Random header image at nexidecimal

Conceptual

Generating Ideas and Gathering Results w/MVP

July 28th, 2010 by wjklos | No Comments

Generating Ideas and Gathering Results w/MVP

This is the third installment of my MVP mini-series. The first part can be found here, and the second part here. Now that we’ve built the foundation, it’s time to start churning out product ideas. My goals are to complete enough of each idea to present either directly at our internal technology day, or to [...]


The Unrelenting March of Technology

May 7th, 2010 by wjklos | Comments Off

The Unrelenting March of Technology

This is a graphic I did (I’m calling it a TriPi) to show how a technology practice (or any entity with three components and two metrics) can be quickly scored. In this case, it’s a measurement of the scope of knowledge in a technology practice (level of expertise), how up-to-date with regards to the technology [...]


Building a Foundation to Support MVP

May 6th, 2010 by wjklos | Comments Off

Building a Foundation to Support MVP

This is the second part of a series discussing MVP and the technology we used to prove to ourselves that lightweight > heavyweight. The first part can be found here. The classic definition of MVP involves getting almost real-time market feedback on your ideas and letting that determine what your next step is. The increments [...]


Using MVP to Produce Results

May 4th, 2010 by wjklos | Comments Off

Using MVP to Produce Results

This is the first part of a multi-part talk about a successful use of MVP to create a framework for proving and building products quickly. I’m a huge fan of lightweight. Lightweight tools, lightweight management, lightweight processes. Weed out the overhead by not even allowing it in to the system in the first place. Thus, [...]


Eight More Google Wave Nominations

November 9th, 2009 by wjklos | Comments Off

Eight More Google Wave Nominations

Well, actually 06 as I spent two of them already.  If you follow me on Twitter (@wjklos) – you would have found out first.  Co-workers was 2nd priority.  Blog 3rd.  I may have to change that lineup a bit as my first response on Twitter was a spammer (sorry, no Wave for you) and the [...]


Operation Ordertaker: Changing the Standard Consulting Model

November 3rd, 2009 by wjklos | Comments Off

Operation Ordertaker: Changing the Standard Consulting Model

Over the next 10 years, the world will change as much as it has in the last twenty. If you buy into that statement, then 2020, will make 2010 look like 1990. As a business owner, that rate of change is something I probably can’t fathom too well. I’m focusing on my day-to-day operations (or maybe quarter-to-quarter in a public company). I’m dealing with annual budgets, reviews, sales quotas, economic issues, and so on. On top of all that, I probably don’t consider myself a technology company so I happily run my systems, make sure I’m compliant where I need to be, stay out of the newspaper RSS feeds with data security issues, and hope my BC/DR plans are up-to-date (they’re not). I didn’t see the end of my business coming — until it was too late.


Eventually, You Will Become a Technology Company

November 2nd, 2009 by wjklos | 1 Comment

Eventually, You Will Become a Technology Company

Things are changing. Rapidly. The old solutions are just that…old. It’s time we start embracing the change and tell our clients, “Sorry, you used to be an insurance/medical/financial company, but now you are a technology company – and you’re doing it wrong.”


The Value of Backchannel Discussions in Web 2.0 & Web Squared

October 23rd, 2009 by wjklos | Comments Off

The Value of Backchannel Discussions in Web 2.0 & Web Squared

In an area where people are gathered, either physically or vitually, the conversations and comments being made in the background, are often more prescient, and almost certainly more entertaining than than the subject matter being officially presented. Encouraging and capturing these backchannel discussions is a way to make your presentations more relevant to that specific audience and allow the speaker to morph and refine the message based on those sessions of invaluable feedback.


My First Week with Google Wave

October 15th, 2009 by wjklos | 1 Comment

My First Week with Google Wave

Like everyone else it seems, after I saw the GoogleIO presentation of Wave this Summer, I navigated through all the links I could find trying to find a way to sign up. I mean, come on. I’m an early adopter of everything they put out for consumption, that’s gotta be worth a little consideration right? As [...]


Data Center Agility – Execution

October 13th, 2009 by wjklos | Comments Off

Data Center Agility – Execution

The Execution phase of our Agile Data Center move is where all the fun stuff happens. As a reminder from the previous entries about the project setup and preparation, we’re doing a data center move where the schedule is flexible (the client is more tolerant of time, less tolerant of risk) and the requirements are [...]


Recent Tweets

Follow @nexidecimal (6 followers)