless crap from the net.

MIcrosoft still has tremendous potential, all they need is to get rid of the high level management, that drives them into the ground with their complete lack of a clear, well defined strategy.

Re: Friending and Reputation

Roland Hesz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:49:59 -0000

I agree with being a friend does not mean automatic endorsement.
If I kept myself to the LinkedIn rule I would have had about 5 contacts for the first year - not many of my coworkers were on LinkedIn back then, or were interested in it at all.
Plus, I would be poorer for a few good friends I met on LinkedIn.
However, when it comes to recommendations, I keep it strictly for people I have worked with.

It is funny, but I have a much stricter "follow rule" on twitter, as I found that when I follow over 200 people, Twitter becomes useless, a stream of meaningless broadcasts - I don't have time to keep track of what's going on with that many people.

Re: In the Future, the Cost of Education Will Be Zero

Roland Hesz — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:12:01 -0000

Great idea. Remove physical presence of other people, remove the possibility of learning and improving people skills by letting kids to learn from home.

I am sorry, but going to the campus, actually meeting the other students - especially those we don't like -, having to deal with them - especially with those we don't like -, having a SOCIAL life IS one of the most important parts of the education.

I do agree, math can be learned online. People can't.
So if we move the education online we will lose a lot.
We may will have cheaper - but definitely not zero cost - education, but it won't worth that much.

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but not as the main way for educate people. It can be great for secondary degrees and such. But I would like to see people actually learn the most important lessons, not only the technically neccessary ones.

Re: Quid Pro No

Roland Hesz — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:07:49 -0000

I don't expect reciprocate behaviour. If I follow someone on twitter I don't expect them to follow back, and I don't automatically follow back either.
The fact that I find someone's tweets interesting does not mean he would find mine interesting. And the other way around.

I can understand that some people decide to unfollow, unfriend, etc. if they are not friended/followed back, but if I follow everyone then I will lose every value I have in these things.
And anyway, if somebody follows you only to be followed back, what is the value in that?

Re: Is the Customer Always Right?

Roland Hesz — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:09:44 -0000

So true. I have met customers who live by "the customer is always right" idea, and demand outrageous things and when you say that's not right - No, Sir, you can NOT build the complete CRM system from scratch in 3 days - they state that the customer is always right and you better do it.

That's the moment when I am prompted to say: I'm incredibly sorry Sir that we are not the company you were looking for. May I recommend you someone else?

And now I am getting close to actually do it.

Re: http://fracturedbloughts.rolandhesz.com/2009/04/21/opensim-and-open-source-secondlife/

Roland Hesz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:58:57 -0000

Thank you Stefan, that was it. I am trying to figure out how to get back the lost comments.

Re: A long week, but it did worth it

Roland Hesz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:10:04 -0000

It is a software development company, and is not related to OpenSim - yet.
In the future, I am looking in all possibilities, and OpenSim is on my radar.

Re: http://fracturedbloughts.rolandhesz.com/2009/04/21/opensim-and-open-source-secondlife/

Roland Hesz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:09:05 -0000

Thank you Maria, that's a good tip.
The problem is that the people I want to talk with are on the official Second Life grid, and while I know there are some early tries to link Second Life with OpenSim, as far as I know they are in the early stages.

Re: Is Twitter Abandoning Their 140-characters limit?

Roland Hesz — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:03:00 -0000

I am not quite sure when and how it happens, I just know that I got the message "your message is too long, but don't worry, blah, blah,blah" and then the ...
Will check how and when it works.

Re: Is Twitter Abandoning Their 140-characters limit?

Roland Hesz — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:31:21 -0000

Twitter has worked like this since last year, and by that I mean February at least. If you wrote over 140 characters - I sometimes did - the 3 dots appeared and people could click on it to see the whole text.
It usually worked in twhirl, tweetdeck and other 3rd party apps.

Re: A long week, but it did worth it

Roland Hesz — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:55:53 -0000

Thank you Karen :)
I hope it will take off, I securely tied it to a Boeing 747, most likely that will be able to lift it :)

Re: A long week, but it did worth it

Roland Hesz — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:31:33 -0000

Thank you, Fred. :)

Re: OpenSim – and Open Source SecondLife

Roland Hesz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:11 -0000

Thank you Shenlei, I am heading over to check it out!

Re: Working in the home office

Roland Hesz — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:37:49 -0000

Dress for work - now that sounds like an idea. I will give it a try, everything that reinforces the "you are working, not sitting at home" feeling is welcome. Without a tie, too. Because I don't like things around my neck.

Re: Resumes Are Dead. Your Blog is Your Resume. (Still).

Roland Hesz — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:28:43 -0000

@himanshu, I would like to add that if they consider to interview you, a personal site will give HR and - hopefully boss-to-be - a window into your personality.

So while they will not be able to judge your professional abilities, they will get a feel of what kind of person you are. That is a deciding factor a lot of times, either pro or con. And surprisingly it can give an interesting insight into some of your professional qualities - not the hard skills, but the soft skills. How you manage conflicts, are you persistent, are you dependable, do you push responsibility away or welcome it, etc.

Of course it will not replace your resume unless it is profession related blog.

Cheers,
Roland

Re: http://www.zoliblog.com/2009/03/17/are-you-left-brained-or-right-she-can-tell/?nucrss=1

Roland Hesz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:05:21 -0000

I go with Tony Buzan on this: the myth that there are right-brained and left-brained people is debunked by Dali, Picasso, Einsteins, da Vinci and basically any person who created anything creative.

:))

Re: Trace Modeler Review

Roland Hesz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:10:51 -0000

You are welcome, checking the new video.

Re: The Righteous Web

Roland Hesz — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:03:30 -0000

What you wrote Chris about the social webs simply providing tools should not even be a question. The fact that it is suggests that some people have a sort of religious reverence toward the social webs, trying to keep them for the One True Purpose - whatever it should be.
"I will always be clear about where I’m coming from. " - that's the main thing I think.

Re: How To Slam Dunk Job Interviews

Roland Hesz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:59:13 -0000

Ok, I understand your one month preparation now.

It's not about that exact interview, it's a general "be prepared" attitude.

A question: Do you plan to run a similar post on the other side?

"How to run an interview" or such?