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Black Friday!

Black Friday!

Black Friday is a good example of the difference between the needs and wants associated with a product. I wanted lots of things - a tablet and a digital notepad for example. But, I didn't need them. My life would be no more productive!!! The tablet just mirrors what...

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Show me the cookies!!

Show me the cookies!! Food has featured quite a bit in things this week. We had sausage-gate. I've been battling a nightmare issue of cookies and iframes with a 3rd party web application running on an Epos system. I made a rather nice loaf of bread with just porridge...

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Don’t boil the ocean

Don’t boil the ocean

Problem statement: Flying a drone over water may result in the loss of the aircraft if the batteries run too low and it's unable to return to shore. Outcome: The aircraft can land on water without loss and be recovered. All too often the "solution" space in product...

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