TG #9: iPhone/iPod news and Losing your Talent
July 18, 2008 – 12:09 amT&G strikes again! iPhone 3G, new apps, Guitar Hero DS, podcast bribery, and losing your development talent — they all await your listening pleasure!
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A Couple of Notes:
Ad for the iPhone 3G!
iTunes App Store Highlights
- Twitter Clients
- Twitteriffic
- Twittelator
- Games and Amusements
- Phone Saber
- AIM
- iPint
- TapTap Revenge
- AOL Radio – Revolutionizes the ipod… now the music library is basically infinite
$9.95 to upgrade – good on ipod touch and 1G iphone. Have had some crashing issues, though
Cool Features of iPhone 2.0 Software
- App Store
- 3rd Party Apps
- GPS/Wifi Location Integration
- Movie Screen Flipover
User Voice Mail – GrandCentral
How do you get more reliable podcasts? Send cash, of course!
Unordered Decade of Methods to Lose Your Best Developers
10- Subject them to unreasonable IT Policies
09- Enforce unreasonable working hours / inflexible schedule<
08- Underpay them
07- Micromanage them
Programmers are notoriously stubborn and independent!
06- Discourage Teamwork
05- Have no clear technology roadmap for your company
04- Be stingy with the training budget
03- Discourage them from using industry standards/best practices in order to meet budget/timeline
02- Enforce unrealistic timelines and budgets
01- Make them use outdated technology without an upgrade path
4 Responses to “TG #9: iPhone/iPod news and Losing your Talent”
I have to agree with your list. I see a few of those starting to creep up at work now and can only hope they don’t continue.
Pat.. I am going to get guitar hero for my ds now. Sounds wicked cool!
By Brad on Jul 30, 2008